PREHOSPITAL TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT
FULL STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION MANUAL
• when caring for a trauma patient, a principle is what is necessary for
patient improvement or survival. A preference is how the principle is
achieved and depends upon four factors. The factor used to establish the
preference in treating the patient include all except: Answer: research
information
• 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
FULL STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION MANUAL
• when caring for a trauma patient, a principle is what is necessary for
patient improvement or survival. A preference is how the principle is
achieved and depends upon four factors. The factor used to establish the
preference in treating the patient include all except: Answer: research
information
• 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
