PHTLS PRE & POST TEST EXAM LATEST STUDY
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In the normal child, which general statement is most accurate in comparison with the adult
patient?
A. Blood pressure is higher, hear rate is higher, and ventilatory rate is higher
B. Blood pressure is lower, heart rate is lower, and ventilatory rate is higher
C. Blood pressure is lower, heart rate is higher, and ventilatory rate is higher
D. Blood pressure is lower, heart rate is higher, and ventilatory rate is lower - Answer>>> C.
Blood pressure is lower, heart rate is higher, and ventilatory rate is higher
An adult male sustained a deep laceration to his distal thigh. Bright red blood is spurting from
the wound. Direct pressure is not controlling the bleeding. What is the most appropriate next
step?
A) Apply a topical hemostatic agent and transport
B) Apply a tourniquet and tighten it until bleeding stops
C) Elevate the leg and apply pressure to the femoral artery
D) Maintain direct pressure and transport immediately - Answer>>> B) Apply a tourniquet and
tighten it until bleeding stops
Which of the following patients is not indicated for spinal immobilization?
A. Intoxicated patient in a MVC
B. Patient who fell 8 feet and lost consciousness
C. Patient complaining of pain on palpation of the neck
D. Patient with a knife wound to the chest and a GCS of 15 - Answer>>> D. Patient with a knife
wound to the chest and a GCS of 15
, An 18-year-old female was struck by a car and has sustained an apparent left femur fracture.
Communication with her is hampered because she only speaks a foreign language. Which
finding, by itself, does not mandate immobilization of the cervical spine?
A) Fracture of the femur
B) Inability to communicate
C) Mechanism of injury
D) Tenderness over the cervical spine - Answer>>> C) Mechanism of injury
Pericardial tamponade is most likely to occur in which of the following situations?
A. Stab wound to the chest
B. Fall from a height
C. Frontal impact vehicle crash
D. Gunshot wound to the chest - Answer>>> A. Stab wound to the chest
Which of the following is the preferred site for needle decompression of a tension
pneumothorax?
A. 4th intercostal space, midclavicular line, just over the top of the 5th rib
B. 4th intercostal space, midclavicular line, just below the 4th rib
C. 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line, just over top of the 3rd rib
D. 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line, just below the 2nd rib - Answer>>> C. 2nd
intercostal space, midclavicular line, just over top of the 3rd rib
Which of the following is the mechanism by which pulmonary contusion interferes with
oxygenation?
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In the normal child, which general statement is most accurate in comparison with the adult
patient?
A. Blood pressure is higher, hear rate is higher, and ventilatory rate is higher
B. Blood pressure is lower, heart rate is lower, and ventilatory rate is higher
C. Blood pressure is lower, heart rate is higher, and ventilatory rate is higher
D. Blood pressure is lower, heart rate is higher, and ventilatory rate is lower - Answer>>> C.
Blood pressure is lower, heart rate is higher, and ventilatory rate is higher
An adult male sustained a deep laceration to his distal thigh. Bright red blood is spurting from
the wound. Direct pressure is not controlling the bleeding. What is the most appropriate next
step?
A) Apply a topical hemostatic agent and transport
B) Apply a tourniquet and tighten it until bleeding stops
C) Elevate the leg and apply pressure to the femoral artery
D) Maintain direct pressure and transport immediately - Answer>>> B) Apply a tourniquet and
tighten it until bleeding stops
Which of the following patients is not indicated for spinal immobilization?
A. Intoxicated patient in a MVC
B. Patient who fell 8 feet and lost consciousness
C. Patient complaining of pain on palpation of the neck
D. Patient with a knife wound to the chest and a GCS of 15 - Answer>>> D. Patient with a knife
wound to the chest and a GCS of 15
, An 18-year-old female was struck by a car and has sustained an apparent left femur fracture.
Communication with her is hampered because she only speaks a foreign language. Which
finding, by itself, does not mandate immobilization of the cervical spine?
A) Fracture of the femur
B) Inability to communicate
C) Mechanism of injury
D) Tenderness over the cervical spine - Answer>>> C) Mechanism of injury
Pericardial tamponade is most likely to occur in which of the following situations?
A. Stab wound to the chest
B. Fall from a height
C. Frontal impact vehicle crash
D. Gunshot wound to the chest - Answer>>> A. Stab wound to the chest
Which of the following is the preferred site for needle decompression of a tension
pneumothorax?
A. 4th intercostal space, midclavicular line, just over the top of the 5th rib
B. 4th intercostal space, midclavicular line, just below the 4th rib
C. 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line, just over top of the 3rd rib
D. 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line, just below the 2nd rib - Answer>>> C. 2nd
intercostal space, midclavicular line, just over top of the 3rd rib
Which of the following is the mechanism by which pulmonary contusion interferes with
oxygenation?
