ATLS Post Test 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Paramedic Vol. 4 Ch. 1 CHAPTER TEST

Which of the following is the only way to determine which patient care procedures benefit trauma patients? 1) Evaluation 2) Surveillance 3) Risk identification 4) Implementation - 1) Evaluation Which level of trauma facility has minimal surgical support but can stabilize before transferring to a higher-level trauma facility? 1) I 2) III 3) II 4) IV - 2) III Which of the following is the best definition of the Golden Period? 1) The ideal time it takes to assess a multi-system trauma patient 2) The ideal timeframe from call dispatch to arrival on scene 3) The ideal timeframe from time of injury until surgery 4) The ideal time from requesting a helicopter to it landing on scene - 3) The ideal timeframe from time of injury until surgery Which of the following acts resulted in the development of modern EMS systems? 1) Ryan White Act 2) Highway Safety Act of 1966 3) The Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 1990 4) Good Samaritan Act - 2) Highway Safety Act of 1966 ATLS Post Test 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Paramedic Vol. 4 Ch. 1 CHAPTER TEST The purpose of determining the mechanism of injury and the index of suspicion for the trauma patient at the same time is to allow you to: 1) decide whether to transport the patient. 2) document a complete scene size-up. 3) anticipate your patient's injuries. 4) identify comorbid factors. - 3) anticipate your patient's injuries. Which of the following patients does NOT require specialty-center capabilities beyond that offered by a trauma center? 1) A 25-year-old with amputation of three fingers 2) A 4-year-old with a closed-head injury 3) A 22-year-old with bilateral open femur fractures 4) A 67-year-old with second- and third-degree burns over 50 percent of the body - 3) A 22-year-old with bilateral open femur fractures In addition to handling all types of specialty trauma, which level of trauma center provides continuing medical and public education programs? 1) III 2) II 3) I 4) IV - 3) I According to the Haddon Matrix, which of the following would be a pre-event host factor affecting the risk for injury in a vehicle collision? 1) Advanced automatic collision notification 2) Level of EMS providers responding to the scene 3) Presence of crash barriers near bridge abutments 4) Texting and/or talking on a cellphone while driving - 4) Texting and/or talking on a cellphone while driving Trauma triage criteria application, field skill performance, response times, patient assessment, patient care and transport are all monitored through which of the following? A. 1) Quality improvement 2) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3) Trauma registry 4) Public healthcare model - 1) Quality improvement Which of the following physical findings indicates the need for immediate transport? 1) Vital signs: systolic blood pressure 80, respiratory rate 8 2) Glasgow Coma Scale score of 15 3) Second-degree burns involving 9 percent of total body surface area in an adult patient 4) Fractured right femur - 1) Vital signs: systolic blood pressure 80, respiratory rate 8 Which of the following best differentiates medical and trauma patient assessment? 1) Trauma triage guidelines are not critical with medical patients 2) Scene safety is not an issue with the medical patient. 3) There is no concept for "medical load and go" patients. 4) Assessing breath sounds is not crucial to trauma assessment. - 1) Trauma triage guidelines are not critical with medical patients Which of the following mechanisms would yield the greatest index of suspicion for serious injury? 1) Pedestrian struck by a car travelling 5 miles/hour 2) Adult falling 5 feet from a ladder and landing in the mud 3) Helmeted bicyclist losing control and falling off his bike onto a grassy surface at 15 miles per hour 4) Seventy-mile-per-hour motor vehicle crash with partial ejection - 4) Seventy-mile-per- hour motor vehicle crash with partial ejection