Chapter 52 Trauma Systems Review

A physical injury or wound caused by an external force or violence is known as a:

• mechanism

• trauma

• directed injury

• forceful entry

Penetrating trauma refers to an injury in which a(n):

• projectile is forced through the tissue and embedded in an organ.

• object enters and exits the body, resulting in two wounds.

• object enters the body and exchanges energy directly with human tissue.

• object is impaled in the body.

An injury that occurs as energy and collision forces associated with an object—NOT the object itself, enters the body and damages tissue is called:

• an internal injury.

• a closed injury.

• surgical trauma.

• blunt trauma.

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Definitive trauma care is only available at facilities with rapid access to:

• an MRI machine.

• a helicopter landing pad.

• a CT scanner.

• surgery.

The collection of data to identify the existence, significance, and characteristics of a disease or disease process is called:

• risk analysis

• surveillance

• intervention development

• implementation

A helpful tool to identify risk elements associated with trauma is the:

• trauma assessment matrix.

• Glasgow Coma Scale.

• Haddon matrix.

• risk probability matrix.

A medical facility that commits resources to address the MOST common trauma emergencies with surgical capability available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, is classified as a:

• Level I trauma center.

• Level II trauma center.

• Level III trauma center.

• Level IV trauma center.

Neurocenters, burn centers, and pediatric trauma centers are examples of:

• Level II trauma centers.

• clinics.

• specialty centers.

• community medical centers.

What are the standards established by your system’s medical direction to assist you in determining which patients require urgent transportation to a trauma center called?

• Trauma triage criteria

• Trauma transport protocols

• Prehospital standing orders

• Trauma system triage

Recreating the incident from evidence available at the scene will help you determine the:

• nature of injury.

• force of trauma.

• compression factor.

• mechanism of injury.