International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What makes up the ITLS Primary Survey - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Scene size up
Initial assessment
Rapid trauma survey or Focused exam
Critical interventions and transport decisions
Contact medical direction
What makes up the ITLS Secondary Survey - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Repeat initial
assessment
Repeat vital signs
Perform neuro exam
Perform head to toe exam
What makes up the ITLS Ongoing Exam - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Repeat initial
assessment
Repeat vital signs
Reassess abdomen
Check injuries and interventions
What are the steps of the Scene Size Up - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Standard precautions
Scene safety
Initial triage
Assess need for help / equipment
Mechanism of injury
What is the purpose of the Primary Survey - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔To determine if
immediately life threatening conditions exist and to identify those patients who should have
immediate transport to the hospital
, What is the purpose of the Ongoing Exam - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔It is meant to identify
changes in the patient's condition
When do you perform a Rapid Trauma Survey - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔For generalized
mechanisms of injury
When do you perform a Focused Exam - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔For injuries that are
localized to a discrete area
What are the 3 types of collisions that occur during an MVC - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Machine
Body
Organ
What is a secondary collision that occurs during an MVC - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Objects that are in the vehecile that hit the occupents
What is machine collision - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Damage to the vehicle
What is body collision - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Damage to a person in the vehicle
What is organ collision - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Internal organs that are damaged from
the sudden decelearation
What is Primary Blast - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The initial air blast from an explosion.
Usually affects air-filled organs
What is Secondary Blast - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The patient being struck by material
propelled by the blast force
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What makes up the ITLS Primary Survey - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Scene size up
Initial assessment
Rapid trauma survey or Focused exam
Critical interventions and transport decisions
Contact medical direction
What makes up the ITLS Secondary Survey - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Repeat initial
assessment
Repeat vital signs
Perform neuro exam
Perform head to toe exam
What makes up the ITLS Ongoing Exam - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Repeat initial
assessment
Repeat vital signs
Reassess abdomen
Check injuries and interventions
What are the steps of the Scene Size Up - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Standard precautions
Scene safety
Initial triage
Assess need for help / equipment
Mechanism of injury
What is the purpose of the Primary Survey - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔To determine if
immediately life threatening conditions exist and to identify those patients who should have
immediate transport to the hospital
, What is the purpose of the Ongoing Exam - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔It is meant to identify
changes in the patient's condition
When do you perform a Rapid Trauma Survey - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔For generalized
mechanisms of injury
When do you perform a Focused Exam - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔For injuries that are
localized to a discrete area
What are the 3 types of collisions that occur during an MVC - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Machine
Body
Organ
What is a secondary collision that occurs during an MVC - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Objects that are in the vehecile that hit the occupents
What is machine collision - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Damage to the vehicle
What is body collision - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Damage to a person in the vehicle
What is organ collision - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Internal organs that are damaged from
the sudden decelearation
What is Primary Blast - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The initial air blast from an explosion.
Usually affects air-filled organs
What is Secondary Blast - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The patient being struck by material
propelled by the blast force
