The suspicion of blunt abdominal trauma should be based primarily on:

You are treating a patient whose open chest wound has been sealed by EMTs on the scene before your arrival. During transport the patient becomes more dyspneic, tachycardic, and hypotensive. There are no breath sounds on the affected side, and the patient has JVD. Which of the following is the best action?

Your patient complains of elbow pain and states his doctor told him he had “the bursitis” in his elbow. The patient’s condition is characterized by inflammation of the:

When assessing a long bone injury, you should assume that you are dealing with a joint injury when the site of injury is within ________ inch(es) of the joint.

The suspicion of blunt abdominal trauma should be based primarily on:

Not considering other injuries, which of the following musculoskeletal findings warrants immediate transport of your patient?

A dislocated knee is MOST likely to damage which of the following vascular structures?

Your patient has sustained trauma to the eye. Upon examination, you see blood pooling in the anterior chamber and in front of the iris and pupil. What is this condition called?

When providing fluid resuscitation for a 1-year-old child with hypovolemia from a head injury, the goal is to maintain a systolic blood pressure of:

Which of the following patients may have trauma to abdominal organs?1. A 30-year-old construction worker who fell from a second-story roof but managed to land on his feet2. A 17-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the right buttock3. A 50-year-old male with a stab wound 4 cm inferior to the right scapula4. A 45-year-old female restrained driver of an SUV with a moderate-speed frontal impact