LESSON EXERCISES: LESSON 4
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following exercises by marking the letter of the response
that best answers the question or best completes the sentence or by writing the answer
in the space provided.
After you have answered all of the exercises, check your answers against the
"Solutions to Lesson Exercises" at the end of the exercises. For each exercise
answered incorrectly, reread the lesson material referenced.
1.
A soldier has been stabbed in his chest. The blade entered the chest just above
his right nipple, penetrated the chest wall, and was withdrawn. Which of the
following is most likely to happen?
a. His right lung will begin to collapse.
b. His left lung will begin to collapse.
c.
Both of his lungs will begin to collapse.
2.
A soldier has suffered a wound to the chest. You are not sure if the chest wall has
been penetrated. What should you do?
a. Leave the wound exposed until the medic arrives.
b. Dress and bandage the wound as you would a cut on the arm.
c. Apply airtight material over the wound and tape down three sides of the
material, then dress and bandage the wound.
d. Apply airtight material over the wound and tape down all four sides of the
material, then dress and bandage the wound.
3.
An open chest wound is sometimes called another name. What is the name?
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