Penetrating Thoracic Chest Trauma Quiz
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This quiz is being utilized as a pretest before the presentation of subject material on penetrating thoracic trauma.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Mrs. Hart is 28 year old female, who was walking home from a pampered chef party, when she was struck by a car and pinned to a large tree. The emergency medical technicians at the scene reported a extrication time of 20 minutes. Mrs. Hart is 20 minutes into the "Golden Hour". What is the "Golden Hour"? Check all the apply.
- A.
Activation of the EMS system and transport to medical facility
- B.
Stabilization in the prehospital setting
- C.
Time frame that immediately begins after injury during the first peak
- D.
Rapid rescitation on arrival in the ED and provision of defentive care
- E.
Time frame that occurs and is known as the second peak
- 2.Second only to head and spinal injuries, thoracic injuries account for _______ of trauma deaths.
- A.
30%
- B.
55%
- C.
20%
- D.
35%
- E.
25%
- 3.
1 2 Identify one and two.- A.
Tension Pneumothorax
- B.
Open Pneumothorax
- C.
Normal Pneumothorax
- D.
Sucking Pneumothorax
- E.
Hemothorax
- 4.What are the steps in the primary survey?
- A.
Circulation
- B.
Disability
- C.
Airway
- D.
Exposure/Environmental
- E.
Breathing
- 5._____ of deaths occur within minutes.
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