PSFA Unit 4 Quiz

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Which of the following is a late sign of frostbite?

Numbness and tingling in the exposed area

Slow or absent capillary refill

Skin is pale and waxy.

2 / 8

You are responding to a construction site on a hot day where a person has become dizzy. On your arrival, you find a patient lying on the ground being fanned by his friends. He is sweating heavily. This patient most likely has:

become exhausted.

anaphylaxis.

hyperthermia.

3 / 8

Your patient is bleeding profusely from a wound to her wrist. There are no dressings immediately available. What should you do first?

Apply a tourniquet

Apply direct pressure with your gloved hand

Call for the ambulance to bring dressings

4 / 8

A patient has bright red blood spurting from a laceration on his leg. This bleeding is best described as:

arterial bleeding

capillary bleeding

aortic bleeding

5 / 8

A patient has swelling and deformity in her right upper thigh after a motor vehicle crash. You are concerned about an injury to which bone?

clavicle

femur

patella

6 / 8

All unresponsive trauma patients should be assumed to have which of the following?

Intoxication

High blood sugar

Spinal injury

7 / 8

A young man has fallen head first from the roof of a three-story building onto a grassy surface. You should:

not consider spinal injury since he fell onto a soft surface.

ask him to stand to assess for spinal injury.

suspect injury to the cervical spine.

8 / 8

Your patient was injured when his airbag deployed during a head-on collision. To begin your assessment, you first:

palpate for signs of deformity.

pay attention to any soft or spongy areas.

remove or cut away clothing to expose the chest.

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