Emergency Medicine Test Prep - Question List

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86. A 5 year old child was brought to the hospital having history of blunt orbital trauma and his orbit was fractured blunt orbital fractures cause increased pressure to the globe of the eye this pressure cause the weakest area of the orbit to give away resulting in herniation which one of the following is the weakest area of the orbit through which herniation
occurs ?
  1. Orbital floor
  2. Orbital roof
  3. Lateral wall
  4. All of these
87. A 10 year old child was brought to the emergency department having history of blunt trauma to his orbit which one of the following is/are symptoms of orbital fractures?
  1. enophthalmos
  2. impaired ocular mobility
  3. diplopia
  4. All of these
88. What causes eardrum to perforate?
  1. If the ear is struck directly With a skull fracture
  2. After a sudden explosion
  3. If an object (such as a bobby pin, Q-tip, or stick) is pushed too far into the ear canal
  4. All of the above
89. A teacher slaps a student at his right ear a small perforation develops on right side which one of the following is true regarding the management of perforated tympanic membrane?
  1. Leaving the patient as such for some period of time without any treatment
  2. Doing tympanoplasty directly
  3. Close the perforation so that water does not enter through.
  4. Both A and B
90. Which one of the following is true regarding the Pathophysiology of eardrum rupture in barotraumas?
  1. eardrum rupture is due to Sudden changes in pressure
  2. eardrum rupture is due to Sudden changes in temperature
  3. Both A and B
  4. None of them

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