PHTLS Study Set with Questions and Answers

When the application of kinetic energy to the body from either a blunt or penetrating mechanism displaces tissue, this is known as CAVITATION Which of the following is an example of the tertiary phase blast injury? CRUSHING INJURY DUE TO STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE. The most common threat to life among trauma patients is? INTERNAL HEMORRHAGE Your patient is an injured construction worker bleeding profusely from a large laceration to the left thigh. He is confused and has pale, moist skin. Direct pressure applied to the wound by a first responder has failed to control the bleeding. The next step in controlling bleeding is to apply: A TOURNIQUET TO THE LACERATION. Hypotension due to spinal cord trauma occurs due to interruption of the _______________nervous system pathway. SYMPATHETIC The most common fractured ribs are ribs: 4 THROUGH 8. A hemothorax is differentiated from a tension pneumothorax by: DULL PERCUSSION ON THE AFFECTED SIDE. Which of the following mechanisms is most likely to result in cardiac tamponade? A PATIENT IS STRUCK IN THE LEFT ANTERIOR CHEST BY A NAIL EJECTED FROM A NAIL GUN. Management of flail chest includes: PAIN MANAGEMENT VENTILATORY SUPPORT 100%O2 Which of the following types of traumatic brain injury is most likely to be associated with hemorrhage from the middle meningeal artery? EPIDURAL HEMATOMA Which of the following groups of findings represents Cushing's phenomenon? BRADYCARDIA ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY PATTERN ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSUR