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1) The three primary factors that determine the severity of radiation are: A) Distance, shielding, and symptoms B) Duration, shielding, and dose C) Duration, distance, and shielding D) Dose, symptoms, and shielding 2) Which of the following has contributed most significantly to the decline in US burn mortality? A) Public service announcements on radio, television, and billboards B) Paramedic involvement in public education C) Visits to elementary schools by firefighters D) Improved building codes and construction and sprinkler and smoke detector use 3) Which classification of burn is characterized mainly by blisters? A) Full-thickness B) Superficial C) Partial-thickness D) Minor 4) Based on total body surface area and burn depth, you have determined that an 88-year-old female has a moderate burn. Considering the age of the patient, this burn is classified as: A) Critical B) Significant C) Fatal D) Moderate 5) An area of burned tissue that is not painful is most likely a ________ burn injury. A) Second-degree B) Full-thickness C) Superficial D) Partial-thickness 6) You have been dispatched to a call for a burn patient. Upon arriving, you find a 23-year-old female who was sunbathing and fell asleep. She is alert and oriented and in moderate pain. She has blisters covering her extremities, abdomen, face, and chest. This patient’s burns fall into which one of the following categories? A) Superficial B) Critical C) Minor D) Moderate 7) Which of the following stages of burn injury is best described as including a pain response, an outpouring of catecholamines, tachycardia, tachypnea, mild hypertension, and anxiety? A) Resolution B) Emergent C) Fluid shift D) Hypermetabolic 8) Which tissue layer(s) is (are) affected by partial thickness burns? 1. Epidermis 2. Dermis 3. Subcutaneous 4. Muscle A) 1, 2, 3, and 4 B) 1 and 2 C) 1, 2, and 3 D) 1 9) Contact with strong alkalis results in burns involving ________ necrosis of the tissue. A) Coagulation B) Liquefaction C) Thermal D) Ischemic 10) Your patient has circumferential full-thickness burns of the thorax. He is intubated, and you have noticed an increase in resistance as you bag him. His skin is very tight and inflexible as you try to ventilate. Which of the following is required to improve this patient’s ventilatory status? A) IV sedation B) Needle thoracostomy C) Escharotomy D) Fasciotomy 1