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30 Cards in this Set
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Why is providing high-flow oxygen especially important to patients with head injuries?
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It helps reduce swelling to the brain.
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Which section of the spine is usually ONLY injured due to a significant mechanism of injury?
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The thoracic spine
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When do you release manual stabilization of the cervical spine?
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Only after the patient is secured to a long spine board.
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Usually only _______ patients can develop hemorrhagic shock due to a closed head injury.
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Infant
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To "uptriage" means to:
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overtreat
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Should you use direct pressure to control profuse head bleeding when there's an obvious fracture at the site of bleeding?
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No, dummy.
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True or false: Damage to the spinal cord can isolate a part of the body from the brain, but function is usually restored quickly.
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FALSE
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True or false: You should always suspect a spine injury whenever you suspect a skull or brain injury.
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TRUE
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True or false: One of the first and most significant signs of head injury is hyperventilation.
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FALSE
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What are some indications for leaving a helmet in place on an injured patient?
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Helmet fits snugly allowing little or no movement of head within the helmet
There are absolutely no impending airway or breathing problems nor any reason to resuscitate the patient Removal would cause further injury Proper spinal immobilization can be done with the helmet in place There is no interference with the EMT's ability to assess airway or breathing |
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What are some indications FOR removing a helmet form an injured patient.
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Helmet interferes with the ability to assess and manage airway and breathing
Helmet is improperly fitted, allowing excessive movement Helmet interferes with immobilization Cardiac arrest |
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What are the three components of the Glasgow coma scale?
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Eye Opening
Verbal Response Motor Response |
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Define all three components of the Glasgow coma scale, and describe the points assigned to each response
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Eye Opening:
4 - Spontaneous 3 - To voice 2 - To pain 1 - None Verbal response: 5 - Oriented 4 - Confused 3 - Inappropriate words 2 - Incomprehensible sounds 1 - None Motor Response: 6 - Obeys command 5 - Localizes pain 4 - Withdraws from pain 3 - Flexes in response to pain 2 - extends in response to pain 1 - none |
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Pairs of nerves that enter and exit the spinal cord between the vertebrae, 12 pairs of cranial nerves that travel between the brain and organs without passing through the spinal cord, and all of the body's other motor and sensory nerves
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Peripheral nervous system
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Mild closed head injury without detectable damage to the brain
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Concussion
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Body system that is divided into two subsystems and that
provides overall control of thought, sensation, and the voluntary and involuntary motor functions of the body |
Nervous system
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Cheek bone; also called the zygomatic bone
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Malar
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Bony bump on a vertebra that you can feel on a person's back
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Spinous process
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Bones of the spinal column
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Vertebrae
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Movable joint formed between the mandible and the temporal bones; also called the TM joint
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Temporomandibular joint
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Bony structure making up the forehead, top, back, and
upper sides of the skull |
Cranium
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Fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord
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Cerebrospinal fluid
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Bruised brain caused when the force of a blow to the head
is great enough to rupture blood vessels |
Contusion
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The brain and the spinal cord
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Central nervous system
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Bones that form part of the sides of the skull and floor of
the cranial cavity |
Temporal bones
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Bones that form the upper third, or bridge, of the nose
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Nasal bones
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Bony structures, or sockets, around the eyes
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Orbits
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Nervous system that consists of nerves that control
involuntary functions such as the heartbeat and breathing |
Autonomic nervous system
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The function of the spinal column is to:
A. produce cerebrospinal fluid. B. protect the spinal cord. C. allow for back movement in all directions. D. manufacture platelets |
B. protect the spinal cord.
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The spine is made up of __ vertebrae.
A. 35 B. 23 C. 33 D. 38 |
C. 33
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