Deck 22: Vascular Disorders

Question 1

____ is an inflammation of a bursa sac, often from repetitive motion and stress on that joint.

A) Cellulitis
B) Tendonitis
C) Bursitis
D) Arthritis

Answer 1

Bursitis

Question 2

____ is the breakdown of muscle is a condition that is most often associated with crush injury, electrical injury, or prolonged soft tissue compression.

A) Rhabdomyolysis
B) Flexor tenosynovitis
C) Osteomyelitis
D) Bursitis

Answer 2

Rhabdomyolysis

Question 3

____ is a network of smaller vessels that can keep blood flowing to an extremity around an injury or occlusion.

A) Vascular circulation
B) Arterial circulation
C) Collateral circulation
D) Secondary circulation

Answer 3

Collateral circulation

Question 4

When a blood clot develops in the deeper and larger extremity veins, this is called a ____.

A) deep femoral thrombosis
B) DVTE
C) interior venous embolism
D) deep venous thrombosis

Question 5

In most instances, treatment of acute extremity pain consists of support and comfort.

Question 6

The overwhelming majority of PEs originate from an upper extremity DVT.

Question 7

A deeper soft tissue infection that can be life-threatening is ____.

A) necrotizing tenosynovitis
B) necrotizing cellulitis
C) necrotizing tendonitis
D) necrotizing fasciitis

Question 8

____ is a cutaneous abscess located around a nail bed, most often in the hand.

A) Flexor tenosynovitis
B) Paronychia
C) Osteomyelitis
D) Bursitis

Question 9

Paramedics often use the fiour P's in assessment of a possible acute arterial occlusion: Pain, Paresthesia, Paralysis, and Pulselessness.

Question 10

____ is a general term indicating inflammation of a joint, which can occur due to many different causes.

A) Bursitis
B) Rhabdomyolysis
C) Arthritis
D) Paronychia

Question 11

____ is a painful syndrome that includes muscular pain, digestive disorders, chronic headaches, and even sleep disorders that may affect 3% to 6% of the population.

A) Rheumatoid arthritis
B) Fibromyalgia
C) Inflammatory disease
D) Gout

Question 12

The Paramedic's greatest concern regarding vascular disorders is the emergent conditions that present with a patient's complaint of nontraumatic extremity pain, specifically which conditions put the limb in jeopardy.

Question 13

For someone who has difficulty ambulating, the patient may not be able to keep the blood moving out of the extremity and if the blood pools, it is at risk for developing a clot or thrombus in that extremity termed a(n) ____.

A) venothromboembolus
B) arterial thrombosis
C) embolus
D) occlusion

Question 14

____ is an inflammation of a tendon often caused by either a minor injury or repetitive motion of a joint.

A) Tendonitis
B) Cellulitis
C) Burstis
D) Arthritis

Question 15

Patients who are on chronic steroids for respiratory or inflammatory conditions are at higher risk for stress fractures from osteoporosis.

Question 16

____ are small sacs of fluid located around the major joints that provide support and cushioning for tendons that act on that joint.

A) Joint capsules
B) Alveoli
C) Acidic crystals
D) Bursa

Question 17

____ is an infection of the superficial layers of the skin, producing an area of redness.

A) Erythema
B) Cellulitis
C) Lymphangitis
D) Lymphitis

Question 18

Streaking, called ____, can occur in a proximal direction from the area of infection, indicating its lymphatic spread.

A) lymphangitis
B) lymphitis
C) celluliitis
D) ertyhema

Question 19

____ has four classic physical examination findings that include swelling of the entire digit, finger held in a flexed position, severe pain with passive extension, and tenderness and swelling localized along the tendon sheath.

A) Fibromyalgia
B) Tendonitis
C) Gout
D) Flexor tenosynovitis

Question 20

An area of redness caused by an infection of the superficial layers of the skin is called ____.

A) cellulitis
B) lymphangitis
C) erythema
D) lymphitis

Question 21

A(n) ____________________ is an infection of the tendons in the hand and forearm.

Question 22

____________________ is an infectious (septic) type of arthritis that occurs with those patients infected with gonorrhea.

Question 23

A(n) ____________________ occurs in an extremity when a blood vessel is either occluded (blocked) or the inner diameter is acutely reduced to the point where blood flow past the obstruction is minimal.

Question 24

A(n) ____________________ is caused by an embolus lodging in the vessel and occluding (or partially occluding) the arterial supply to an extremity.

Question 25

Most fractures result from ____________________ to an extremity.