ATLS pretest Exam Questions
Which one of the following findings in an adult is most likely to require
immediate management during the primary survey? - Correct Answer
✔️✔️resp of 40/mi
Question:17 The most important, immediate step in the management
of an open pneumothorax is - Correct Answer ✔️✔️placement of
an occlusive dressing over the wound.
Question:18 The following are contraindications for tetanus toxoid
administration - Correct Answer ✔️✔️History of neurological
reaction or severe hypersensitivity to the product.
Question:19 A 56-year-old man is thrown violently against the steering
wheel of his truck during a motor vehicle crash. On arrival in the
emergency department he is diaphoretic and complaining of chest pain.
His blood pressure is 60/40 mm Hg and his respiratory rate is 40
breaths per minute. Which of the following best differentiates cardiac
, tamponade from tension pneumothorax as the cause of his
hypotension? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Breath sounds.
Question:20 Bronchial intubation of the right or left mainstem
bronchus can easily occur during infant endotracheal intubation
because - Correct Answer ✔️✔️the trachea is relatively short.
Question:21 A 23-year-old man sustains 4 stab wounds to the upper
right chest during an altercation and is brought by ambulance to a
hospital that has full surgical capabilities. His wounds are all above the
nipple. He is endotracheally intubated, closed tube thoracostomy is
performed, and 2 liters of crystalloid solution are infused through 2
large-caliber IVs. His blood pressure now is 60/0 mm Hg, heart rate is
160 beats per minute, and respiratory rate is 14 breaths per minute
(ventilated with 100% O2). 1500cc of blood has drained from the right
chest. The most appropriate next step in managing this patient is to -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️urgently transfer the patient to the
operating room.
Which one of the following findings in an adult is most likely to require
immediate management during the primary survey? - Correct Answer
✔️✔️resp of 40/mi
Question:17 The most important, immediate step in the management
of an open pneumothorax is - Correct Answer ✔️✔️placement of
an occlusive dressing over the wound.
Question:18 The following are contraindications for tetanus toxoid
administration - Correct Answer ✔️✔️History of neurological
reaction or severe hypersensitivity to the product.
Question:19 A 56-year-old man is thrown violently against the steering
wheel of his truck during a motor vehicle crash. On arrival in the
emergency department he is diaphoretic and complaining of chest pain.
His blood pressure is 60/40 mm Hg and his respiratory rate is 40
breaths per minute. Which of the following best differentiates cardiac
, tamponade from tension pneumothorax as the cause of his
hypotension? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Breath sounds.
Question:20 Bronchial intubation of the right or left mainstem
bronchus can easily occur during infant endotracheal intubation
because - Correct Answer ✔️✔️the trachea is relatively short.
Question:21 A 23-year-old man sustains 4 stab wounds to the upper
right chest during an altercation and is brought by ambulance to a
hospital that has full surgical capabilities. His wounds are all above the
nipple. He is endotracheally intubated, closed tube thoracostomy is
performed, and 2 liters of crystalloid solution are infused through 2
large-caliber IVs. His blood pressure now is 60/0 mm Hg, heart rate is
160 beats per minute, and respiratory rate is 14 breaths per minute
(ventilated with 100% O2). 1500cc of blood has drained from the right
chest. The most appropriate next step in managing this patient is to -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️urgently transfer the patient to the
operating room.
