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UPDATED TRAUMA FISDA P AEMT
QUESTIONS WITH COMPL ETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A
Question : A 36 year old female is unresponsive
following a motor vehicle accident. Following insertion of a supraglottic airway, you note diminished breath sounds on the right. What should you do?
- insert the supraglottic airway further
- assess for a cardiac tamponade
- assess for a pneumothorax
- withdraw the supraglottic airway
Correct Answer: d. withdraw the supraglottic airway
Question : A 19 year old female was a restrained
passenger in a car crash. She has a laceration to her head, bubbling from an upper chest wound, an abrasion to the abdomen, and a deformed arm. What should you do?
- splint the arm with a board splint
- place an occlusive dressing to the chest
- apply a hemostatic agent to the head
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- place a trauma dressing on the abdomen
Correct Answer: d. place a trauma dressing on the
abdomen
Question : An 18 year old male was kicked in the left side
of his face. He tells you that he cannot look up or feel his cheek, nose or upper lip. Which type of fracture should you suspect?
- zygomatic
- mandibular
- maxillary
- orbital
Correct Answer: d. orbital
Question : A 23 year old male fell from the top of a two
story building breaking his femur. There is bright red blood spurting from the wound. What should you do?
- establish intravascular access
- apply a tourniquet above the wound
- splint his left with a traction splint
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- initiate immediate transport
Correct Answer: d. initiate immediate transport
Question : What sound would you expect to hear during
chest percussion on a patient with a suspected pneumothorax?
- hyperresonance
- dull
- normal
- hyporesonance
Correct Answer: d. hyporesonance
Question : A 26 year old male has been stabbed in the left
side of his chest. He presents with pale, cool skin and JVD. Vital signs are a BP 140/120, P 140, R 32 breath sounds equal bilateral. What should you suspect?
- hemopneumothorax
- cardiac contusion
- cardiac tamponade
- tension pneumothorax
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Correct Answer: d. tension pneumothorax
Question : What is the most appropriate treatment for a
sucking chest wound?
- apply an occlusive dressing
- assist ventilations with bag-valve mask
- tape a saline bag over the wound
- apply a bulky dressing to the wound
Correct Answer: d. apply a bulky dressing to the wound
Question : A 50 year old male has a long piece of wood
impaled in his left anterior chest and protrudes out his back. He is pale and diaphoretic with a weak radial pulse.What should you do?
- establish vascular access
- initiate rapid transport
- cut down the piece of wood
- provide high0-flow oxygen