Chapter 3 Pre/Post

Question 1

According to the Haddon matrix, what is a post event strategy to reduce the severity of injury

Answer 1

Ambulance is equipped w/ current equipment.

Question 2

If a 16y/o is killed in a car crash, how many years of potential life lost?

Answer 2

49

Question 3

In financial planning of prevention programs, EMS liaisons should look to the CDC for?

Answer 3

Grants.

Question 4

Related to automobile crashes, what should be considered a host in the pre-event phase?

Answer 4

Driving experience.

Question 5

The leading cause of death in the US is?

Answer 5

Heart Disease.

Question 6

When caring for a female pt who has experienced minor injuries in a car accident, you learn that she wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. When is the best time for a teachable moment?

Answer 6

Immediately following the accident.

Question 7

When providing a wellness check in the home of an 87y/o male pt, you notice that their meds are in unmarked containers. What should you do?

Answer 7

Inform the pt of the dangers of putting meds in unmarked containers.

Question 8

What is an example of a passive intervention

Answer 8

Developing child resistant medication bottles.

Question 9

What was the second leading cause of unintentional death in 2020.

Answer 9

MVA.

Question 10

What would be the most effective intervention in preventing serious head and chest injuries in an MVA?

Answer 10

Instituting safety practices, including laws and requiring the use of seat belts in vehicles.

Question 11

A community health assessment is necessary before:

Answer 11

Interventions are designed.

Question 12

According to the Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, the EMS systems of the future focus on:

Answer 12

Preventing injuries and illnesses.

Question 13

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, epidemiology is used to control:

Answer 13

Health problems.

Question 14

Despite funding limitations, you have a duty to provide; what on any call in which a preventable event has occurred?

Answer 14

Education.

Question 15

During which step of a teachable moment would you determine what factors or hazards may have caused the injury?

Answer 15

Observe the scene.

Question 16

In 2020, the death rate in the United States increased by 15.9% for which reason?

Answer 16

Covid 19

Question 17

What can you do better to prepare for incidents that may involve human trafficking?

Answer 17

Identify outside resources.

Question 18

What classification would be assigned to the injury received by a 2yo child who drinks a bottle
of household cleaner?

Answer 18

Unintentional.

Question 19

When providing community health education for non-English speaking populations, what can you do to improve comprehension of materials?

Answer 19

Augment written material with illustrations.

Question 20

When providing community health education, what tools can you use as a dynamic visual?

Answer 20

Internet resource.

Question 21

When using the systematic approach to health assessment and injury prevention program,
what is the last step in the cycle?

Answer 21

Evaluate and revise.

Question 22

What is an example of a secondary injury prevention?

Answer 22

Administering EPI to a PT in anaphylactic shock.

Question 23

What is the most appropriate use of a teachable moment?

Answer 23

Advising the unrestrained passenger with minor injuries following a motor vehicle accident that she easily could have been killed.

Question 24

What resources would be considered a municipal resource?

Answer 24

Animal control services.

Question 25

What results in the most years of potential life lost?

Answer 25

Unintentional injury.

Question 26

What would be an example of an engineering prevention strategy?

Answer 26

Vaccines.

Question 27

What would be considered a passive intervention?

Answer 27

Engineering.

Question 28

William Haddon is best known for the tool he developed to understand what?

Answer 28

Injury sequence.

Question 29

You are tasked with developing an educational program for caretakers of the elderly on fall prevention. To be effective, the program should inform the caretakers to:

Answer 29

Adopt safety precautions.

Question 30

You arrive at the scene of a rollover and find the car lying in the ditch. Upon examining the 19yo male PT, you notice they were not wearing their seatbelt and they admit to texting on their cell phone at the time of the accident. What was an environmental factor contributing to the crash?

Answer 30

Lack of guardrails.