During your assessment of a patient with a femur fracture, you discover a rapidly expanding hematoma on the medial aspect of his thigh. What should you suspect?

Which of the following patients may have trauma to abdominal organs?( 1. A 30-year-old construction worker who fell from a second-story roof but managed to land on his feet, 2. A 17-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the right buttock, 3. A 50-year-old male with a stab wound 4 cm inferior to the right scapula, 4. A 45-year-old female restrained driver of an SUV with a moderate-speed frontal impact)

Select all characteristics that apply to the term “tardus-parvus” 

The following waveforms were recorded from the right and left common carotid arteries of a patient during a Carotid Duplex. These waveforms indicate:  

A dampened waveform pattern is documented at the right ICA. What does this change in waveform pattern suggest?

What is the term for a fragment of atherosclerotic debris that courses distal through the vasculature until it lodges in a small vessel?

“Temporal tap” technique is accomplished by lightly taping over which vessel?

Where would a carotid body tumor be located?

Through auto-regulation of blood pressure, if blood pressure drops, what will be the normal response of the body to maintain blood flow volume?

EXTRA CREDIT:   What is the biggest controllable risk factor for hemorrhagic stroke?