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INTERNATIONAL TRAUMA LIFE
SUPPORT (ITLS): EXAM, 2025/2026
WITH CORRECT/ACCURATE ANSWERS


What are the signs / symptoms of a tension pneumothorax -
CORRECT ANSWERS- Decreased LOC

Labored breathing

Weak / thready pulse

Cool / clammy skin

Distended neck veins

Decreased or absent breath sounds of affected side



What are the signs / symptoms of a hemothorax - CORRECT
ANSWERS- Decreased LOC

Labored breathing

Weak / thready pulse

Cool / clammy skin

Flat neck veins

Decreased or absent breath sounds of affected side



What are signs / symptoms of a cardiac tamponade - CORRECT
ANSWERS- Normal breath sounds

, Distended neck veins

Hypotension

Narrow pulse pressure

Beck's triad



What is Beck's Triad - CORRECT ANSWERS- Consists of 3 clinical
findings which are distended neck veins, muffled heart sounds,
and pulsus paradoxus. It is indicitive of a cardiac tamponade



What is pulsus paradoxus - CORRECT ANSWERS- When a
palpated radial pulse disappears during inspiration.



What is pulse pressure - CORRECT ANSWERS- The pressure
driving blood through the vascular system. It is calculated by
subtracting the diastolic from the systolic blood pressures



What are the 3 states that shock can be catergorized into -
CORRECT ANSWERS- Low volume (Absolute hypovolemia)

High space (Relative hypovolemia)

Mechanical (Cardiogenic or Obstructive)



What is primary brain injury - CORRECT ANSWERS- The
immediate damage to the brain tissue that is the direct result of
an injury force

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