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17 Cards in this Set
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A patient with more than one serious injury
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Multiple-trauma patient
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Cooperation of crew members, each knowing their role and working together to manage the serious patient
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Teamwork
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Procedure designed to move a patient quickly when the situation of safety warrants it.
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Emergency move
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Action or forces that may have caused or contributed to the injury
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Mechanism of injury
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The patient with a fractured right leg and a crushed pelvis is called a ____________patient.
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multiple-trauma
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When a patient has an obvious angulated forearm and is unresponsive, what is the priority?
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the airway
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At what point is the multiple-trauma patient most likely stablized?
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in surgery
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The three "Ts" involved in the management of a multiple-trauma patient are:
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timing, transport, andteamwork
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A reasonable goal for scene time when dealing with a critical trauma patient is ____________minutes.
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10
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When a trauma patient is making gurgling sounds as he breathes, what should you do?
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suction his airway
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Sometimes a _________ can act as a full-body splint when the critical patient must be immoblized quickly.
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long backboard
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When a patient has two fractured femurs, a crushed pelvis, and a possible abdominal injury, you should:
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1. Consider applying a PASG, if allowed
2. Request an ALS intercept en route to the hospital. 3. DO NOT apply a traction splint. |
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When you must minimize the scene care of a multiple-trauma patient, you can perform any of the following except:
A. suction the airway B. ventilate with BVM C. bandage all the lacerations D. immobilize the cervical spine |
c. bandage all the lacerations
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Even when you are trying to cut scene time for a multiple-trauma patient, the one thing you do not cut out is:
A. applying a traction splint if needed B. the detailed physical exam C. scene safety D. immoblization |
c. scene safety
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What are 5 treatments that would be appropriate on the scene for a critical trauma patient?
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1. Suctioning the airway
2. Inserting an oral or nasal airway 3. Restoring a patient airway by sealing a sucking chest wound 4. Ventilating with a bag-valve mask 5. Administering high-concentrated oxygen 7. Controlling bleeding 8. Immobilizing the patient with a cervical collar and a long backboard 9. Inflating a pneumatic antishock garment |
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Optimum limit of time between the moment of injury and surgery at the hospital is called:
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Golden hour
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Quick assessment of the head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities, and posterior of the body to detect signs and symptoms of injury is called a(n):
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Rapid trauma assessment
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