You are instructing a class in Outdoor Emergency Care when a student asks you to explain the L.A.P. method of examining the thorax. Your best reply to this question would be which of the following statements?
a. The L.A.P. method divides the chest into three exam areas: the lateral, anterior, and posterior thorax.
b. The L.A.P. method can be used under any conditions and in any environment.
c. The L.A.P. method is a rapid assessment for deformities of the chest.
d. The L.A.P. method directs you to look, auscultate, and palpate the chest.
Question 2
The most serious chest injury resulting from rapid deceleration is
a. aortic rupture.
b. hemothorax.
c. subcutaneous emphysema.
d. sternoclavicular separation.
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