ATLS Post Test QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE GRADED /A COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 1. The primary indication for transferring a patient to a higher-level trauma center is: unavailability of a surgeon or operating room staff. multiple system injurie
ATLS Post Test QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE GRADED /A COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 1. The primary indication for transferring a patient to a higher-level trauma center is: unavailability of a surgeon or operating room staff. multiple system injuries, including severe head injury. resource limitations as determined by the transferring doctor. resource limitations as determined by the hospital administration. widened mediastinum on chest x-ray following blunt thoracic trauma. 2. teen-aged bicycle rider is hit by a truck traveling at a high rate of speed. In the emergency department, she is actively bleeding from open fractures of her legs, and has abrasions on her chest and abdominal wall. Her blood pressure is 80/50 mm Hg, heart rate is 140 beats per minute, respiratory rate is 8 breaths per minute, and GCS score is 6. The first step in managing this patient is to: obtain a lateral cervical spine x-ray. insert a central venous pressure line. administer 2 liters of crystalloid solution. perform endotracheal intubation and ventilation. apply the PASG and inflate the leg compartments. 3. Contraindication to nasogastric intubation is the presence of a: 4. Which one of the following statements regarding patients with thoracic TRUE? Log-rolling may be destabilizing fractures from T-Adequate immobilization accomplished with the scoop Spinal cord injury below T-10 usually bowel and bladder Hyperflexion fractures in thoracic spine are inherently These patients rarely present with shock in association with cord 5. young man sustains a ritle wound He is brought promptly emergency department by prehospital personnel. His skin is cool and diaphoretic, his systolic blood pressure is 58 Warmed crystalloid fluids are initiated improvement in his vital signs. appropriate step is to perform
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