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Proper management for an avulsion of the ear includes Packaging the wound with d

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Question

Proper management for an avulsion of the ear includes

Packaging the wound with dressings

Icing the area to cool the part for reattachment

Bandaging in the position found

Bandaging in the correct anatomical position

A patient was stabbed in the chest, and the knife was removed prior to your arrival. You notice blood and bubbles from the wound. You cannot find an occlusive dressing. You should

Apply a dry, sterile dressing and tape down on three sides

Apply continuous pressure to the wound with your gloved hand

Cover the wound with a plastic wrapper seated on three sides

Pack the wound with sterile gauze moistened with saline

A baseball player was hit by a baseball in the left eye and complains of double vision. What should you do?

Perform a detailed e xam

Restrict spinal motion

Apply ice to the orbit

Assess papillary response

A 32-year-old male is unconscious after being struck in the head by a baseball bat. His pulse and breathing are slow and you see minor bleeding from a laceration at his left temple. Your partner is maintaining manual C-Spine stabilization. You should?
A. Secure the patient to the backboard

B. check airway and apply high-flow oxygen

C. Measure and apply a rigid C-Collar

D. Perform a rapid head-to-toe trauma e xam

Your patient cut his wrist. The wound is bleeding rapidly and spurting blood with each heartbeat. The patient most likely severed

Capillary

Tendon

Vein

Artery

A 28 yr old male suffered blunt trauma to the right anterior chest. He is pale, cool, diaphoretic, and responsive to verbal stimuli. Respirations are 38 and shallow with paradoxical movement. What should you do?

Oxygenate with positive pressure ventilations

Provide high flow oxygen by non- rebreather mask

Stabilize the chest wall with bulky dressing

Call for ALS backup

A 23 yr old male received burns to his feet while “stomping out” a campfire. He is still wearing his shoes and the rubber soles and shoelaces have melted together. What should you do

Apply a moist sterile dressing

Cut his shoelaces and remove the shoes

Place his feet in a bucket of cold sterile water

Obtain a set of baseline vitals and transport

A 40 yr old male fell off a ladder and broke his leg. His left knee now bends the wrong way. You should

Check for pulse, motor and sensation in low leg

Assess skin temp of effected extremity

See if he can move his toes and ankle

Apply a traction splint

A 28 yr old man was the driver of a motorcycle that was travelling 45 MPH when it struck a parked car. He was not wearing a helmet. The patient is lying supine with a copious amount of blood around his face. E is making gurgling and breathing 4 times a in.

Ventilate via bag-valve- mask

Suction the airway

Control bleeding

Apply a c-Collar

A 47 year old male was shot in the back. He is cool and clammy and has arm weakness. Vital signs are BP 130/90, P76, R24

Tension Pneumothorax

Aortic transection

Massive hemothorax

Spinal Cord injury

Explanation / Answer

Ans- 1). in case of avulsion of ear the bandaging should be in correct anatomical order.

2). In case of chst stabbed the wound should be covered with gauze moistioned in normal saline.

3). In case of hit by baseball bat we should assess papillary response

4) In case of unconscious person we should check airways and apply high flow oxygen.