Emergency Medicine Test Prep - Question List

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56. A 30 year old man in road traffic accident received multiple injuries on the chest. Which of the following are most flail chest injuries found?
  1. Falling
  2. Blunt force trauma
  3. Vehicle collisions
  4. Rollover and crushing injurie
57. A man with injuries on chest was brought to emergency department. In the management of patient with flail chest which one of the following is necessary?
  1. Analgesics
  2. Giving humidified oxygen via oxygen mask
  3. Mechanical ventilation
  4. All of these
58. You respond to a 25 year male athlete, who received a non penetrating blow to chest. Following the blow, he is now unresponsive, pulseless, apneic and has no audible heart sound. What is the most likely diagnosis?
  1. Myocardial infarction
  2. Commotio cordis
  3. Shock
  4. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathies.
59. The most common cause of death in commotion cordis is?
  1. Atrial flutter
  2. Ventricular fibrillation
  3. Hemorrhages
  4. Heart block
60. A patient received trauma on the heart. What is initial lifesaving procedure before reaching hospital in management of patient?
  1. Medication
  2. Defibrillation
  3. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
  4. Precordial thump

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