PREHOSPITAL TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW GUIDE 2026
◉ Approximately 20% of all child abuse is the result of intentional
burning. The majority of the children intentionally burned are of
what age? Answer: 1 to 2 years of age
◉ In addition to glucose, what is required to maintain the metabolic
processes of life and energy production? Answer: oxygen
◉ you response to a patient who has sustained a stab wound to the
left upper thorax. she is barley responsive, pale and diaphoretic.
Which of the following is the most appropriate for transport?
Answer: scoop stretcher
◉ Units responding to a motor vehicle accident on the highway
should consider which of the following as part of their pre-arrival
assessment? Answer: weather conditions
◉ The most appropriate airway maneuver in the initial management
of a trauma patient is which of the following? Answer: trauma jaw
thrust
, ◉ When verifying ET Tube placement on a perfusing patient, the
"Gold standard" of monitoring is considered to be? Answer:
waveform capnography
◉ A patent presents with a blunt trauma injury to the chest. On
exam, he has absent sounds on one side of his chest and respiratory
distress. Which additional sign would indicate that the patient has a
tension pneumothorax? Answer: distended neck veins
◉ Hemostatic agents should be used for excessive bleeding when
direct pressure alone does not work. The proper way to use the most
hemostatic agents is which of the following? Answer: placing the
agent property into the wound and holding direct pressure
◉ of the following, which is preventable cause of secondary brain
injury addressable during the transport phase? Answer: systemic
hypoxia
◉ you are called to treat a patient who was knocked unconscious
when he slipped and fell on a wet floor, striking his head. It is now
several hours later. He is awake but confused, does not recalled the
incident, and is vomiting which a headache. Which of the following
inures is most likely? Answer: concussion
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW GUIDE 2026
◉ Approximately 20% of all child abuse is the result of intentional
burning. The majority of the children intentionally burned are of
what age? Answer: 1 to 2 years of age
◉ In addition to glucose, what is required to maintain the metabolic
processes of life and energy production? Answer: oxygen
◉ you response to a patient who has sustained a stab wound to the
left upper thorax. she is barley responsive, pale and diaphoretic.
Which of the following is the most appropriate for transport?
Answer: scoop stretcher
◉ Units responding to a motor vehicle accident on the highway
should consider which of the following as part of their pre-arrival
assessment? Answer: weather conditions
◉ The most appropriate airway maneuver in the initial management
of a trauma patient is which of the following? Answer: trauma jaw
thrust
, ◉ When verifying ET Tube placement on a perfusing patient, the
"Gold standard" of monitoring is considered to be? Answer:
waveform capnography
◉ A patent presents with a blunt trauma injury to the chest. On
exam, he has absent sounds on one side of his chest and respiratory
distress. Which additional sign would indicate that the patient has a
tension pneumothorax? Answer: distended neck veins
◉ Hemostatic agents should be used for excessive bleeding when
direct pressure alone does not work. The proper way to use the most
hemostatic agents is which of the following? Answer: placing the
agent property into the wound and holding direct pressure
◉ of the following, which is preventable cause of secondary brain
injury addressable during the transport phase? Answer: systemic
hypoxia
◉ you are called to treat a patient who was knocked unconscious
when he slipped and fell on a wet floor, striking his head. It is now
several hours later. He is awake but confused, does not recalled the
incident, and is vomiting which a headache. Which of the following
inures is most likely? Answer: concussion
