PHTLS Final Exam Latest Questions and Answers |Fall
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Question 1
Which of the following patients will compensate for blood loss the longest?
A. 6-year-old male
B. 82-year-old female
C. 24-year-old male
D. 45-year-old female
Correct Answer
A
Question 2
EMS arrives on a scene and finds that emergency medical responders have attempted to immobilize a pediatric patient
onto a long backboard. They note that the patient's head is in a flexed position. Which of the following actions is the most
appropriate?
A. Adjust the cervical collar
B. Place padding under the patient's torso
C. Place padding under the patient's head and neck
D. Logroll patient into a left lateral recumbent position
Correct Answer
B
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,Question 3
Of the following, which is a preventable cause of secondary brain injury addressable during the transport phase?
A. Herniation syndromes
B. Systemic hypoxia
C. Intracranial hematomas
D. Intraparenchymal hemorrhage
Correct Answer
B
Question 4
When approaching a trauma patient, what is the first assessment that must be made?
A. Scene safety
B. Airway
C. Exsanguinating hemorrhage
D. Breathing
Correct Answer
A
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, Question 5
In a blast-related multiple patient situation, which of the following patients should be treated first?
A. a 78-year-old male awake and unable to hear
B. A 28-year-old male with an arm amputation who has bleeding controlled with a tourniquet
C. A 14-year-old pulseless female with grey matter visible from a head wound
D. A 33-year-old female with altered level of consciousness and decreased capillary refill
Correct Answer
D
Question 6
A patient presents with a blunt trauma injury to the chest. On exam, he has absent breath sounds on one side of his chest
and respiratory distress. Which additional sign would indicate that the patient has a tension pneumothorax?
A. Tracheal deviation towards the side of injury
B. Distended neck veins
C. Inspiratory wheezing
D. narrowed pulse pressure
Correct Answer
B
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2025/2026 Update | 100% Correct Latest
Question 1
Which of the following patients will compensate for blood loss the longest?
A. 6-year-old male
B. 82-year-old female
C. 24-year-old male
D. 45-year-old female
Correct Answer
A
Question 2
EMS arrives on a scene and finds that emergency medical responders have attempted to immobilize a pediatric patient
onto a long backboard. They note that the patient's head is in a flexed position. Which of the following actions is the most
appropriate?
A. Adjust the cervical collar
B. Place padding under the patient's torso
C. Place padding under the patient's head and neck
D. Logroll patient into a left lateral recumbent position
Correct Answer
B
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,Question 3
Of the following, which is a preventable cause of secondary brain injury addressable during the transport phase?
A. Herniation syndromes
B. Systemic hypoxia
C. Intracranial hematomas
D. Intraparenchymal hemorrhage
Correct Answer
B
Question 4
When approaching a trauma patient, what is the first assessment that must be made?
A. Scene safety
B. Airway
C. Exsanguinating hemorrhage
D. Breathing
Correct Answer
A
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, Question 5
In a blast-related multiple patient situation, which of the following patients should be treated first?
A. a 78-year-old male awake and unable to hear
B. A 28-year-old male with an arm amputation who has bleeding controlled with a tourniquet
C. A 14-year-old pulseless female with grey matter visible from a head wound
D. A 33-year-old female with altered level of consciousness and decreased capillary refill
Correct Answer
D
Question 6
A patient presents with a blunt trauma injury to the chest. On exam, he has absent breath sounds on one side of his chest
and respiratory distress. Which additional sign would indicate that the patient has a tension pneumothorax?
A. Tracheal deviation towards the side of injury
B. Distended neck veins
C. Inspiratory wheezing
D. narrowed pulse pressure
Correct Answer
B
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