Part of the Trauma practice questions exam area.
This page holds 200 free practice questions for Chapter 32, Soft-Tissue Trauma, covering skin anatomy and wound healing, contusions and hematomas, crush syndrome and compartment syndrome, abrasions, lacerations, avulsions, amputations, and impaled objects, dressings and bandaging, bites, high-pressure injection and degloving injuries, tetanus, gas gangrene, and necrotizing fasciitis, and wounds of the face, neck, chest, abdomen, and genitals in older adults and children. They are written for paramedic and EMT students working through Nancy Caroline's Emergency Care in the Streets, 9th edition. Every question shows the correct answer with a short explanation as soon as you tap, so you learn while you test rather than waiting until the end.
Study it two ways: the 10 Question Blitz, a quick round where every right answer lights a siren and any misses lead into Lights & Sirens, a 5-in-a-row drill on that section, or the full 100-question test drawn at random from the whole chapter. After each test you get a score and a section-by-section breakdown. Progress on the full test is saved on your device, so you can stop and pick up later.
A cyclist has a large abrasion that is shallow but extremely painful. The pain is intense mainly because the scrape has:
Answer: B. Exposed many dermal nerve endings
Abrasions remove the epidermis and expose the upper dermis, where free nerve endings are plentiful, so they hurt a great deal even though they are shallow and bleed only by oozing. Deeper injuries that destroy the dermal nerves (like full-thickness burns) are less painful, and nothing suggests injury down to fascia or bone.
A closed soft-tissue injury is one in which:
Answer: A. The skin surface remains intact
Closed injuries damage tissue beneath unbroken skin. They can still involve severe internal bleeding, so the no-bleeding option is a dangerous misconception.
An abrasion is a wound in which:
Answer: A. Outer skin is scraped away
Abrasions remove epidermis and sometimes upper dermis, producing oozing from capillaries and intense pain because nerve endings are exposed. A torn flap of skin is an avulsion.
Most students use the 10 Question Blitz for daily practice and take the full 100-question test in the days before a class exam or NREMT practice. Lights & Sirens after a blitz is the fastest way to close gaps the night before a test.
Every question in this chapter is also listed by section, with answers, on the topic pages above. See all paramedic topics or take the NREMT paramedic practice test.
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