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Which of the following organs is Least likely to be injured in penetrating trauma to the abdomen?
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Pancreas
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Your pt is 17 yom driver of a vehicle that received lateral impact on drivers door. No side airbags with 8 inches intrusion. Your pt complains of left shoulder pain and has a contusion on the left shoulder and deformity to left clavicle. He has erythema over the left lateral thorax from ribs 6 through 12 with crepitus on palpation. Which should you suspect?
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Blunt trauma to spleen
Penetrating trauma to spleen Left pneumothorax Fracture of left clavicle Soft tissue injury to the left shoulder |
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Which of the following is true of abdominal trauma?
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A significant amount of blood can accumulate in the abdominal cavity before signs and symptoms of abdominal injury appear.
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Which of the following is true of the epidemiology of abdominal trauma?
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Marbidity and mortality due to blunt trauma is decreasing, but morbidity and mortality due to penetrating trauma is increasing
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The largest reserve of blood of any body organ is contained in the?
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Liver
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Which of the following can reduce the potential for abdominal injury?
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All the above
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Which of the following best describes shear injuries to the abdominal organs?
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Tearing of the organ in which the organ is fixed at its point of attachment but free to move otherwise
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The liver is injured what percentage of the time with pentrating abdominal trauma?
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40
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Which of the following is NOT part of the prehospital examination of the patient with suspected abdominal trauma?
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Auscultating bowel sounds
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Which of the following guidelines applies to prehospital fluid resuscitation of hypotensive pt with intra-abdominal hemorrhage?
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In most cases, fluid administration should be limited to 3 liters of isotonic crystalloid solution
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