Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
Exam COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026(GRADED A+)
DETAILED ANSWERS
• Reduce mortality and morbidity from trauma.
• Provide knowledge and skills for all prehospital trauma team members.
• Deliver timely and appropriate care to the trauma patient in the field, ensuring it is
neither less nor more than needed. -CORRECTANSWER What are the goals of
PHTLS?
• Insure safety to provide the proper interventions to the victims.
• Assessment of scene: All information that I need to decide whether I can go in or not
should be considered.
• What are the resources that I need?
• Are there any weapons, guns, knives, or any tools that could put me at risk?
, • Are there any injuries? Who is injured? What is the extent and location of the injury,
and is there severe bleeding?
• How many patients are present? Are there any elderly or not?
•Do I need someone else with me, for example, police or fire fighters? -
CORRECTANSWER You are dispatched to the scene of a domestic violence. It is
02:45 hours on a hot summer night. As you arrive on the scene of a single-family
dwelling, you can hear a man and woman arguing very loudly and the sounds of
children crying in the background.
• Police have also been dispatched to this call but have not yet arrived at the location.
What are your concerns about the scene?
What considerations are important before you contact the patient?
1- Safety
2- Pre-arrival information
3- Mechanism of injury
Exam COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026(GRADED A+)
DETAILED ANSWERS
• Reduce mortality and morbidity from trauma.
• Provide knowledge and skills for all prehospital trauma team members.
• Deliver timely and appropriate care to the trauma patient in the field, ensuring it is
neither less nor more than needed. -CORRECTANSWER What are the goals of
PHTLS?
• Insure safety to provide the proper interventions to the victims.
• Assessment of scene: All information that I need to decide whether I can go in or not
should be considered.
• What are the resources that I need?
• Are there any weapons, guns, knives, or any tools that could put me at risk?
, • Are there any injuries? Who is injured? What is the extent and location of the injury,
and is there severe bleeding?
• How many patients are present? Are there any elderly or not?
•Do I need someone else with me, for example, police or fire fighters? -
CORRECTANSWER You are dispatched to the scene of a domestic violence. It is
02:45 hours on a hot summer night. As you arrive on the scene of a single-family
dwelling, you can hear a man and woman arguing very loudly and the sounds of
children crying in the background.
• Police have also been dispatched to this call but have not yet arrived at the location.
What are your concerns about the scene?
What considerations are important before you contact the patient?
1- Safety
2- Pre-arrival information
3- Mechanism of injury
