Soft Tissue Injuries

Superficial means.....

• Deep wound

• Just reaching the top most layers

• Subcutaneous

• Skin ripped away from the body but still attached

What are some signs and symptoms of a person who has internal bleeding? (Name 5)

What can we do for someone who has internal bleeding? (Besides get them to the hospital)

Which is NOT a type of trauma to the body?

• Direct force injury

• Compression injury

• Shearing/Deceleration

• Food poisoning

What should be done if a patient has an impaled object?

• Leave it in and stabilize it so to reduce movement

• Apply a tourniquet

• Take it out and control the bleeding by packing the wound

• Cut the object until it is even with the skin

An evisceration is......

• A superficial cut

• A deep cut requiring stitches

• Internal organs outside the body

• Arterial bleed

What type of life-threatening trauma can be difficult for emergency reponders to detect and treat?

• External Bleeding

• Contusions

• Full-thickness burns

• Internal Bleeding

When caring for open wounds, bandages are:

• Place directly against the wound to aid in clotting

• Rarely needed

• Wrapped around a dressing to hold it in place

• Usually replaced periodically

A tension pneumothroax is the medical term for:

• A collapsed lung due to air pressure

• A collapsed lung due to the pressure from blood

• Broken ribs

• Paradoxical Motion

A flailed chest creates what type of Visible sign?

• A collapsed lung due to air pressure

• A collapsed lung due to pressure from blood

• Broken Ribs

• Paradoxical Motion