Soft Tissue Trauma

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Most common serious complication associated with animal bites

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Infection

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Type of wound that has increased risk of tetanus exposure

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Stepping on a rusty nail

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Injury to ligaments

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Sprain

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Injury to tendons and muscles

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Strain

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Type of penetrating injury with smooth edges

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Incision

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Major difference between avulsion and amputation

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Amputation involves extremities or appendages

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Treatment for a wound to the anterolateral neck includes use of

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Occlusive dressing to prevent an air embolus

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How should impaled objects be treated?

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Stabilized to prevent movement

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Crush injury for a prolonged period that may cause renal complications

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Crush syndrome

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Intestinal organs protruding from a wound

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Evisceration

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The skin makes up what percent of body weight?

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16%

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Skin is known collectively as

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Integumentary system

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Outermost layer of skin

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Epidermis

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Middle layer of skin

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Subcutaneous

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Bottom layer of skin

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Dermis

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Glands within the dermis that excrete a lubricant

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Sebaceous glands

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Tunica intima, tunica media, and tunica adventitia are found in all blood vessels EXCEPT

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Capillaries

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Thick, fibrous, inflexible membranes surrounding muscle to help bind muscle groups together

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Fascia

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Blunt, non penetrating injuries that damage small blood vessels

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Contusions

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A hematoma is most often caused by

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Injury to an artery

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The mechanism of trauma injury in which tissue is locally compressed by high pressure forces

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Crush injury

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What type of wound is an abrasion?

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Open wound

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Injury in which MOI tears the skin off the underlying muscle, tissue, and blood vessels of an extremity

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Degloving injury

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Stage of wound healing in which arterial constriction and longitudinal muscle contraction is seen

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Hemostasis

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Minor bleeding associated with capillary wounds often continues because

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Capillaries cannot contract

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During the inflammation process, what specific cell arrives at the injury to engulf bacteria, debris, and foreign material?

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Granulocytes

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What is the result of the inflammation stage of healing?

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Clearing away of dead tissue and removal of bacteria

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What are two signs of infection?

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Lymphangitis and warmth

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What is a type of medication that can interfere with normal wound healing by interfering with or breaking down protein fibers that form clots?

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Fibrinolytics

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What occurs when body parts are trapped for 4 hours or longer?

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Crush syndrome

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A rapid trauma assessment should be performed on

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Any patient with a significant MOI

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What allows the provider to question the patient about signs and symptoms before touching an area?

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Use of the "inquiry" technique

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How are pain and edema control best handled?

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Application of cold packs and moderate-pressure bandages

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A complication of bandaging

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Bandages and dressings left on too long can become soaked with blood and bodily fluids and serve as incubators for infection

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How are amputated body parts managed?

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Place the part in a plastic bag and immerse in cold water

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When should impaled objects be removed?

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When they are in the center of a patient's chest that needs CPR

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Fatty secretion that keeps skin pliable and waterproof

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Sebum

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White blood cell that specializes in humoral immunity and antibody formation

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Lymphocyte

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Natural patterns in the surface of the skin

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Tension lines

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General reddening of the skin due to dilation of the superficial capillaries

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Erythema

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Blue-black discoloration of the skin due to leakage of blood into the tissues

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Ecchymosis

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Closed wound in which the skin is unbroken, although damage has occurred to the tissue immediately beneath

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Contusion

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Collection of blood beneath the skin or trapped within a body compartment

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Hematoma

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Natural tendency of the body to maintain its normal functions

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Homeostasis

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Tough, strong protein that comprises most of the body's connective tissue

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Collagen

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Most common complication of open wounds

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Infection

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Visible red streaks extending from a wound; indication of infection

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Lymphangitis

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New growth of capillaries in response to healing

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Neovascularization

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Three assessment techniques used during trauma assessment

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Inquiry

Inspection

Palpation

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Last resort used to control hemorrhage

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Tourniquet

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Primary method of controlling hemorrhage

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Direct pressure