ATLS post Practice Test 2023 graded A

ATLS post Practice Test 2023 graded A 1. A 22-year-old female who is 6 months pregnant presents following a motor vehicle crash. Paramedics report vaginal bleeding. What is the initial step in her treatment? a. assess fetal heart sounds b. check for fetal movement c. perform inspection of the cervic d. . ask the patient what her name is e. insert a wedge under the patient's right hip 2. A construction worker falls from a scaffold and is transferred to the emergency department. His heart rate is 124 and blood pressure is 85/60 mmHg. He complains of lower abdominal pain. After assessing the airway and chest, immobilizing the c-spine, and initiating fluid resuscitation, the next step is to perform: a. FAST exam b. detailed neurological exam c. rectal exam d. cervical spine x-ray e. urethral catheterization 3. Twenty seven patients are seriously injured in an aircraft accident at a local airport. The basic principle of triage should be to: a. Treat the most severely injured patients first. b. Establish a field triage area directed by a doctor. c. Rapidly transport all patients to the nearest appropriate 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. A young man sustains a rifle wound to the mid abdomen. He is brought promptly to the emergency department by prehospital personnel. His skin is cool and diaphoretic, and his systolic blood pressure is 58 mm Hg. Warmed crystalloid fluids are initiated without improvement in his vital signs. The next, most appropriate, step is to perform: a. A laparotomy. b. An abdominal CT scan. c. Diagnostic laparoscopy. d. Abdominal ultrasonography. e. A diagnostic peritoneal lavage.