Phtls 10th edition exam questions and answers 2 latest version 2026-2027
1.Phtls 10th edition exam questions and answers
1. When using the XABCDE assessment, which of the following takes
prece- dence over all other
actions?
A. Controlling severe bleeding from a limb or other compressible site
B. Airway stabilization and assessing circulatory status
C. Exposing the body to allow a thorough evaluation
D. Ensuring adequate breathing: A. Controlling severe bleeding from a limb
or other compressible site
2. Which of the following is the basis on which a patient's chance of
survival is maximized?
A. Preferences
B. Phases
C. Principles
D. Transport: C. Principles
3. Which of the following is a goal of the Golden Period?
A. Provide written documentation from field care to receiving hospital.
B. Expedite the field care and transport of the patient.
C. Use a team approach for optimal patient care.
D. Use the XABCDE approach to patient assessment: B. Expedite the field
care and transport of the patient.
4. You are called to the scene of a possible mass casualty motor
vehicle collision on the
highway. Once you arrive on scene, what is your first priority?
A. Immediately begin triaging patients.
B. Treat the patient with the most visible blood loss.
C. Determine the need for additional resources.
D. Assess the scene and ensure it is safe.: D. Assess the scene and ensure it
is safe.
5. What is the best way to control the bleeding?
A. Direct pressure
B. Elevation of the arm above the heart
C. Tourniquet
D. Occlusive dressing: A. Direct pressure
6. A trauma patient from the highway incident is holding her right arm, and
you note a
significant amount of blood steadily flowing from a long gash. This is an
example of
what type of hemorrhage?
A. Capillary bleeding
,Phtls 10th edition exam questions and answers 2 latest version 2026-2027
B. Venous bleeding
C. Arterial bleeding
D. Road rash: B. Venous bleeding
7. The patient is wearing long sleeves, and you are having trouble
visualizing the wound.
What should you do?
A. Cut the cloth away from the site until the entire wound site is visible.
B. Leave the clothing in place. Put gauze over the wound.
C. Remove the patient's shirt.
D. Cut through the slash on the sleeve, and use the material as a makeshift
tourniquet: A. Cut the cloth away from the site until the entire wound site is
visible.
8. You are called to the scene of an explosion and fire at a chemical plant
where you find
multiple casualties. Triage has begun. Your first patient is a 40-year-old man
who was
near the source of the explosion. He is unconscious and has extensive in-
juries. You
note gurgling respirations. Why should you use the trauma jaw thrust maneu-
ver first
when dealing with a trauma patient?
A. It's an easy technique that always works to open the airway.
B. It allows you to open the airway with little or no movement of the head
and cervical
spine.
C. Other techniques and interventions don't work as well.
D. It can relieve a variety of anatomic airway obstructions in patients who
are breathing
spontaneously: B. It allows you to open the airway with little or no movement of the
head and cervical
9. The patient becomes apneic. You suspect he has a cervical injury.
Which type of airway
should you use?
A. Supraglottic airway
B. Blind nasotracheal intubation
C. Oropharyngeal airway
D. Surgical airway: A. Supraglottic airway
10. Why might it be more difficult to deal with an airway obstruction in a child?
A. Children have longer tracheas.
,Phtls 10th edition exam questions and answers 2 latest version 2026-2027
B. Children have larger heads and tongues so there is a greater potential for
1.Phtls 10th edition exam questions and answers
1. When using the XABCDE assessment, which of the following takes
prece- dence over all other
actions?
A. Controlling severe bleeding from a limb or other compressible site
B. Airway stabilization and assessing circulatory status
C. Exposing the body to allow a thorough evaluation
D. Ensuring adequate breathing: A. Controlling severe bleeding from a limb
or other compressible site
2. Which of the following is the basis on which a patient's chance of
survival is maximized?
A. Preferences
B. Phases
C. Principles
D. Transport: C. Principles
3. Which of the following is a goal of the Golden Period?
A. Provide written documentation from field care to receiving hospital.
B. Expedite the field care and transport of the patient.
C. Use a team approach for optimal patient care.
D. Use the XABCDE approach to patient assessment: B. Expedite the field
care and transport of the patient.
4. You are called to the scene of a possible mass casualty motor
vehicle collision on the
highway. Once you arrive on scene, what is your first priority?
A. Immediately begin triaging patients.
B. Treat the patient with the most visible blood loss.
C. Determine the need for additional resources.
D. Assess the scene and ensure it is safe.: D. Assess the scene and ensure it
is safe.
5. What is the best way to control the bleeding?
A. Direct pressure
B. Elevation of the arm above the heart
C. Tourniquet
D. Occlusive dressing: A. Direct pressure
6. A trauma patient from the highway incident is holding her right arm, and
you note a
significant amount of blood steadily flowing from a long gash. This is an
example of
what type of hemorrhage?
A. Capillary bleeding
,Phtls 10th edition exam questions and answers 2 latest version 2026-2027
B. Venous bleeding
C. Arterial bleeding
D. Road rash: B. Venous bleeding
7. The patient is wearing long sleeves, and you are having trouble
visualizing the wound.
What should you do?
A. Cut the cloth away from the site until the entire wound site is visible.
B. Leave the clothing in place. Put gauze over the wound.
C. Remove the patient's shirt.
D. Cut through the slash on the sleeve, and use the material as a makeshift
tourniquet: A. Cut the cloth away from the site until the entire wound site is
visible.
8. You are called to the scene of an explosion and fire at a chemical plant
where you find
multiple casualties. Triage has begun. Your first patient is a 40-year-old man
who was
near the source of the explosion. He is unconscious and has extensive in-
juries. You
note gurgling respirations. Why should you use the trauma jaw thrust maneu-
ver first
when dealing with a trauma patient?
A. It's an easy technique that always works to open the airway.
B. It allows you to open the airway with little or no movement of the head
and cervical
spine.
C. Other techniques and interventions don't work as well.
D. It can relieve a variety of anatomic airway obstructions in patients who
are breathing
spontaneously: B. It allows you to open the airway with little or no movement of the
head and cervical
9. The patient becomes apneic. You suspect he has a cervical injury.
Which type of airway
should you use?
A. Supraglottic airway
B. Blind nasotracheal intubation
C. Oropharyngeal airway
D. Surgical airway: A. Supraglottic airway
10. Why might it be more difficult to deal with an airway obstruction in a child?
A. Children have longer tracheas.
,Phtls 10th edition exam questions and answers 2 latest version 2026-2027
B. Children have larger heads and tongues so there is a greater potential for
