kinetics of trauma 2

Which of the following MOI is the second impact of pedestrian injury?

• Vehicle strikes body with bumper

• Body strikes grown after getting thrown into air

• Adult thrown on hood of vehicle

• Broken glass drops onto pedestrain

Which of the following patient would have a HIGHER risk of injury from falling from 3 metres?

• Healthy adult

• Landing head first

• Landing leg first

• Fall decelerated by branches

What should you be looking during your RBS, in a gun shot MOI?

• Type of bullet

• Type of gun

• Vital signs

• Exit wound

Which of the following is a tertiary blast injury?

• Fall onto glass shards from blast

• Lung puncture due to blast wave

• Projectile penetrating injury from the bomb fragments

• Eardrum burst due to loud explosion

What one of the following causes a bomb to be 'dirty'?

• bomb causes large number of casualties

• bomb causes a fire

• bomb has radioactive substance

• bomb constructed not using aseptic technique

Which of the following factor affects severity of penetrating injury?

• sharpness of object

• Depth of penetration

• Strength of person stabbing

• Existing health conditions