Register

Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Pre Test And Post Test Practice

Access More Questions
The displacement of tissue away from the path of a projectile is known as what?
Correct Answer:
Cavitation
Explanation:
Cavitation is the displacement of tissue away from the projectile’s path as energy from the projectile is deposited into the tissues. This rapid energy transfer creates a temporary cavity that can be much larger than the bullet track, causing extensive damage beyond the actual wound path. The wound left along the path is the permanent cavity, but the surrounding tissue is stretched and displaced outward by cavitation. This SAMPLEdistinguishes cavitation from contusion (a bruise from blunt impact) and crepitation (a crackling sound or feel from air or emphysema), and from conization, which is unrelated to ballistic injury.

Access more questions from this quiz

Continue to Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Pre Test and Post Test Practice for more practice questions and the full quiz experience.

Access More Questions