EMT/NREMT Trauma Practice Test

Question 1

You arrive at a patient who has fallen off a ladder. Which of the following information is NOT important to the patient's care?

Accepted Answer

Height of the ladder

Answer

Surface the patient landed on

Answer

What part of the body hit first

Answer

Distance the patient fell from

Question 2

You've arrived at the scene of an MVA, where three patients have minor visible injuries. Two of them are refusing treatment, while the third is complaining neck and back pain. What should you do next?

Accepted Answer

Have your partner obtain refusals from the two patients who refused treatment, while you treat the last patient.

Answer

Treat the third patient, nothing else is needed for the other two

Answer

Treat all three patients, they are visibly injured and need medical attention

Answer

Obtain signed refusals from the first two patients then proceed to the third

Question 3

Your patient is a 17-year-old guy who was discovered face down in a pool. He's being held face up on the water's surface currently. He is breathing and has a pulse, but he is unconscious. What is the most effective treatment for this patient?

Accepted Answer

Apply cervical and spinal immobilization while the patient is still in the pool

Answer

Jump into the pool and begin CPR

Answer

Wait for a trained water rescue team

Answer

Remove the patient from the pool, immobilize, and transport.

Question 4

When there is penetrating trauma, the projectile contacts the tissues and forms a permanent cavity. What causes a temporary cavity to form?

Accepted Answer

By energy scrubbing off of the projectile

Answer

Unspent gun powder

Answer

By the twisting of the projectile

Answer

The wadding entering the body

Question 5

_______________ is the term that describes how a patient gets injured.

Accepted Answer

Mechanism of injury

Answer

Injury pattern

Answer

Energy transfer

Answer

Mechanics of injury

Question 6

What is your first order of business when you arrive at a trauma scene?

Accepted Answer

Scene safety

Answer

C-Spine control

Answer

Airway

Answer

Body substance Isolation

Question 7

This is known as the large collection of blood under the skin.

Accepted Answer

Hematoma

Answer

Bruise

Answer

Abrasion

Answer

Contusion

Question 8

The bleeding must be stopped in every traumatic incident where tissue damage has caused bleeding. What are the best ways to stop bleeding?

Accepted Answer

Direct pressure, digital pressure, elevation, tourniquet

Answer

Direct pressure, pressure dressing, tourniquet

Answer

Direct pressure, elevation, tourniquet, digital pressure

Answer

Tourniquet, elevation, pressure dressing, direct pressure

Question 9

Your 16-year-old trauma patient appears to have a femur fracture in the mid-shaft. There is a laceration directly over the suspected fracture, which you observe. The bleeding is under control. What kind of fracture could this be?

Accepted Answer

Open

Answer

Comminuted

Answer

Greenstick

Answer

Closed

Question 10

You intubate the patient on the way to the hospital. You hear wheezing in the upper lung areas during your assessment of tube placement. What's the most likely cause of wheezing?

Accepted Answer

Inhalation injury to the lower airway

Answer

Inhalation induced asthma attack

Answer

Inhalation injury to the upper airway

Answer

Inhalation induced cardiac wheezing