ITLS 9th Edition Practice Q&As Answered Correctly – Expert Verified | Latest Version 2024/2025

A 15 y/o male was stabbed and has an abdominal evisceration. The PT is A/O, BP 112/68, P 94, R18. You should? - Prepare PT for transport & establish vascular access during transport. A 16yo F is rescued from a burning house. She has 25% partial thickness burns, and the nursed areas are hot to the touch. What is the appropriate treatment? - Apply clean water to burned areas for up to 5-10 mins. a 16yoF receives 25% partial thickness thermal burns. You should: - Cool the burn and protect from heat loss A 23 year old female fell from a 2nd floor balcony. Upon arrival, you find her lying in the grass. She responds to verbal commands and your assessment reveals flat neck veins, & normal chest/abdomen/pelvic examinations. Vital signs are: BP 74/40, P 54 & Weak, and R 16. You should suspect: - Relative hypovolemic (high-space) shock Rationale: The condition causing the vascular space to be too large for a normal amount of blood has been called "shock", or relative hypovolemia. Neurogenic shock, commonly called spinal shock, is a form of relative hypovolemia. The clinical presentation of neurogenic shock differs from hemorrhagic shock in that there is no catecholamine release and this no pallor (vasoconstriction), tachycardia, or sweating. The patient will have a decreased BP but the HR will be normal or slow, and the skin is usually warm, dry and pink A 23yo F fell from a 2nd floor balcony. Upon, you find her lying in the grass. She responds to verbal commands and your assessment reveals flat neck veins, and normal chest, abdomen and pelvis examinations. Her skin is cool, clammy and ashen; respirations are rapid and shallow; radial pulses are too rapid to count and thready. You place her on the heart monitor and it shows a wide-complex tachycardia of about 280/min. You should suspect: - Cardiogenic shock