International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
Questions and Answers
1. What makes up the ITLS Primary Survey: Scene
size up Initial assessment
Rapid trauma survey or Focused exam
Critical interventions and transport
decisions Contact medical direction
2. What makes up the ITLS Secondary Survey: Repeat initial assessment
Repeat vital signs
Perform neuro exam
Perform head to toe exam
3. What makes up the ITLS Ongoing Exam: Repeat initial
assessment Repeat vital signs
Reassess abdomen
Check injuries and interventions
4. What are the steps of the Scene Size Up: Standard
precautions Scene safety
Initial triage
Assess need for help / equipment
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, Mechanism of injury
5. What is the purpose of the Primary Survey: To determine if immediately life
threatening
conditions exist and to identify those patients who should have immediate transport to the hospital
6. What is the purpose of the Ongoing Exam: It is meant to identify changes in the
patient's condition
7. When do you perform a Rapid Trauma Survey: For generalized mechanisms of
injury
8. When do you perform a Focused Exam: For injuries that are localized to a discrete area
9. What are the 3 types of collisions that occur during an MVC: Machine
Bod
y
Orga
n
10. What is a secondary collision that occurs during an MVC: Objects that are in
the vehecile
that hit the occupents
11. What is machine collision: Damage to the vehicle
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Questions and Answers
1. What makes up the ITLS Primary Survey: Scene
size up Initial assessment
Rapid trauma survey or Focused exam
Critical interventions and transport
decisions Contact medical direction
2. What makes up the ITLS Secondary Survey: Repeat initial assessment
Repeat vital signs
Perform neuro exam
Perform head to toe exam
3. What makes up the ITLS Ongoing Exam: Repeat initial
assessment Repeat vital signs
Reassess abdomen
Check injuries and interventions
4. What are the steps of the Scene Size Up: Standard
precautions Scene safety
Initial triage
Assess need for help / equipment
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, Mechanism of injury
5. What is the purpose of the Primary Survey: To determine if immediately life
threatening
conditions exist and to identify those patients who should have immediate transport to the hospital
6. What is the purpose of the Ongoing Exam: It is meant to identify changes in the
patient's condition
7. When do you perform a Rapid Trauma Survey: For generalized mechanisms of
injury
8. When do you perform a Focused Exam: For injuries that are localized to a discrete area
9. What are the 3 types of collisions that occur during an MVC: Machine
Bod
y
Orga
n
10. What is a secondary collision that occurs during an MVC: Objects that are in
the vehecile
that hit the occupents
11. What is machine collision: Damage to the vehicle
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