PHTLS ALL PRACTICE EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔A patient struck in the back of the head with a baseball bat may sustain a cerebral
contusion to which area of the brain?
A. Frontal and occipital
B. Occipital
C. Parietal
D. Frontal - ✔✔B. Occipital
(probably too low velocity for Coup & Contre Coup)
✔✔In the context of the caring for an adult patient with traumatic brain injury who is
deteriorating and exhibiting signs of herniation, hyperventilation means ventilating with a
BVM and 100% oxygen at a rate of:
A. 12 to 16 per minute
B. 32 to 40 per minute
C. 8 to 12 per minute
D. 20 per minute - ✔✔D. 20
✔✔In the United State, which of the following mechanisms most frequently causes
spinal cord injury in adults?
A. Shallow water diving
B. Vehicle crashes
C. Falls
D. Pedestrian struck by a vehicle - ✔✔B. Vehicle crashes
✔✔Which of the following presentation indicate spinal cord injury?
A. Complete loss of sensory and motor function below the site of injury
, B. Weakness and parethesia in the upper extremities, but normal function in the lower
extremities
C. Complete loss of function on one side of the body and loss of pain and temperature
sensation on the opposite side
D. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
✔✔Of the following, which is the earliest indication of compartment syndrome?
A. Paralysis of the affected muscles
B. Loss of pulses
C. Loss of feeling in the web space between the thumb and index finger or between the
first and second toes
D. Tense swelling of the involved area - ✔✔D. Tense swelling of the involved area
✔✔A traction splint may be used for which of the following injuries?
A. Knee dislocation
B. Pelvic fractures
C. Femur fractures
D. All of the above - ✔✔C. Femur fractures
✔✔Which of the following descriptions meets the criteria for transport to a facility with a
burn unit?
A. A 49 year old female with a partial thickness burn from her elbow to her shoulder
B. A 25 year old male with an electrical burn across his chest
C. A 9 year old make with superficial burns on the backs of both legs
D. A 32 year old female with a partial thickness burn about twice the size of her hand on
her back - ✔✔B. A 25 year old male with an electrical burn across his chest
✔✔The preferred method of dressing burns in the prehospital setting is:
A. Dry sterile dressing
B. Moist sterile dressing
C. Wet dressings
D. Petroleum gauze - ✔✔A. Dry sterile dressing
✔✔In assessing the hypothermic patient in the prehospital setting, the most reliable
indicator of the severity of hypothermia is:
A. Rectal temperature
B. Oral temperature
C. Heart rate < 60
D. Presence or absence of shivering - ✔✔A. Rectal temperature
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔A patient struck in the back of the head with a baseball bat may sustain a cerebral
contusion to which area of the brain?
A. Frontal and occipital
B. Occipital
C. Parietal
D. Frontal - ✔✔B. Occipital
(probably too low velocity for Coup & Contre Coup)
✔✔In the context of the caring for an adult patient with traumatic brain injury who is
deteriorating and exhibiting signs of herniation, hyperventilation means ventilating with a
BVM and 100% oxygen at a rate of:
A. 12 to 16 per minute
B. 32 to 40 per minute
C. 8 to 12 per minute
D. 20 per minute - ✔✔D. 20
✔✔In the United State, which of the following mechanisms most frequently causes
spinal cord injury in adults?
A. Shallow water diving
B. Vehicle crashes
C. Falls
D. Pedestrian struck by a vehicle - ✔✔B. Vehicle crashes
✔✔Which of the following presentation indicate spinal cord injury?
A. Complete loss of sensory and motor function below the site of injury
, B. Weakness and parethesia in the upper extremities, but normal function in the lower
extremities
C. Complete loss of function on one side of the body and loss of pain and temperature
sensation on the opposite side
D. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
✔✔Of the following, which is the earliest indication of compartment syndrome?
A. Paralysis of the affected muscles
B. Loss of pulses
C. Loss of feeling in the web space between the thumb and index finger or between the
first and second toes
D. Tense swelling of the involved area - ✔✔D. Tense swelling of the involved area
✔✔A traction splint may be used for which of the following injuries?
A. Knee dislocation
B. Pelvic fractures
C. Femur fractures
D. All of the above - ✔✔C. Femur fractures
✔✔Which of the following descriptions meets the criteria for transport to a facility with a
burn unit?
A. A 49 year old female with a partial thickness burn from her elbow to her shoulder
B. A 25 year old male with an electrical burn across his chest
C. A 9 year old make with superficial burns on the backs of both legs
D. A 32 year old female with a partial thickness burn about twice the size of her hand on
her back - ✔✔B. A 25 year old male with an electrical burn across his chest
✔✔The preferred method of dressing burns in the prehospital setting is:
A. Dry sterile dressing
B. Moist sterile dressing
C. Wet dressings
D. Petroleum gauze - ✔✔A. Dry sterile dressing
✔✔In assessing the hypothermic patient in the prehospital setting, the most reliable
indicator of the severity of hypothermia is:
A. Rectal temperature
B. Oral temperature
C. Heart rate < 60
D. Presence or absence of shivering - ✔✔A. Rectal temperature
