Trauma assessment priorities and common medical emergency presentations tested on the EMT-B exam.
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- What is the first priority upon arriving at any EMS scene?
- Ensure scene safety.
- In trauma assessment, the mnemonic ____ stands for Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure.
- ABCDE
- MOI
- Mechanism of injury
- Which trauma patients get a rapid trauma assessment rather than a focused exam?
- Those with a significant mechanism of injury.
- What immediate action controls severe external hemorrhage?
- Direct pressure.
- When direct pressure fails to control life-threatening extremity hemorrhage, what device should be applied?
- A tourniquet.
- What is the term for the first 60 minutes after a traumatic injury, during which definitive care most improves survival?
- The golden hour.
- What does the EMS term "load and go" mean for a critical trauma patient?
- Minimize time on scene and transport immediately.
- A GCS score at or below what number generally indicates a need for aggressive airway management?
- 8
- What are the three components scored in the Glasgow Coma Scale?
- Eye opening, verbal response, motor response.
- What is the lowest possible total Glasgow Coma Scale score?
- 3
- What is the highest possible total Glasgow Coma Scale score?
- 15
- A tension pneumothorax causes tracheal deviation toward which side?
- The opposite side, away from the affected lung.
- What immediate dressing should be applied to an open chest wound?
- An occlusive dressing.
- What is a flail chest?
- Two or more ribs broken in two or more places, creating a free-floating segment.