ITLS Exam Preparation Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
What is a Scene Size-Up? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Observations made
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and actions taken at a trauma scene before actually approaching the
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patient. It is the initial step in the ITLS Primary Survey
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What does "OPIM" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Other Potentially
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Infectious Material
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What equipment should you always take with you for trauma patients? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--PPE (Personal Protection Equipment)
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-Patient transport device (stretcher, long spine board, and so on) with
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effective strapping and head motion-restriction device
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-Rigid cervical extrication collar of an appropriate size
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-Oxygen and airway equipment, which should include suction
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equipment and a BVM (Bag-Valve Mask)| | | | |
-Trauma box (bandage material, hemostatic agent, tourniquet, blood
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pressure cuff, stethoscope)
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,What are some of the potential injury patterns for a mechanism of
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Injury of frontal impact? (Name 8) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Cervical-
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spine fracture
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-Flail chest
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-Myocardial contusion |
-Pneumothorax
-Aortic disruption |
-Spleen or liver laceration
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-Posterior hip dislocation | |
-Knee dislocation
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What are some of the potential injury patterns for a mechanism of
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lateral impact (T-bone)? (Name 8) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--
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Contralateral neck sprain | |
-Cervical-spine fracture |
-Lateral flail chest | |
-Pneumothorax
-Aortic disruption |
-Diaphragmatic rupture |
-Laceration of liver, kidney or spleen | | | | |
-Pelvic fracture |
,What are potential injury patterns for a mechanism of ejection? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Exposure to all mechanisms (and mortality
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increased)
What are some of the potential injury patterns for a mechanism of
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Injury of pedestrian vs. car? (Name 4) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Head
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injury
-Aortic disruption |
-Abdominal visceral injuries | |
-Fracture pelvis and lower extremities| | | |
What is "index of suspicion"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The medical
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provider's estimate of a disease or injury being present in a patient. A
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high index of suspicion means there is a high probability the injury is
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present. A low index of suspicion means there is a low risk of the injury.
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List the two basic mechanisms of motion injury - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Blunt and penetrating | |
Identify the three collisions associated with a motor-vehicle collision
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(MVC) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. Machine collision
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2. Body collision
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3. Organ collision resulting in rupture, shearing, or bruising
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, Name the five common forms of MVCs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.
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Frontal-impact (head-on collision) | |
2. Lateral-impact (T-bone collision)
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3. Rear-impact collision
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4. Rollover collision
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5. Rotational collision
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Using the three collisions associated with a MVC, relate at least three
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frontal-impact collisions to potential patient injuries to deformity of the
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vehicle, interior structures and body structures. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Machine collision = Deformed front end | | | | |
Body collision = Spider-web pattern of windshield
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Organ collision = Coup/contracoup brain, soft-tissue injury (scalp, face,
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neck), hyperextension/flexion of the cervical spine
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Machine collision = Deformed front end
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Body collision = Steering wheel ring fracture, deformity and column
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displacement
Organ collision = Traumatic tattooing of patient's skin
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Machine collision = Deformity of vehicle
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Body collision = Dashboard fracture and deformity
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With Correct Answers
What is a Scene Size-Up? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Observations made
| | | | | | | | |
and actions taken at a trauma scene before actually approaching the
| | | | | | | | | | |
patient. It is the initial step in the ITLS Primary Survey
| | | | | | | | | |
What does "OPIM" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Other Potentially
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Infectious Material
| |
What equipment should you always take with you for trauma patients? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--PPE (Personal Protection Equipment)
| | | | |
-Patient transport device (stretcher, long spine board, and so on) with
| | | | | | | | | | |
effective strapping and head motion-restriction device
| | | | |
-Rigid cervical extrication collar of an appropriate size
| | | | | | |
-Oxygen and airway equipment, which should include suction
| | | | | | | |
equipment and a BVM (Bag-Valve Mask)| | | | |
-Trauma box (bandage material, hemostatic agent, tourniquet, blood
| | | | | | | |
pressure cuff, stethoscope)
| |
,What are some of the potential injury patterns for a mechanism of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Injury of frontal impact? (Name 8) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Cervical-
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spine fracture
|
-Flail chest
|
-Myocardial contusion |
-Pneumothorax
-Aortic disruption |
-Spleen or liver laceration
| | |
-Posterior hip dislocation | |
-Knee dislocation
|
What are some of the potential injury patterns for a mechanism of
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lateral impact (T-bone)? (Name 8) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--
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Contralateral neck sprain | |
-Cervical-spine fracture |
-Lateral flail chest | |
-Pneumothorax
-Aortic disruption |
-Diaphragmatic rupture |
-Laceration of liver, kidney or spleen | | | | |
-Pelvic fracture |
,What are potential injury patterns for a mechanism of ejection? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Exposure to all mechanisms (and mortality
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increased)
What are some of the potential injury patterns for a mechanism of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Injury of pedestrian vs. car? (Name 4) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Head
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injury
-Aortic disruption |
-Abdominal visceral injuries | |
-Fracture pelvis and lower extremities| | | |
What is "index of suspicion"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The medical
| | | | | | | | |
provider's estimate of a disease or injury being present in a patient. A
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
high index of suspicion means there is a high probability the injury is
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present. A low index of suspicion means there is a low risk of the injury.
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List the two basic mechanisms of motion injury - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Blunt and penetrating | |
Identify the three collisions associated with a motor-vehicle collision
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(MVC) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. Machine collision
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2. Body collision
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3. Organ collision resulting in rupture, shearing, or bruising
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, Name the five common forms of MVCs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.
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Frontal-impact (head-on collision) | |
2. Lateral-impact (T-bone collision)
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3. Rear-impact collision
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4. Rollover collision
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5. Rotational collision
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Using the three collisions associated with a MVC, relate at least three
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frontal-impact collisions to potential patient injuries to deformity of the
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vehicle, interior structures and body structures. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Machine collision = Deformed front end | | | | |
Body collision = Spider-web pattern of windshield
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Organ collision = Coup/contracoup brain, soft-tissue injury (scalp, face,
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neck), hyperextension/flexion of the cervical spine
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Machine collision = Deformed front end
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Body collision = Steering wheel ring fracture, deformity and column
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displacement
Organ collision = Traumatic tattooing of patient's skin
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Machine collision = Deformity of vehicle
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Body collision = Dashboard fracture and deformity
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