ASLS LATEST ACTUAL ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
✔✔The most reliable way to determine whether a patient has suffered head trauma
causing focal neurological deficits is:
a. Perform a secondary survey and question a witness regarding trauma history
b. Ask the patient to close his eyes and hold his arms up for 5 seconds
c. Ask the patient his name and the month
d. Perform a primary survey - ✔✔b. Ask the patient to close his eyes and hold his arms
up for 5 seconds
✔✔The most common cause of subarachnoid hemorrhage is:
a. Hypertension
b. Aneurysm rupture
c. Bleeding abnormalities
d. Vessel malformation - ✔✔b. Aneurysm rupture
✔✔Which of the following is true regarding imaging the brain of a patient with acute
stroke in the emergency department?
a. Non-contrast CT can determine how much brain tissue can still be saved
b. Contrast CT is necessary to better visualize a very early ischemic stroke
c. Contrast CT is dangerous to recently infarcted brain tissue
d. Non-contrast CT can rule out bleed, visualize early ischemic stroke - ✔✔d. Non-
contrast CT can rule out bleed, visualize early ischemic stroke
✔✔Transport decision based on several factors
a. Rehab center
b. Closest hospital
c. EMS capabilities
d. Hospital capabilities - ✔✔d. Hospital capabilities
✔✔The F.A.S.T exam:
a. Enhances communication between prehospital and hospital personnel.
b. Is best used when assessing patients with traumatic diffuse brain function.
, c. Assesses the presence of a hemorrhagic stroke.
d. Is too time consuming for use as a routine assessment tool for nurses. - ✔✔a.
Enhances communication between prehospital and hospital personnel.
✔✔The chain of survival and recovery in stroke includes 8 D's. Which of the following is
included?
a. Disability
b. Dysfunction
c. Dextrose
d. Delivery - ✔✔a. Disability
✔✔Which symptom suggests ischemic stroke rather than hemorrhagic stroke?
a. Photophobia
b. Aphasia
c. Neck pain and stiffness
d. Severe headache - ✔✔b. Aphasia
✔✔The following is true about stroke in the United States:
a. Approximately 50% of patients who suffer a stroke die
b. Hemorrhagic stroke are most common in adults
c. On average, someone has a stroke every 5 seconds
d. Stroke affects approximately 800,000 patients a year - ✔✔d. Stroke affects
approximately 800,000 patients a year
✔✔What treatment has been most effective for patients with a large vessel occlusion?
a. Thrombolytics and Endovascular removal
b. Mona
c. Nitroglycerin
d. Thrombolytics - ✔✔a. Thrombolytics and Endovascular removal
✔✔What percentage of strokes are caused by thromboembolism?
a. 15%
b. 82%
c. 19%
d. About 87% - ✔✔d. About 87%
✔✔Childhood stroke can happen between what ages?
lag stion
a. 3-5 years
b. 1-2 years
c. 1-18 years
d. 2-3 years - ✔✔c. 1-18 years
SET A+
✔✔The most reliable way to determine whether a patient has suffered head trauma
causing focal neurological deficits is:
a. Perform a secondary survey and question a witness regarding trauma history
b. Ask the patient to close his eyes and hold his arms up for 5 seconds
c. Ask the patient his name and the month
d. Perform a primary survey - ✔✔b. Ask the patient to close his eyes and hold his arms
up for 5 seconds
✔✔The most common cause of subarachnoid hemorrhage is:
a. Hypertension
b. Aneurysm rupture
c. Bleeding abnormalities
d. Vessel malformation - ✔✔b. Aneurysm rupture
✔✔Which of the following is true regarding imaging the brain of a patient with acute
stroke in the emergency department?
a. Non-contrast CT can determine how much brain tissue can still be saved
b. Contrast CT is necessary to better visualize a very early ischemic stroke
c. Contrast CT is dangerous to recently infarcted brain tissue
d. Non-contrast CT can rule out bleed, visualize early ischemic stroke - ✔✔d. Non-
contrast CT can rule out bleed, visualize early ischemic stroke
✔✔Transport decision based on several factors
a. Rehab center
b. Closest hospital
c. EMS capabilities
d. Hospital capabilities - ✔✔d. Hospital capabilities
✔✔The F.A.S.T exam:
a. Enhances communication between prehospital and hospital personnel.
b. Is best used when assessing patients with traumatic diffuse brain function.
, c. Assesses the presence of a hemorrhagic stroke.
d. Is too time consuming for use as a routine assessment tool for nurses. - ✔✔a.
Enhances communication between prehospital and hospital personnel.
✔✔The chain of survival and recovery in stroke includes 8 D's. Which of the following is
included?
a. Disability
b. Dysfunction
c. Dextrose
d. Delivery - ✔✔a. Disability
✔✔Which symptom suggests ischemic stroke rather than hemorrhagic stroke?
a. Photophobia
b. Aphasia
c. Neck pain and stiffness
d. Severe headache - ✔✔b. Aphasia
✔✔The following is true about stroke in the United States:
a. Approximately 50% of patients who suffer a stroke die
b. Hemorrhagic stroke are most common in adults
c. On average, someone has a stroke every 5 seconds
d. Stroke affects approximately 800,000 patients a year - ✔✔d. Stroke affects
approximately 800,000 patients a year
✔✔What treatment has been most effective for patients with a large vessel occlusion?
a. Thrombolytics and Endovascular removal
b. Mona
c. Nitroglycerin
d. Thrombolytics - ✔✔a. Thrombolytics and Endovascular removal
✔✔What percentage of strokes are caused by thromboembolism?
a. 15%
b. 82%
c. 19%
d. About 87% - ✔✔d. About 87%
✔✔Childhood stroke can happen between what ages?
lag stion
a. 3-5 years
b. 1-2 years
c. 1-18 years
d. 2-3 years - ✔✔c. 1-18 years
