EMT Trauma Part 1

The leading cause of death for people 44 and younger is...

• Stroke

• Cardiac problems

• Traumatic injuries

• Diabetes

Your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying and unseen injuries.

• Mechanism of injury

• Nature of illness

• Differential Diagnosis

• Index of suspicion

The result of force to the body that causes injury without penetrating the soft tissues.

• Blunt trauma

• Penetrating Trauma

the 5 types of vehicular crashes are: frontal, rear-end, lateral, rollover, and

• Diagonal

• T-bone

• Rotational

• Ejection

The most common life-threatening event in a rollover crash is:

• ejection or partial ejection

• colliding with items inside the vehicle

• shearing of the aorta

• colliding with other passengers inside the vehicle

In an explosion, people are injured by flying debris; what type of injuries have they sustained?

• Primary blast injuries

• Secondary blast injuries

• Tertiary blast injuries

• Miscellaneous blast injuries

The "Platinum 10" refers to:

• the amount of time it should take to get to the hospital

• the amount of time it should take to perform an assessment

• the amount of time we should spend on-scene

• the amount of time it should take us to get to the scene

Blood leaves the lungs via the Pulmonary ________ and enters the Left __________.

• Artery, Atrium

• Artery, Ventricle

• Vein, Atrium

• Vein, Ventricle

The circulation of blood within an organ or tissue in adequate amounts is:

• Homeostasis

• Hypoxia

• Ischemia

• Perfusion

Contusion is also called:

• Hematoma

• Epistaxis

• Coagulation

• Bruise