EMT Abdominal and GU Injuries

Your patient is a 18-year-old male struck by a car, you find an abdominal evisceration with several loops of his large intestine exposed. Which of the following is the BEST approach toward managing the exposed intestines?

You are palpating the abdomen of a motor vehicle collision patient when you feel a pulsing mass. You should:

This vascular organ abdominal organ can produce blood loss quickly enough to result in life-threatening hemorrhage following high mechanism of injury blunt trauma?

You are transporting a male patient with a deep stab wound to the groin, with damage to the genitalia following an assault by his girlfriend. The patient is AAOx4, albeit restless. Vital signs on scene are P, 128 beats/min; R, 20 breaths/min; BP, 108/64 mmHg; and SpO2, 92%. Oxygen is being administered via nasal cannula. On reassessment, which sign would be most concerning to the EMT?

A patient has been stabbed in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. Which solid organ should the EMT be most concerned with being injured?

When palpating the anterior portion of a patient's abdomen, you note tenderness to the left upper quadrant. As a knowledgeable EMT, you would recognize that which organ is most likely to be involved?

You have been called for a male patient who was shot with a rifle. Assessment reveals an entrance wound to the left lower quadrant of the abdomen. A hemorrhaging exit wound to the left lower back is also located. What should you do immediately?

You have arrived on the scene for a patient assaulted with a baseball bat. As you approach, which position would seemingly indicate that he has suffered an injury to the abdomen?

You have arrived on the scene of a stabbing. As you approach the patient, you note that his shirt is off and a single stab wound to the right lower quadrant of the abdomen is evident. The patient appears unresponsive as you approach. At the patient's side, your first action should be:

You arrive on scene of a serious motor vehicle collision. An unresponsive female has been extricated from the driver's seat. The patient was unrestrained and struck the steering wheel with her chest and abdomen. The primary assessment reveals a patient with snoring respirations and shallow breathing at a rate of 24 breaths per minute. What should you do next?

A 17-year-old female fell off a trampoline striking a picnic table with the left side of her lower rib cage. She is very anxious and confused. Her airway is open and her breathing adequate. Her radial pulse is rapid and weak, and her skin is cool and diaphoretic. Vital signs are P, 132 beats/min; R, 20 breaths/min; BP, 102/78 mmHg; and SpO2, 97% on ambient air. The patient has ecchymosis to the left lower rib area as well as tenderness and instability to the rib cage. Given these findings, you would suspect and treat her for which condition?

You are transporting an alert and oriented male with severe abdominal trauma. The primary survey reveals a patent airway with respirations of 24 breaths per minute. Breath sounds are present bilaterally. The patient has a rapid and weak radial pulse of 144 beats per minute, and his skin is pale and cool. The blood pressure is 92/64 mmHg and SpO2 is 92%. Best management of the respiratory and oxygenation parameters would include:

You are transporting a female patient who was sexually assaulted by having a foreign body inserted deep into her vagina. You are attempting to control hemorrhage by the appropriate means. As you reassess the patient, which finding is of most concern?

A female patient suffered a straddle injury (genitalia trauma) while trying to balance on top of a chain-link fence, after she fell with a leg on each side of the fence. At this time, you would?