Chapter 26

Question 1

Abrasion

Answer 1

A scratch or scrape

Rug burn, road rash, skinned elbows.

Question 2

Amputation

Answer 2

The surgical or traumatic severing of a body part.

Question 3

Avulsion

Answer 3

Tearing away or tearing off of a peach or flap of skin or other soft tissue. This term also may be used for an eye pulled it from its socket or a tooth dislodge from its socket. Skin degloving

Question 4

Bandage

Answer 4

Any material used to hold the dressing in place

Question 5

Closed wound

Answer 5

And internal injury with no open pathway from the outside

Question 6

Contusion

Answer 6

A bruise

Question 7

Crush injury

Answer 7

And injury cause when force is transmitted from the bodies exterior to each internal structures. Broken bones,muscles,nerves, and organs

Question 8

Dermis

Answer 8

The inner layer of skin found beneath the epidermis. Second layer of skin. Rich in blood vessels and nerves.

Question 9

Dressing

Answer 9

Any material used to cover a wound that will help control bleeding and prevent additional contamination.

Question 10

Epidermis

Answer 10

The outer layer of the skin.

Sensory receptors underneath

Question 11

Full thickness burn

Answer 11

A third degree burn. All layers of the skin or damaged.

Question 12

Hematoma

Answer 12

It’s swelling caused by the collection of blood under the skin or in damaged issues as a result Of an injured or broken blood vessel. Goose Egg. 1 liter max

Question 13

Laceration

Answer 13

A cut often caused by a sharp edge, razor blade, knife, etc. can also be caused by blunt force.

Question 14

Occlusive dressing

Answer 14

Any dressing that forms a airtight seal. For wounds to the neck, chest, and abdomen.

Question 15

Open wound

Answer 15

An injury in which the skin is broken exposing the tissue beneath.

Question 16

Partial thickness burn

Answer 16

A second-degree burn. Neighbor in which the epidermis is burned through, And the dermis is damaged. Redness, blistering.

Question 17

Pressure dressing

Answer 17

A dressing applied tightly to control bleeding. Best used in amputation incident.

Question 18

Puncture wound

Answer 18

A open wound that tears through the skin and destroys underlying tissues. Bullets, nails, bomb shrapnel

Question 19

Penetrating puncture wound

Answer 19

Shallow or deep

Question 20

Perforating puncture wound

Answer 20

Has both an entrance and exit wound

Question 21

Rule of nines

Answer 21

A method for estimating the extent of a burden.

Question 22

Rule of palm

Answer 22

A method for estimating the extent of a burn. The palm and fingers of the patient’s own hand equals about 1% of the body surface area and as compared to the burn to estimate it’s size

Question 23

Subcutaneous Layers

Answer 23

The layers of fat and soft tissue found below the dermis.

Question 24

Superficial burns

Answer 24

first-degree burns. Sunburn

Question 25

Universal dressing

Answer 25

A multi-trauma dressing, large and bulky required for profuse bleeding or went to Large wound must be covered

Question 26

What are soft tissues of the body?

Answer 26

The skin, fatty tissues, muscles, blood vessels, connective tissues, membranes, glands, and nerves.

Question 27

What is the skins major functions?

Answer 27

Protection, water balance, temperature regulation, excretion, shock absorption.

Question 28

What is a closed wound?

Answer 28

Contusion, rupture of a hollow organ, Internal laceration and puncture, crush injury with no open wound, injury of a solid organ.

Question 29

Open crush injuries

Answer 29

An open crush injury can result when in extremity is caught between heavy items, such as pieces of machinery.

Question 30

High pressure injection injuries

Answer 30

When a patient is injected by a substance Under high-pressure. Substance can travel to patients limbs causing great damage. If not caught soon enough high probability of amputation

Question 31

____________ Travel in an unpredictable path once they are inside the patient’s body and can therefore cause major damage to multiple organs and bones.

Answer 31

Bullets

Question 32

When treating impaled object you should?

Answer 32

Never remove impaled object. Do not put pressure on the object.Stabilize impaled object with bulky dressings. Bandage impaled object and surrounding dressings in place.Cut off excess impaled materials to a smaller size for transport.

Question 33

What are the four types of injuries that happen to a victim of a blast injury?

Answer 33

A) Pressure wave: air molecules slamming together B)Blast wave: heated gases, projectiles C) patient displacement: patient thrown around D) exposure to hazardous materials

Question 34

Do not Immerse___________Part directly in water or saline , do not let part come in direct contact with ice, and never complete an____________.

Answer 34

Amputation

Question 35

Specific injuries that occur to the genitals are?

Answer 35

1. Lacerations, contusions, abrasions 2. Avulsions including degloving 3. Blunt trauma 4. Zipper injuries, uncircumcised boys 5. Foreign bodies and impaled object 6. Blood at the meatus (internal bleeding)

Question 36

Burns can be classified and evaluated in three ways.

Answer 36

By the agent and source, by depth, by severity.

Question 37

Agent and sources of Burns

Answer 37

``` Thermal (flame or heat) Chemicals (various Acids) Electricity Light (intense light sources) Radiological (nuclear source, ultra violet) ```

Question 38

How to determine the severity of burns?

Answer 38

Agent or source of the burn, Body regions burned, Depth of the burn, extent of the burn, age of the patient, other illnesses and injuries.

Question 39

Electrical Injuries | Signs and symptoms

Answer 39

Burns where the energy enters and exits the body, disrupted nerve pathways, muscle tenderness, respiratory difficulties, irregular heartbeat, elevated blood pressure, Seizures

Question 40

Popular dressing size?

Answer 40

2 x 2, 4 x 4, 5 x 9, 8 x 10

Question 41

The most preferred bandage is?

Answer 41

The shelf adhering, form fitting roller bandage

Question 42

If dressing becomes soaked with blood......

Answer 42

Do not remove dressing, keep adding layers of dressing until bleeding subsides. The only time you would remove a blood soak dressing is if it is a bulky one or a occlusive dressing.

Question 43

Always wrap dressings from……

Answer 43

Distal to proximal

Question 44

Impaled object

Answer 44

If you could see both ends of the object impaled you can pull it out in a direction it was entered. But if you can’t see both and support object and prepare for transport.

Question 45

Tactile stimulation

Answer 45

Nerve endings that provide us with sensory input. Touch