PHTLS PRETEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% #10
When the application of kinetic energy to the body from either a blunt or penetrating
mechanism displaces tissue, this is known as - correct answer CAVITATION
Which of the following is an example of the tertiary phase blast injury? - correct answer
CRUSHING INJURY DUE TO STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE.
The most common threat to life among trauma patients is? - correct answer INTERNAL
HEMORRHAGE
Your patient is an injured construction worker bleeding profusely from a large laceration
to the left thigh. He is confused and has pale, moist skin. Direct pressure applied to the
wound by a first responder has failed to control the bleeding. The next step in controlling
bleeding is to apply: - correct answer A TOURNIQUET TO THE LACERATION.
Hypotension due to spinal cord trauma occurs due to interruption of the
_______________nervous system pathway. - correct answer SYMPATHETIC
The most common fractured ribs are ribs: - correct answer 4 THROUGH 8.
A hemothorax is differentiated from a tension pneumothorax by: - correct answer DULL
PERCUSSION ON THE AFFECTED SIDE.
Which of the following mechanisms is most likely to result in cardiac tamponade? -
correct answer A PATIENT IS STRUCK IN THE LEFT ANTERIOR CHEST BY A NAIL
EJECTED FROM A NAIL GUN.
Management of flail chest includes: - correct answer PAIN MANAGEMENT
VENTILATORY SUPPORT
100%O2
Which of the following types of traumatic brain injury is most likely to be associated with
hemorrhage from the middle meningeal artery? - correct answer EPIDURAL
HEMATOMA
Which of the following groups of findings represents Cushing's phenomenon? - correct
answer BRADYCARDIA
ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY PATTERN
ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE
Your patient is a 32 year old female who was thrown from a horse and struck her head
on the ground. She was not wearing a helmet. She does not respond verbally or open
her eyes to painful stimuli, but responds to painful stimuli with decerebrate posturing.
100% #10
When the application of kinetic energy to the body from either a blunt or penetrating
mechanism displaces tissue, this is known as - correct answer CAVITATION
Which of the following is an example of the tertiary phase blast injury? - correct answer
CRUSHING INJURY DUE TO STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE.
The most common threat to life among trauma patients is? - correct answer INTERNAL
HEMORRHAGE
Your patient is an injured construction worker bleeding profusely from a large laceration
to the left thigh. He is confused and has pale, moist skin. Direct pressure applied to the
wound by a first responder has failed to control the bleeding. The next step in controlling
bleeding is to apply: - correct answer A TOURNIQUET TO THE LACERATION.
Hypotension due to spinal cord trauma occurs due to interruption of the
_______________nervous system pathway. - correct answer SYMPATHETIC
The most common fractured ribs are ribs: - correct answer 4 THROUGH 8.
A hemothorax is differentiated from a tension pneumothorax by: - correct answer DULL
PERCUSSION ON THE AFFECTED SIDE.
Which of the following mechanisms is most likely to result in cardiac tamponade? -
correct answer A PATIENT IS STRUCK IN THE LEFT ANTERIOR CHEST BY A NAIL
EJECTED FROM A NAIL GUN.
Management of flail chest includes: - correct answer PAIN MANAGEMENT
VENTILATORY SUPPORT
100%O2
Which of the following types of traumatic brain injury is most likely to be associated with
hemorrhage from the middle meningeal artery? - correct answer EPIDURAL
HEMATOMA
Which of the following groups of findings represents Cushing's phenomenon? - correct
answer BRADYCARDIA
ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY PATTERN
ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE
Your patient is a 32 year old female who was thrown from a horse and struck her head
on the ground. She was not wearing a helmet. She does not respond verbally or open
her eyes to painful stimuli, but responds to painful stimuli with decerebrate posturing.
