ATLS POST TEST 2024-2025 Exam
Question & Answers 2025
Which of the following is the recommended Method for
treatment frostbite?
A. Vasodilators
B. Anticigulants
C. Warm (40 degrees) water
D. Padding and elevation
E. Application of heat from a hairdryer - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔C. Warm (40 degrees) water
Which of the following physical findings suggest a cause
of hypotension other than spinal cord injury?
A. Priapism
B. Bradycardia
C. Diaphragmatic breathing
D. Presence of deep tendon reflexes
E. Ability to flex forearms but not extend them -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. Presence of deep tendon
reflexes. Spinal shock refers to loss of muscle toe
(flaccidty) and loss of reflexes.
The primary indication for transferring A patient to a
higher level trauma center is:
A. Unavailibility of surgeon or operating staff
,ATLS POST TEST 2024-2025 Exam
Question & Answers 2025
B. Multiple system injuries, including severe head injury
C. Resource limitations as determined by the transferring
doctor
D. Resource limitations as determined by the hospital
administration
E. Widened mediastinum on chest x-ray following blunt
trauma - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. Resource
limitations as determined by the transferring doctor
A young man sustains a rifle wound to the mid-abdomen.
He is brought promptly to the ED by prehospital
personnel. His skin is cool and diaphoretic, and his
systolic blood pressure is 58mmHg. Warmed crystalloid
fluids are initiated without improvement in his vital signs.
The next, most appropriate, step is to perform:
A. a laparotomy
B. An abdominal CT-scan
C. Diagnostic laparoscopy
D. Abdominal ultrasonography
E. A diagnostic peritoneal lavage - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔A. Laparotomy because of hemodynamic abnormality
A 42-year-old man is trapped from the waist down
beneath his overturned tractor for several hours before
,ATLS POST TEST 2024-2025 Exam
Question & Answers 2025
medical assistance arrives. He is awake and alert until
just before arriving in the ED. He is now unconscious and
responds only to painful stimuli by moaning. His pupils
are 3mm in diameter and symmetrically reactive to light.
Prehospital personnel indicate that they have not seen
the patient move either of his lower extremities. On
examination in the ED, no movement of his lower
extremities are detected, even in response to painful
stimuli. The most likely cause for this finding is:
A. An epidural hematoma
B. A pelvic fracture
C. Central cord syndrome
D. Intracerebral hemorrhage
E. Bilateral compartment syndrome - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔E. Bilateral compartment syndrome
A 6-year-o boy is struck by an automobile and brought to
the ED. He is lethargic, but withdraws purposefully from
painful stimuli. His blood pressure is 90mmHg systolic,
heart rate 140 beats per minute and his respiratory rate
is 36 breaths per minute. The preferred route of venous
access in this patient is:
A. Percutaneous femoral vein cannulation
B. Cutdown on the saphenous vein at the ankle
C. Intraosseous catheter placement in the proximal tibia
, ATLS POST TEST 2024-2025 Exam
Question & Answers 2025
D. Percutaneous peripheral veins in the upper extremities
E. Central venous access via the subclavian or internal
jugular vein - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D.
Percutaneous peripheral veins in the upper extremities
A young man sustains a gunshot wound to the abdomen
and is brought promptly to the ED by prehospital
personnel. His skin is cool and diaphoretic, and he is
confused. His pulse is thready and his femoral pulse is
only weakly palpable. The definitive treatment in
managing this patient is to:
A. Administer O-negative blood
B. Apply external warming devices
C. Control internal hemorrhage operatively
D. Apply a pneumatic antishock garment (PASG)
E. Infuse large volumes of intravenous crystalloid
solutions. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. Control internal
hemorrhage operatively
Regarding shock in the child, which of the following is
FALSE?
A. Vital signs are age-related
B. Children have greater physiologic reserves than do
adults
Question & Answers 2025
Which of the following is the recommended Method for
treatment frostbite?
A. Vasodilators
B. Anticigulants
C. Warm (40 degrees) water
D. Padding and elevation
E. Application of heat from a hairdryer - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔C. Warm (40 degrees) water
Which of the following physical findings suggest a cause
of hypotension other than spinal cord injury?
A. Priapism
B. Bradycardia
C. Diaphragmatic breathing
D. Presence of deep tendon reflexes
E. Ability to flex forearms but not extend them -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. Presence of deep tendon
reflexes. Spinal shock refers to loss of muscle toe
(flaccidty) and loss of reflexes.
The primary indication for transferring A patient to a
higher level trauma center is:
A. Unavailibility of surgeon or operating staff
,ATLS POST TEST 2024-2025 Exam
Question & Answers 2025
B. Multiple system injuries, including severe head injury
C. Resource limitations as determined by the transferring
doctor
D. Resource limitations as determined by the hospital
administration
E. Widened mediastinum on chest x-ray following blunt
trauma - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. Resource
limitations as determined by the transferring doctor
A young man sustains a rifle wound to the mid-abdomen.
He is brought promptly to the ED by prehospital
personnel. His skin is cool and diaphoretic, and his
systolic blood pressure is 58mmHg. Warmed crystalloid
fluids are initiated without improvement in his vital signs.
The next, most appropriate, step is to perform:
A. a laparotomy
B. An abdominal CT-scan
C. Diagnostic laparoscopy
D. Abdominal ultrasonography
E. A diagnostic peritoneal lavage - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔A. Laparotomy because of hemodynamic abnormality
A 42-year-old man is trapped from the waist down
beneath his overturned tractor for several hours before
,ATLS POST TEST 2024-2025 Exam
Question & Answers 2025
medical assistance arrives. He is awake and alert until
just before arriving in the ED. He is now unconscious and
responds only to painful stimuli by moaning. His pupils
are 3mm in diameter and symmetrically reactive to light.
Prehospital personnel indicate that they have not seen
the patient move either of his lower extremities. On
examination in the ED, no movement of his lower
extremities are detected, even in response to painful
stimuli. The most likely cause for this finding is:
A. An epidural hematoma
B. A pelvic fracture
C. Central cord syndrome
D. Intracerebral hemorrhage
E. Bilateral compartment syndrome - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔E. Bilateral compartment syndrome
A 6-year-o boy is struck by an automobile and brought to
the ED. He is lethargic, but withdraws purposefully from
painful stimuli. His blood pressure is 90mmHg systolic,
heart rate 140 beats per minute and his respiratory rate
is 36 breaths per minute. The preferred route of venous
access in this patient is:
A. Percutaneous femoral vein cannulation
B. Cutdown on the saphenous vein at the ankle
C. Intraosseous catheter placement in the proximal tibia
, ATLS POST TEST 2024-2025 Exam
Question & Answers 2025
D. Percutaneous peripheral veins in the upper extremities
E. Central venous access via the subclavian or internal
jugular vein - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D.
Percutaneous peripheral veins in the upper extremities
A young man sustains a gunshot wound to the abdomen
and is brought promptly to the ED by prehospital
personnel. His skin is cool and diaphoretic, and he is
confused. His pulse is thready and his femoral pulse is
only weakly palpable. The definitive treatment in
managing this patient is to:
A. Administer O-negative blood
B. Apply external warming devices
C. Control internal hemorrhage operatively
D. Apply a pneumatic antishock garment (PASG)
E. Infuse large volumes of intravenous crystalloid
solutions. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. Control internal
hemorrhage operatively
Regarding shock in the child, which of the following is
FALSE?
A. Vital signs are age-related
B. Children have greater physiologic reserves than do
adults
