What potentially fatal risk presents for an unstable rib fracture

What is the mediastinum

Which of the following are signs and symptoms for a tension pneumothorax

What mnemonic can be used to assess a patients breathing and for a tension pneumothorax

What Ambulance clinician procedure can be used to manage a tension pneumothorax

On managing a sucking chest wound, what type of dressing should be used

What is the aimed systolic for a patient with penetrating torso trauma

The heart has how many layers to it

Define a flail chest

Which layer is the Endocardium within the structure of the heart

A hard or ‘woody’ abdomen can indicate

The abdomen contains numerous organs and blood vessels, including the lower parts of the aorta and inferior vena cava. This makes major trauma to the abdomen a high risk for internal and/or external haemorrhage and complications, True or False

The abdomen can store a large amount of internal haemorrhage, potentially how much of the body’s circulating volume

For a penetrating abdominal injury, what Systolic blood pressure would you aim for when considering fluid therapy

For a blunt abdominal injury, what Systolic blood pressure would you aim for when considering fluid therapy

Where there is an open abdominal injury with organs protruding through, you should

Pelvic fractures occur in up to what percent of all polytrauma cases

What terminology is often used to describe a pelvic fracture where the pelvis is obviously deformed and open in appearance

What treatment can be applied to help stabilise a pelvic fracture

Applying a traction splint has the potential to cause further disruption to an unstable pelvis depending on the type of equipment, True or False

What landmarks are identified to position a pelvic binder

Most pelvic injuries occur in which of the following age ranges

Pelvic fractures can be classified as

An unstable fracture can be described as normally two or more breaks in the pelvic ring and

A closed fracture is classed as

Haemorrhage is the cause of death in what percentage of all pelvic trauma cases

When reviewing limb trauma, it is important not to get distracted from what when dealing with the patient

A pathological fracture occurs through

A comminuted fracture is where the bone has

A stable fracture is where

An oblique fracture is where the bone has fractured in a

How many kinds of compartment syndrome are there

A compound fracture is where

When dealing with any open fractures, you must not

When dealing with an amputated limb, to help preserve it, what should you do

If a injury/open fracture/wound is grossly contaminated, you should

In a penetrating trauma scenario, you should look to

Carboxyhaemoglobin will cause a false oxygen saturation reading on a pulse oxygen device, True or False

Crush injury and syndrome are the same condition, True or False

What are the 3 common factors which lead to the development of crush syndrome

Placing catastrophic tourniquets loosely on crushed limbs prior to release is for what reason

Which of the following are indicators for Crush syndrome

An electrical burn will only occur on the surface of the skin, True or False

Muscle spasms during electrocution can cause fractures and dislocations, True or False

With electrical injury, what system/organ if affected could cause arrhythmia’s?

When dealing with a patient where there is an impaled object which is pulsating, you should

At what voltage and above are cardiac arrhythmias/arrest more likely

What part of the body is most commonly affected in a crush incident

What best describes crush syndrome