Author: Anonymous

Which of the following is TRUE of the epidemiology of abdominal trauma?

Which of the following is NOT part of the prehospital examination of the patient with suspected abdominal trauma?

Your patient is a 50-year-old motorcyclist who received a lateral impact from an automobile as he went through an intersection. He has an open right tibia/fibula fracture. He also has a fracture of his left forearm and some abrasions. He was wearing a helmet and suffered no loss of consciousness. He currently has a strong radial pulse of 100, his skin is warm and moist, and he has adequate respirations at 20 per minute. Assuming no significant findings during a rapid trauma exam and intact distal neurovascular status, which of the following is the best way to manage this patient’s lower extremity trauma?

Which of the following may affect the pattern of injury in abdominal trauma?

Which of the following is TRUE of the patient with a suspected penetrating injury to or rupture of the diaphragm?

Which of the following can reduce the potential for abdominal injury?

Your patient is a 27-year-old man with one stab wound at the fifth intercostal space posteriorly, on the right. He is ambulatory at the scene, but dyspneic and has air movement at the site of the injury. Which of the following should you do first?

Which of the following is a consideration in preventing orthopedic injury?

A patient unable to extend the leg or flex the hip is MOST likely to have incurred an injury in which nerve plexus?

The liver is injured ________ percent of the time with penetrating abdominal trauma.