1.
A 39-year-old man has sustained major open facial injuries after having been involved in a frontal-impact crash. Which of the following findings within the car would MOST likely explain this injury pattern?
A.
A bent steering wheel
B.
A deployed airbag
C.
A nonintact windshield
D.
A crushed instrument panel
2.
A patient has fallen 13' from a roof. For this fall to be considered significant, the patient would have to be a MINIMUM of:
A.
3'.
B.
4' 3".
C.
5' 4" .
D.
6'.
3.
Which of the following injuries would MOST likely result from the third collision in the "three-collision" effect that occurs as a result of a frontal impact motor vehicle crash?
A.
Extensive damage to the automobile
B.
Aortic rupture or compressing injury to the brain
C.
Flail chest and lower extremity fractures
D.
Massive external trauma with severe bleeding
4.
By assessing the body of the vehicle and determining the type of crash, you can determine the:
A.
kinetic energy.
B.
nature of illness.
C.
echanism of injury.
D.
potential energy.
5.
During your assessment of the interior of a vehicle that was involved in a frontal collision with a tree, you note that the steering wheel is bent. Which of the following injuries does this MOST likely indicate?
A.
Blunt trauma to the chest
B.
Penetrating trauma to the chest
C.
Trauma to the spinal column
D.
Open injuries to the skull
6.
Death from a rollover motor vehicle crash is MOST often secondary to:
A.
crushing injuries.
B.
airbag related trauma.
C.
multiple collisions to the interior of the car.
D.
ejection of the patient from the motor vehicle.
7.
For injuries to the head and chest, all of the following are considered significant mechanism of injury except:
A.
severe damage to the front of the car.
B.
deployment of an air bag.
C.
rollover.
D.
engine intrusion into the passenger's compartment.
8.
Kinetic energy is a calculation of which of the following two factors?
A.
Mass and weight
B.
Weight and size
C.
Weight and speed
D.
Speed and velocity
9.
An unrestrained patient was involved in a frontal-impact crash with another vehicle. Upon inspection of the interior of the vehicle, you note that the lower dashboard is crushed. When assessing the patient, you would be MOST likely to encounter:
A.
blunt abdominal trauma.
B.
trauma to the pelvis.
C.
closed head injuries.
D.
penetrating chest trauma.
10.
The most common type of impact resulting in whiplash is:
A.
frontal.
B.
lateral.
C.
rollover.
D.
rear-end.
11.
With regard to the five types of motor vehicle crashes, which one is the number one cause of death?
A.
Lateral collisions
B.
Rear-end collisions
C.
Rollover crashes
D.
Frontal crashes
12.
Penetrating trauma from an object such as a knife is considered:
A.
low impact.
B.
medium impact.
C.
high impact.
D.
significant impact.
13.
Patients who fall and land on their feet tend to have less serious internal injuries because:
A.
they tend to fall from lesser heights.
B.
the calcaneous is a very strong bone.
C.
their legs have absorbed much of the energy.
D.
the surface that they land on is often soft.
14.
When assessing a stab wound, it is important for the EMT-B to remember that:
A.
the majority of the internal trauma will be near the path of the knife.
B.
most stabbings are unintentional and cause less severe internal injury.
C.
stabbings to an extremity are rarely associated with an exit wound.
D.
more internal damage may be present than the external wound suggests.
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