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NREMT EMR First Responder

Category - Trauma

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Which of the following patients would most likely have suffered multi-system trauma based on the mechanism of injury? Choose all that apply.
  1. Rollover motor vehicle collision
  2. Motorcycle versus car collision
  3. Man who fell 6 feet from a ladder
  4. Car versus pedestrian collision
  5. All of the above
Explanation
Answer: E - All of the incidents above are considered a high mechanism injury and could result in multi-system trauma. Multi-system trauma implies that a person has suffered trauma to multiple body systems resulting in injury that can be life threatening. Multi-system trauma patients have a higher incidence of shock than people who experience a traumatic injury to a single body system.
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