Emt Chapter 29

Front 1

Why is providing high-flow oxygen especially important to patients with head injuries?

Back 1

It helps reduce swelling to the brain.

Front 2

Which section of the spine is usually ONLY injured due to a significant mechanism of injury?

Back 2

The thoracic spine

Front 3

When do you release manual stabilization of the cervical spine?

Back 3

Only after the patient is secured to a long spine board.

Front 4

Usually only _______ patients can develop hemorrhagic shock due to a closed head injury.

Back 4

Infant

Front 5

To "uptriage" means to:

Back 5

overtreat

Front 6

Should you use direct pressure to control profuse head bleeding when there's an obvious fracture at the site of bleeding?

Back 6

No, dummy.

Front 7

True or false: Damage to the spinal cord can isolate a part of the body from the brain, but function is usually restored quickly.

Back 7

FALSE

Front 8

True or false: You should always suspect a spine injury whenever you suspect a skull or brain injury.

Back 8

TRUE

Front 9

True or false: One of the first and most significant signs of head injury is hyperventilation.

Back 9

FALSE

Front 10

What are some indications for leaving a helmet in place on an injured patient?

Back 10

Helmet fits snugly allowing little or no movement of head within the helmet

There are absolutely no impending airway or breathing problems nor any reason to resuscitate the patient

Removal would cause further injury

Proper spinal immobilization can be done with the helmet in place

There is no interference with the EMT's ability to assess airway or breathing

Front 11

What are some indications FOR removing a helmet form an injured patient.

Back 11

Helmet interferes with the ability to assess and manage airway and breathing

Helmet is improperly fitted, allowing excessive movement

Helmet interferes with immobilization

Cardiac arrest

Front 12

What are the three components of the Glasgow coma scale?

Back 12

Eye Opening

Verbal Response

Motor Response

Front 13

Define all three components of the Glasgow coma scale, and describe the points assigned to each response

Back 13

Eye Opening:
4 - Spontaneous
3 - To voice
2 - To pain
1 - None

Verbal response:
5 - Oriented
4 - Confused
3 - Inappropriate words
2 - Incomprehensible sounds
1 - None

Motor Response:
6 - Obeys command
5 - Localizes pain
4 - Withdraws from pain
3 - Flexes in response to pain
2 - extends in response to pain
1 - none

Front 14

Pairs of nerves that enter and exit the spinal cord between the vertebrae, 12 pairs of cranial nerves that travel between the brain and organs without passing through the spinal cord, and all of the body's other motor and sensory nerves

Back 14

Peripheral nervous system

Front 15

Mild closed head injury without detectable damage to the brain

Back 15

Concussion

Front 16

Body system that is divided into two subsystems and that
provides overall control of thought, sensation, and the
voluntary and involuntary motor functions of the body

Back 16

Nervous system

Front 17

Cheek bone; also called the zygomatic bone

Back 17

Malar

Front 18

Bony bump on a vertebra that you can feel on a person's back

Back 18

Spinous process

Front 19

Bones of the spinal column

Back 19

Vertebrae

Front 20

Movable joint formed between the mandible and the temporal bones; also called the TM joint

Back 20

Temporomandibular joint

Front 21

Bony structure making up the forehead, top, back, and
upper sides of the skull

Back 21

Cranium

Front 22

Fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord

Back 22

Cerebrospinal fluid

Front 23

Bruised brain caused when the force of a blow to the head
is great enough to rupture blood vessels

Back 23

Contusion

Front 24

The brain and the spinal cord

Back 24

Central nervous system

Front 25

Bones that form part of the sides of the skull and floor of
the cranial cavity

Back 25

Temporal bones

Front 26

Bones that form the upper third, or bridge, of the nose

Back 26

Nasal bones

Front 27

Bony structures, or sockets, around the eyes

Back 27

Orbits

Front 28

Nervous system that consists of nerves that control
involuntary functions such as the heartbeat and breathing

Back 28

Autonomic nervous system

Front 29

The function of the spinal column is to:
A. produce cerebrospinal fluid.
B. protect the spinal cord.
C. allow for back movement in all directions.
D. manufacture platelets

Back 29

B. protect the spinal cord.

Front 30

The spine is made up of __ vertebrae.
A. 35
B. 23
C. 33
D. 38

Back 30

C. 33