EMERGENCY & TRAUMA | RAPID RESPONSE
EMERGENCY
& TRAUMA NURSING
100 ORIGINAL QUESTIONS | ANSWERS + RATIONALES
Five sections of 20 | Print-friendly practice exam
ASSESS FAST. ACT SAFELY. MAKE EVERY MINUTE COUNT.
Independent educational practice | Not an official exam
,Exam Instructions
Suggested time: 120 minutes. Select the single best answer. Complete all five sections before reviewing the answer key and
rationales.
Coverage: primary survey, shock, cardiac and respiratory emergencies, neurologic emergencies, trauma, burns, toxicology, pediatric
and obstetric emergencies, safe practice, and dosage calculations.
This independently written practice resource is educational and is not an official licensing exam or publisher test bank. Follow current orders and
facility protocols.
CONTENTS
Section 1: Questions 1-20
Section 2: Questions 21-40
Section 3: Questions 41-60
Section 4: Questions 61-80
Section 5: Questions 81-100
Answer Key and Rationales: Questions 1-100
EMERGENCY & TRAUMA | FULL PRACTICE EXAM 2
, SECTION 1 | QUESTIONS 1-20
TRIAGE & PRIMARY SURVEY 1. A client arrives after a crash, speaking only one-word answers with noisy breathing.
What is first?
A. Ask the client to walk
B. Open and protect the airway while maintaining cervical alignment
C. Obtain a complete medication history
D. Splint the wrist
Answer: ______
TRIAGE & PRIMARY SURVEY 2. A client has uncontrolled bright-red bleeding from a leg wound. First action?
A. Apply firm direct pressure and activate the trauma response
B. Offer oral fluids
C. Elevate the head of bed
D. Obtain a temperature
Answer: ______
TRIAGE & PRIMARY SURVEY 3. After airway and breathing are addressed, a trauma client is pale and diaphoretic
with weak pulses. Priority?
A. Assess circulation and treat suspected shock per protocol
B. Give a meal
C. Check visual acuity
D. Begin discharge teaching
Answer: ______
TRIAGE & PRIMARY SURVEY 4. A client with possible cervical injury is being repositioned. What is essential?
A. Remove the collar without assessment
B. Maintain manual in-line stabilization and spinal alignment
C. Flex the neck to assess range
D. Twist the torso
Answer: ______
TRIAGE & PRIMARY SURVEY 5. A trauma client is confused and has SpO2 86%. What should the nurse do?
A. Wait for radiology
B. Support oxygenation and reassess airway and breathing immediately
C. Assume intoxication
D. Give oral medication
Answer: ______
EMERGENCY & TRAUMA | FULL PRACTICE EXAM 3
EMERGENCY
& TRAUMA NURSING
100 ORIGINAL QUESTIONS | ANSWERS + RATIONALES
Five sections of 20 | Print-friendly practice exam
ASSESS FAST. ACT SAFELY. MAKE EVERY MINUTE COUNT.
Independent educational practice | Not an official exam
,Exam Instructions
Suggested time: 120 minutes. Select the single best answer. Complete all five sections before reviewing the answer key and
rationales.
Coverage: primary survey, shock, cardiac and respiratory emergencies, neurologic emergencies, trauma, burns, toxicology, pediatric
and obstetric emergencies, safe practice, and dosage calculations.
This independently written practice resource is educational and is not an official licensing exam or publisher test bank. Follow current orders and
facility protocols.
CONTENTS
Section 1: Questions 1-20
Section 2: Questions 21-40
Section 3: Questions 41-60
Section 4: Questions 61-80
Section 5: Questions 81-100
Answer Key and Rationales: Questions 1-100
EMERGENCY & TRAUMA | FULL PRACTICE EXAM 2
, SECTION 1 | QUESTIONS 1-20
TRIAGE & PRIMARY SURVEY 1. A client arrives after a crash, speaking only one-word answers with noisy breathing.
What is first?
A. Ask the client to walk
B. Open and protect the airway while maintaining cervical alignment
C. Obtain a complete medication history
D. Splint the wrist
Answer: ______
TRIAGE & PRIMARY SURVEY 2. A client has uncontrolled bright-red bleeding from a leg wound. First action?
A. Apply firm direct pressure and activate the trauma response
B. Offer oral fluids
C. Elevate the head of bed
D. Obtain a temperature
Answer: ______
TRIAGE & PRIMARY SURVEY 3. After airway and breathing are addressed, a trauma client is pale and diaphoretic
with weak pulses. Priority?
A. Assess circulation and treat suspected shock per protocol
B. Give a meal
C. Check visual acuity
D. Begin discharge teaching
Answer: ______
TRIAGE & PRIMARY SURVEY 4. A client with possible cervical injury is being repositioned. What is essential?
A. Remove the collar without assessment
B. Maintain manual in-line stabilization and spinal alignment
C. Flex the neck to assess range
D. Twist the torso
Answer: ______
TRIAGE & PRIMARY SURVEY 5. A trauma client is confused and has SpO2 86%. What should the nurse do?
A. Wait for radiology
B. Support oxygenation and reassess airway and breathing immediately
C. Assume intoxication
D. Give oral medication
Answer: ______
EMERGENCY & TRAUMA | FULL PRACTICE EXAM 3
