3 Injury Prevention and Public Health Flashcards
EMS providers caring for a patient after he or she has been injured is which type of injury prevention? A. Primary C. Tertiary B. Secondary D. Final
C
Which of the following statements about unintentional injuries in the United States is true?
A.
The economic effect of unintentional injuries is about $1 million per year.
B.
About 5% of all hospital emergency department visits are related to unintentional injuries.
C.
Unintentional injuries result in more potential life lost than any other cause.
D.
Unintentional injuries rarely result in death.
C
Motor vehicle crashes, gunshot wounds, and poisoning are related to which events?
A.
Unrelated events and cannot be studied under the term “unintentional injury”
B.
Related through the resulting tissue damage and can be studied as “unintentional injury”
C.
Related events that can be studied as “unintentional injury,” but only in one geographical area
D.
Unrelated events that can still be studied under the term “unintentional injury”
B
What is the man in this scenario? (Refer to above scenario.) A. Host C. Environment B. Agent D. Causative factor
A
What is the icy road in this scenario? (Refer to above scenario.) A. Host C. Environment B. Agent D. Causative factor
C
The Haddon matrix helps us remember which aspect?
A.
Predict the patient’s injuries
B.
Understand the entire injury sequence
C.
Control the scene and prevent rescuer injury
D.
The steps of patient assessment at trauma scenes
B
Based on the Haddon matrix scenario, teaching students not to drink and drive prevents injury in which phase? A. Pre-event C. Post-event B. Event D. Final-event
A
Based on the Haddon matrix scenario, a child’s correctly installed safety seat prevents him or her from being injured in a crash. This represents injury prevention in which phase? A. Pre-event C. Post-event B. Event D. Final-event
B
Complicated long-term consequences of a crash that are avoided because of proper emergency care on the scene represent prevention in which phase? A. Pre-event C. Post-event B. Event D. Final-event
C
If a person does not speed while driving so as to avoid an expensive traffic ticket, the driver is responding to which of the three Es of injury prevention? A. Education C. Engineering B. Enforcement D. Enhancement
B
A person escaping injury during a vehicle crash because the air bags deployed has benefited from which of the three Es of injury prevention? A. Education C. Engineering B. Enforcement D. Enhancement
C
Primary injury data include which aspect? A. The mechanism of injury C. Patients’ vital signs B. On-scene education provided D. On-scene time
A
What is the period after a patient has been injured during which he or she is particularly receptive to injury-prevention tips? A. Teachable moment C. Opportunity for prevention B. Receptive opportunity D. Responsive moment
A
What program prevents a problem before it occurs? A. Primary C. Tertiary B. Secondary D. Final
A
Which of the following is an example of a positive injury prevention strategy?
A.
Inform the parent that if their child had worn a helmet, he would not have a severe head injury.
B.
Counsel the patient with severe facial trauma during transport that a seat belt could have prevented her injuries.
C.
Suggest removing a loose rug that could be a fall hazard to an elderly woman who is complaining of weakness.
D.
Take the parent and demonstrate how to turn down the hot water heater while your partner treats the child’s severe burns.
C
