Chapter 17 Quiz

Front 1

In frontal impact collisions, which pathway of pt travel results in higher mortality?

Back 1

Up and Over

Front 2

Your pt, a 23 y/o woman who is 6 months pregnant, was the unrestrained driver of a vehicle that rear-ended a parked car. the airbag deployed. for which of the following injuries should you maintain a high index of suspicion?

Back 2

Abruptio placentae

Front 3

Which of the following is true of the differences between adult and pediatric pedestrains when struck by a vehicle?

Back 3

Children tend to turn toward the vehicle.

Front 4

Applying Newton's second law of motion to a vehicle traveling 70 miles per hour, crashing into which of the following would transfer the most force to the pt?

Back 4

Bridge abutment

Front 5

Which of the following best describes what happens to the kinetic energy of a vehicle traveling at 65 miles per hour when it collides into a concrete barrier wall?

Back 5

The body of the vehicle and its occupants absorb the energy.

Front 6

When a pt falls and lands on his or her feet, which section of the spinal column is the most prone to compression injury?

Back 6

Lumbar

Front 7

Which of the following mechanisms in a motor vehicle collision would most likely result in a tear of the liver at the ligamentum teres?

Back 7

Sudden deceleration

Front 8

Which of the two following factors proportionately affect the kinetic energy of a bullet fired from a gun?

Back 8

Velocity and mass

Front 9

Frontal impacts in which the pt takes a "down-and-under" pathway typically result in which of the following injury patterns?

Back 9

Hip and femur fractures

Front 10

the two factors that refer to the rate of change of speed are?

Back 10

acceleration and deceleration

Front 11

Which of the following contributes to a greater degree of injury than anticipated from vehicle damage alone in a lateral-impact motor vehicle collision?

Back 11

Lack of a crumple zone

Front 12

Which of the following mechanisms is the most consistent with diffuse axonal injury?

Back 12

Sudden acceleration from a lateral-impact motor vehicle collision.

Front 13

In which of the following types of impact should you have a higher index of suspicion because the degree of injury may be greater than the damage alone indicates?

Back 13

Lateral

Front 14

Which of the following is NOT a type of collision that must be considered when analyzing a motor vehicle collision?

Back 14

Tertiary impact

Front 15

Which of the following best defines the term energy?

Back 15

The capacity to do work.