Intro to Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
Questions with Correctly Answers Graded A Plus
What is the trimodal death distribution and what are the mortality rates? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔️✔️ -Timing of death resulting from trauma
First peak = Immediately = 50% within minutes
Fatal disruption of big vessels, heart, lungs
Massive blood loss or neuro injury
2nd peak = Early = 30% within first few hours
Mostly neuro injury
3rd peak = Later = 20% within days-weeks after initial injury
Multiple system organ failure and sepsis
What's the biggest risk to EMS? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Accidents
-usually while responding emergently to other accidents
, How is evidence based medicine implemented in trauma? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -
American college of surgeons requires that every level 1 trauma center has to have National
trauma registry that collects information and basic data points on their patients
National trauma registry assesses data to see whats the best care, treatment and who's at risk and
then studies are created to help better perform care on our patients
When do most trauma patients die? How do you prevent trauma deaths? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔️✔️ -Most die immediately within first 10 minutes d/t primary injury to major organs, massive
blood loss, etc
Prevention with education w/anticipatory guidance
What is trauma care versus critical care?
What is the golden hour? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Trauma care = saves patients from early
trauma mortality
Critical care = avert later trauma mortality
Golden hour:
The time the patient gets injured until definitive care at the trauma center (1st hour of trauma)
Questions with Correctly Answers Graded A Plus
What is the trimodal death distribution and what are the mortality rates? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔️✔️ -Timing of death resulting from trauma
First peak = Immediately = 50% within minutes
Fatal disruption of big vessels, heart, lungs
Massive blood loss or neuro injury
2nd peak = Early = 30% within first few hours
Mostly neuro injury
3rd peak = Later = 20% within days-weeks after initial injury
Multiple system organ failure and sepsis
What's the biggest risk to EMS? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Accidents
-usually while responding emergently to other accidents
, How is evidence based medicine implemented in trauma? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -
American college of surgeons requires that every level 1 trauma center has to have National
trauma registry that collects information and basic data points on their patients
National trauma registry assesses data to see whats the best care, treatment and who's at risk and
then studies are created to help better perform care on our patients
When do most trauma patients die? How do you prevent trauma deaths? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔️✔️ -Most die immediately within first 10 minutes d/t primary injury to major organs, massive
blood loss, etc
Prevention with education w/anticipatory guidance
What is trauma care versus critical care?
What is the golden hour? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Trauma care = saves patients from early
trauma mortality
Critical care = avert later trauma mortality
Golden hour:
The time the patient gets injured until definitive care at the trauma center (1st hour of trauma)
