PREHOSPITAL TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT
PRACTICE EXAMS WITH ACCURATE
VERIFIED ANSWERS
• Reduce mortality and morbidity from trauma.
• Provide knowledge and skills for all prehospital trauma team members.
• Deliver timely and appropriate care to the trauma patient in the field,
ensuring it is neither less nor more than needed. Answer: What are the
goals of PHTLS?
• Insure safety to provide the proper interventions to the victims.
• Assessment of scene: All information that I need to decide whether I
can go in or not should be considered.
• What are the resources that I need?
• Are there any weapons, guns, knives, or any tools that could put me at
risk?
• Are there any injuries? Who is injured? What is the extent and location
of the injury, and is there severe bleeding?
, • How many patients are present? Are there any elderly or not?
•Do I need someone else with me, for example, police or fire fighters?
Answer: You are dispatched to the scene of a domestic violence. It is
02:45 hours on a hot summer night. As you arrive on the scene of a
single-family dwelling, you can hear a man and woman arguing very
loudly and the sounds of children crying in the background.
• Police have also been dispatched to this call but have not yet arrived at
the location.
What are your concerns about the scene?
What considerations are important before you contact the patient?
• 1- Safety
2- Pre-arrival information
3- Mechanism of injury
4- Arrival on scene
5- Patient
PRACTICE EXAMS WITH ACCURATE
VERIFIED ANSWERS
• Reduce mortality and morbidity from trauma.
• Provide knowledge and skills for all prehospital trauma team members.
• Deliver timely and appropriate care to the trauma patient in the field,
ensuring it is neither less nor more than needed. Answer: What are the
goals of PHTLS?
• Insure safety to provide the proper interventions to the victims.
• Assessment of scene: All information that I need to decide whether I
can go in or not should be considered.
• What are the resources that I need?
• Are there any weapons, guns, knives, or any tools that could put me at
risk?
• Are there any injuries? Who is injured? What is the extent and location
of the injury, and is there severe bleeding?
, • How many patients are present? Are there any elderly or not?
•Do I need someone else with me, for example, police or fire fighters?
Answer: You are dispatched to the scene of a domestic violence. It is
02:45 hours on a hot summer night. As you arrive on the scene of a
single-family dwelling, you can hear a man and woman arguing very
loudly and the sounds of children crying in the background.
• Police have also been dispatched to this call but have not yet arrived at
the location.
What are your concerns about the scene?
What considerations are important before you contact the patient?
• 1- Safety
2- Pre-arrival information
3- Mechanism of injury
4- Arrival on scene
5- Patient
