Module 5

What is the term that refers to the actions taken to correct or stabilize a patient’s illness or injury?

• Primary assessment

• Secondary assessment

• Interventions

• Vital signs

What is the FIRST priority at any trauma or medical scene?

• Primary assessment

• Rapid secondary assessment

• Scene safety

• Vital signs

You have a patient who fainted on a hot day. When he fell, he struck his head on the kitchen counter and is bleeding from the wound. What is the mechanism of injury?

• Impact with the counter

• Syncope

• Heat exhaustion

• Possible dehydration

The primary assessment is designed to help the Emergency Medical Responder:

• Conduct a slow, detailed assessment of all body areas of your patient.

• Detect and correct all immediate threats to life.

• Collect and report subjective findings.

• Compare vital signs at specific intervals.

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the secondary assessment?

• To identify immediate life threats

• To evaluate the effectiveness of any interventions

• To determine the priority of patient transport

• To discover and care for the patient’s specific injuries or medical problems

How often should a stable patient be reassessed?

• Once

• Twice

• Every 5 minutes

• Every 15 minutes

How often should an unstable patient be reassessed?

• Once

• Twice

• Every 5 minutes

• Every 15 minutes

You arrive on scene of a motor vehicle collision. There is a single patient who is awake and talking normally to bystanders. When you see this, you have already assessed that he has:

• respiratory compromise

• tidal volume

• only a few minutes to live

• a patent airway

Positive pressure ventilation uses external pressure to:

• force air into the patient’s lungs

• shift the patient’s position so breathing is not obstructed

• open the airway of a patient with no suspected neck or spine injury

• open the airway of a patient with an airway obstruction

How can you tell if your ventilation efforts are successful?

• The patient will regain consciousness

• The patient’s chest will rise and fall with each ventilation

• The patient’s skin color will become bluer

• You will be able to feel the patient’s pulse