Emergency Medicine Test Prep - Question List

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11. A 30 year old is having blunt abdominal trauma one of the complication of blunt abdominal trauma is peritonitis which one of the following cause immediate peritonitis?
  1. Blood
  2. Chemical peritonitis from stomach acids
  3. Bacterial peritonitis
  4. All of these
12. The main step in the management of patient having a penetrating trauma by Gunshot wounds is?
  1. Laparotomy
  2. hemodynamically stabilizing the patient
  3. conservative management
  4. Both A and B
13. Which one of the following is correct regarding the definition of abdominal evisceration?
  1. The removal of the viscera from the abdominal cavity; disembowelment.
  2. The removal of the contents from an organ or an organ from abdominal cavity
  3. The protrusion of an internal organ through a wound or surgical incision in the abdominal wall
  4. All of these
14. A 30 year old man having penetrating abdominal trauma by knife and his small bowel are protruded out through the wound site all of the following are correct regarding the evisceration of abdominal organs except ?
  1. Careful cleaning and evaluation of eviscerated organ
  2. Covering of protruding abdominal contents with sterile dressing
  3. Reinserting the organ in the prehospital setting
  4. Surgery
15. A 25 year old female was brought to the emergency department having penetrating abdominal trauma and her abdominal organs were eviscerated you are going to start management of this patient which one of the following will be first aid in her management ?
  1. Check airway, breathing and circulation
  2. Providing first aid for shock
  3. Controlling external bleeding.
  4. All of these

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