During your assessment of a patient who experienced blunt trauma to the abdomen, you notice bruising around the umbilicus. This is a sign of:
intra-abdominal bleeding.
A sign of kidney damage following blunt trauma is
Hematuria
The mesentery is:
membranous folds that attach the intestines to the walls of the body
You are dispatched to a residence for a young female who was kicked in the abdomen by her boyfriend. While en route to the scene, you should ask the dispatcher if:
law enforcement is at the scene.
Which of the following statements regarding abdominal eviscerations is correct?
The protruding organs should be kept warm and moist.
A 54-year-old male experienced an avulsion to his penis when his foreskin got caught in the zipper of his pants. He was able to unzip his pants and remove the foreskin prior to your arrival. Your assessment reveals that he is in severe pain and that the a
applying direct pressure with a dry, sterile dressing.
When documenting a call involving a female patient who was sexually assaulted, the EMT should:
avoid speculation and document only factual data.
Early bruising following abdominal trauma often manifests as:
red areas of skin.
A 20-year-old male was accidentally shot in the right upper abdominal quadrant with an arrow during an archery contest. Prior to your arrival, the patient removed the arrow. Your assessment reveals that he is conscious and alert with stable vital signs. T
assume that the arrow injured an internal organ.
A football player was struck by another player in the right flank area just below the posterior rib cage. He complains of severe pain and point tenderness to the area. Your assessment reveals that there is a small amount of blood in his underwear. You sho
blunt injury to the kidney.
Because the depth of an open abdominal wound is often difficult to determine:
prompt transport to the hospital is essential.
Your presence is requested by law enforcement to assess a 33-year-old female who was sexually assaulted. The patient is conscious and obviously upset. As you are talking to her, you note an impressive amount of blood on her clothes in the groin area. Her
control any external bleeding, administer oxygen, and transport at once.
Bruising to the right upper quadrant of the abdomen following blunt trauma is MOST suggestive of injury to the:
liver
While assessing a 21-year-old female who struck a tree head-on with her small passenger car, you note that her air bag deployed. You should:
lift the air bag and look for deformity to the steering wheel
Which of the following organs would MOST likely bleed profusely when injured?
liver
Placing a pregnant patient in a supine position during the third trimester of pregnancy:
may decrease the amount of blood that returns to the heart.
You are transporting a patient with blunt abdominal trauma. The patient is unstable and is experiencing obvious signs and symptoms of shock. Your estimated time of arrival at the hospital is less than 10 minutes. After treating the patient appropriately,
closely monitor him and reassess him frequently.
The presence of tachycardia following a significant abdominal injury:
should be assumed to be a sign of shock.
Accumulation of blood in the abdominal cavity will MOST likely cause:
distention.
Which of the following organs is at MOST risk for injury as the result of a pelvic fracture?
urinary bladder