POST TEST ATLS LATEST 2026-2027
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
1. A 20-year-old athlete is involved in a motorcycle crash after having
ridden for hours on a very hot day. When he arrives in the emergency
department, he shouts that he cannot move his legs. On physical
examination, there are no abnormalities of the chest, abdomen, or
pelvis. The patient has no sensation in his legs and cannot move them,
but his arms are moving. The patient's respiratory rate is 22, heart rate is
88, and blood pressure is 80/60 mm Hg. He is pale and sweaty. What is
the most likely cause of his hypotension? a. neurogenic shock *
b. cardiac tamponade
c. myocardial contusion
d. hyperthermia
e. hemorrhagic shock
2. Which one of the findings below requires a definitive
airway in trauma patients? a. facial lacerations
b. repeated vomiting
c. partial thickness facial burns, cough, and hoarseness*
d. sternal fracture
e. Glasgow Coma Scale score of 12
3. Twenty-seven patients are seriously injured in an airplane crash at a
local airport. The principles of triage include:
a. establish a triage site within the hot zone of the crush site
b. treat only the most severely injured patients first
c. immediately transport all patients to the nearest hospital
d. treat the greatest number of patients in the shortest period of time
e. produce the greatest number of survivors based on available
resources*
4. Which one of thestatements is?
following correct
A. Cerebral contusions may coalesce to form an
intracerebral hematoma.
b. Epidural hematomas are usually seen in the frontal region.
c. Subdural hematomas are caused by injury to the middle meningeal
artery.
, d. subdural hematomas typically have a lenticular shape on CT scan.
e. The associated brain damage is more severe in epidural hematomas. *
5. An 18-year-old male is brought to the emergency department after
having been shot. He has one bullet wound just below the right
clavicle and another just below the costal margin in the right posterior
axillary line. His blood pressure is 110/60 mm Hg. heartrate is 90 beats
per minute, and respiratory rate is 34 breaths per minute. After
ensuring a patent airway and inserting two largecaliber IV lines, the
next appropriate step is to: a. obtain a portable chest x-ray *
b. administer a bolus of additional IV
c. perform a laparotomy
d. obtain an abdominal CT scan
e. perform diagnostic peritoneal lavage
6. A 47-year-old house painter is brought to the hospital after falling 6
meters (20 feet) from a ladder and landing straddling a fence
Examination of his perineum reveals extensive ecchymosis. There is
blood in the external urethral nicatus. The initial diagnostic study for
evaluation of the urinary tract in this patient should be :
a cystoscopy
b. cystography
c. intravenous pyelography
d. CT scan
e. retrograde urethrography*
7. Neurogenic shock has all of the following characteristics except
which?
a. hypotension
b. vasodilation
c. bradycardia
d. neurologic deficit
e. narrowed pulse pressure*
8. Which one of the following statements is false concerning Rh
isoimmunization in pregnant trauma patients?
a. It occurs in blunt or penetrating abdominal trauma.
b. It is produced by minor degrees of fetomaternal hemorrhage.
c. Rh immunoglobulin therapy should be administered to pregnant
females who have sustained a
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
1. A 20-year-old athlete is involved in a motorcycle crash after having
ridden for hours on a very hot day. When he arrives in the emergency
department, he shouts that he cannot move his legs. On physical
examination, there are no abnormalities of the chest, abdomen, or
pelvis. The patient has no sensation in his legs and cannot move them,
but his arms are moving. The patient's respiratory rate is 22, heart rate is
88, and blood pressure is 80/60 mm Hg. He is pale and sweaty. What is
the most likely cause of his hypotension? a. neurogenic shock *
b. cardiac tamponade
c. myocardial contusion
d. hyperthermia
e. hemorrhagic shock
2. Which one of the findings below requires a definitive
airway in trauma patients? a. facial lacerations
b. repeated vomiting
c. partial thickness facial burns, cough, and hoarseness*
d. sternal fracture
e. Glasgow Coma Scale score of 12
3. Twenty-seven patients are seriously injured in an airplane crash at a
local airport. The principles of triage include:
a. establish a triage site within the hot zone of the crush site
b. treat only the most severely injured patients first
c. immediately transport all patients to the nearest hospital
d. treat the greatest number of patients in the shortest period of time
e. produce the greatest number of survivors based on available
resources*
4. Which one of thestatements is?
following correct
A. Cerebral contusions may coalesce to form an
intracerebral hematoma.
b. Epidural hematomas are usually seen in the frontal region.
c. Subdural hematomas are caused by injury to the middle meningeal
artery.
, d. subdural hematomas typically have a lenticular shape on CT scan.
e. The associated brain damage is more severe in epidural hematomas. *
5. An 18-year-old male is brought to the emergency department after
having been shot. He has one bullet wound just below the right
clavicle and another just below the costal margin in the right posterior
axillary line. His blood pressure is 110/60 mm Hg. heartrate is 90 beats
per minute, and respiratory rate is 34 breaths per minute. After
ensuring a patent airway and inserting two largecaliber IV lines, the
next appropriate step is to: a. obtain a portable chest x-ray *
b. administer a bolus of additional IV
c. perform a laparotomy
d. obtain an abdominal CT scan
e. perform diagnostic peritoneal lavage
6. A 47-year-old house painter is brought to the hospital after falling 6
meters (20 feet) from a ladder and landing straddling a fence
Examination of his perineum reveals extensive ecchymosis. There is
blood in the external urethral nicatus. The initial diagnostic study for
evaluation of the urinary tract in this patient should be :
a cystoscopy
b. cystography
c. intravenous pyelography
d. CT scan
e. retrograde urethrography*
7. Neurogenic shock has all of the following characteristics except
which?
a. hypotension
b. vasodilation
c. bradycardia
d. neurologic deficit
e. narrowed pulse pressure*
8. Which one of the following statements is false concerning Rh
isoimmunization in pregnant trauma patients?
a. It occurs in blunt or penetrating abdominal trauma.
b. It is produced by minor degrees of fetomaternal hemorrhage.
c. Rh immunoglobulin therapy should be administered to pregnant
females who have sustained a
