What is among the greatest causes of crashes in a modern ambulance?

A. distracted driving

B. increased vehicle traffic

C. high speed driving

D. other vehicles

Select the safest method for handling a patient with an impaled object in the thigh.

A. Stabilize the impaled object with bulky dressing; do not remove the object.

B. Complete patient assessment and, if stable, hold pressure with sterile gauze, carefully remove the object, and apply pressure dressing.

C. Only remove impaled objects that are in the mouth.

D. Hold pressure around site with sterile gauze, carefully remove the object and apply an occlusive dressing.

Loss of tissue in a traumatic event can either be just soft tissue, a portion of or an entire extremity. Loss of tissue or a flap type laceration is called an avulsion, if your patient has lost the distal 1/3 of a lower extremity what would that injury be called?

A. Amplitude

B. Avulsion

C. Extremity exodus

D. Amputation

You are dispatched to the scene of a 9-year-old girl who has been struck by a car. Police are unable to reach her parents. What gives you the ability to treat the girl?

A. Expressed Consent

B. Revoked Consent

C. Implied Consent

D. Informed Consent

You have responded to a local residence of a 37-year-old male who had lacerated his leg while using a chainsaw in the back of his house. Prior to your arrival, the patient's wife, who is a nurse, applied pressure to the wound and has the patient in Trendelenburg position. Your assessment of the patient reveals him to be responsive to painful stimuli with a weak carotid pulse and the blood pressure unobtainable. There is a massive amount of blood surrounding the patient on the ground. The wife tells you that the wound is arterial and the injury occurred about 10 to 15 minutes ago.

In addition to oxygen therapy, what are your treatment priorities for this patient?

A. Continue applying direct pressure to the wound and call for ALS support.

B. Apply an arterial tourniquet and call for ALS support.

C. Continue applying direct pressure to the wound and transport.