PHTLS - Post Test, 8th Edition/ 50 Qs & Ans/
2024-2025.
You respond for a patient who has sustained a GSW to the right upper thorax. He
is barely responsive, pale, and diaphoretic. What device is most appropriate for
transport? - Answer: scoop stretcher
Units responding to a motor vehicle accident on the highway should consider
what, as part of their pre-arrival assessment? - Answer: weather conditions
The most appropriate airway maneuver for trauma patients is what technique? -
Answer: jaw thrust maneuver
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, Endo-tracheal in-tubation is a technique that requires, what? - Answer:
substantial training, to maintain proficiency
Care of the trauma patient in the field is an evolving science and should be
evidence-based. As lifelong learners, we must be prepared to adapt our practices
based on research. This is because research may lead to, what? - Answer: changes
in our current practices (p.11)
In trauma care, a 'principle' is defined as, what? - Answer: what needs to be done
(p.34)
In addition to oxygen, what is required to maintain the metabolic processes of life
and energy production? - Answer: glucose
What indicates that a trauma patient is having trouble breathing? - Answer: the
patient's breathing is noticeable
A patient presents with, a blunt trauma injury to the chest. On exam, he has
absent breath sounds on one side of his chest and respiratory distress. Which
additional sign would indicate that the patient has a tension pneumo-thorax? -
Answer: hemo-dynamic compromise (proper blood flow is being prevented)
In addition to direct pressure, tourniquets, and immobilizing fractures, what is
considered most effective when controlling hemorrhage? - Answer: hemo-static
agents
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2024-2025.
You respond for a patient who has sustained a GSW to the right upper thorax. He
is barely responsive, pale, and diaphoretic. What device is most appropriate for
transport? - Answer: scoop stretcher
Units responding to a motor vehicle accident on the highway should consider
what, as part of their pre-arrival assessment? - Answer: weather conditions
The most appropriate airway maneuver for trauma patients is what technique? -
Answer: jaw thrust maneuver
Page 1 of 8
, Endo-tracheal in-tubation is a technique that requires, what? - Answer:
substantial training, to maintain proficiency
Care of the trauma patient in the field is an evolving science and should be
evidence-based. As lifelong learners, we must be prepared to adapt our practices
based on research. This is because research may lead to, what? - Answer: changes
in our current practices (p.11)
In trauma care, a 'principle' is defined as, what? - Answer: what needs to be done
(p.34)
In addition to oxygen, what is required to maintain the metabolic processes of life
and energy production? - Answer: glucose
What indicates that a trauma patient is having trouble breathing? - Answer: the
patient's breathing is noticeable
A patient presents with, a blunt trauma injury to the chest. On exam, he has
absent breath sounds on one side of his chest and respiratory distress. Which
additional sign would indicate that the patient has a tension pneumo-thorax? -
Answer: hemo-dynamic compromise (proper blood flow is being prevented)
In addition to direct pressure, tourniquets, and immobilizing fractures, what is
considered most effective when controlling hemorrhage? - Answer: hemo-static
agents
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