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WorksheetsSRTC EMS Chapter 15
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 13mins
Your patient was struck in the chest with a baseball bat during a bar fight. A crackling or crunching sensation that is felt when air escapes from its normal passageways and is trapped under the skin is called:
crepitation.
subcutaneous emphysema.
distention.
tension pneumothorax.
You are called for a patient who was discovered unconscious in his bed this morning. You immediately complete a primary assessment and determine that he is breathing and has a good pulse. What should you do next?
Complete a rapid physical exam.
Try to locate all of his medications.
Begin transport immediately.
Ask the family what happened.
In medical terms, bruises are known as which of the following?
Contusion
Abrasion
Deformity
Laceration
Which of the following situations is most likely to result in hidden or unsuspected injury?
Deformity of the interior compartment of the vehicle
Seat belt use by the vehicle occupants
A vehicle without air bags
Collisions that occur at night
Your patient is a 45-year-old female who complains of "twisting her ankle" when she slipped on a patch of ice. Which of the following is not appropriate?
Detailed physical exam
Secondary assessment
Providing emotional support, if necessary
Questioning about any other complaints or areas of pain
When checking breath sounds in a trauma patient, what should the EMT assess for first?
Presence and equality
Wheezing and stridor
Rate and oxygen saturation
Edema and rhonchi
The patient was a driver in a lateral impact motor vehicle collision. During the assessment of his chest, the EMT notes a segment of the chest wall moving in the opposite direction from the rest of the chest. Which of the following best describes this finding?
Intercostal retractions
Paradoxical motion
Flutter segment
Tension pneumothorax
In which of the following patients should you check for the possibility of spinal injury?
An unresponsive diabetic who appears to have fallen down
A responsive patient with no history of injury who is complaining of a headache and neck pain
An unresponsive patient found in her bed with no obvious injury
All of the above
In the assessment of a responsive medical patient, which of the following will provide you with the most important information?
Patient's medical history
Detailed physical exam
Focused physical exam
Baseline vital signs
What term describes a permanent surgical opening in the neck through which a patient breathes?
Pneumothorax
Tracheostomy
Crepitation
Stoma
