PHTLS Pretest

PHTLS Pretest When the application of kinetic energy to the body from either a blunt or penetrating mechanism displaces tissue, this is known as - CAVITATION Which of the following is an example of the tertiary phase blast injury? - CRUSHING INJURY DUE TO STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE. The most common threat to life among trauma patients is? - INTERNAL HEMORRHAGE Your patient is an injured construction worker bleeding profusely from a large laceration to the left thigh. He is confused and has pale, moist skin. Direct pressure applied to the wound by a first responder has failed to control the bleeding. The next step in controlling bleeding is to apply: - A TOURNIQUET TO THE LACERATION. Hypotension due to spinal cord trauma occurs due to interruption of the _______________nervous system pathway. - SYMPATHETIC The most common fractured ribs are ribs: - 4 THROUGH 8. A hemothorax is differentiated from a tension pneumothorax by: - DULL PERCUSSION ON THE AFFECTED SIDE. Which of the following mechanisms is most likely to result in cardiac tamponade? - A PATIENT IS STRUCK IN THE LEFT ANTERIOR CHEST BY A NAIL EJECTED FROM A NAIL GUN. Management of flail chest includes: - PAIN MANAGEMENT VENTILATORY SUPPORT 100%O2 Which of the following types of traumatic brain injury is most likely to be associated with hemorrhage from the middle meningeal artery? - EPIDURAL HEMATOMA Which of the following groups of findings represents Cushing's phenomenon? - BRADYCARDIA ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY PATTERN ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE Your patient is a 32 year old female who was thrown from a horse and struck her head on the ground. She was not wearing a helmet. She does not respond verbally or open her eyes to painful stimuli, but responds to painful stimuli with decerebrate posturing. Her right pupil is dilated and does not react to light. Her respirations are 6 per minute and irregular, pulse 56, blood pressure 188/98. You should ventilate the patient at a rate of? - 20 BPM. A burn with reddened, glistening base that may have blisters is most characteristic of a - SECOND degree burn. A chemical solution with a pH of 4.0 is considered an ACID and causes damage to the tissues via - COAGULATION NECROSIS. An electrical burn caused by superheated air near the source of electricity is an - ARC burn. Your patient is an 82 year old female who was an unrestrained front seat passenger in a motor vehicle collision. Which of the following is the most reliable indication of shock in this patient? - LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS. Which of the following findings is not expected in assessment of a pregnant patient? - A DECREASED BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE THIRD TRIMESTER. Which of the following is contraindicated in the management of a pregnant trauma patient in the third trimester? - SUPINE POSITION.