ATLS 80 Review Test Questions
A trauma patient presents to the ED with inspiratory stridor and a
suspected C-Spine injury. Oxygen saturation is 88% on high-flow oxygen
via a nonrebreathing mask. The most appropriate next step is: -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️maintain inline immobilization and
establish a definitive airway
When is applying the rule of nine to infants: - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️the head is proportionally larger in infants than in adults
Healthy young male in MVC is brought to the ED with BP of 84/60, HR
of 123, and GCS of 10. Patient moans when pelvis is palpated. After
initiating fluid resuscitation, what is the next step in management? -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️Place a pelvic binder
,Which of the following situations requires Rh immunoglobulin
administration to an injured woman? - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️Positive urinary pregnancy, Rh negative, has torso trauma
22yo F athlete is stabbed in the left chest at the 3rd ICS in the anterior
axillary line. On ED arrival 15 minutes after, she is awake and alert. HR
is 100bpm. BP is 80/60, RR is 20. CXR reveals large hemothorax. L chest
tube is placed with immediate return of 1600mL. Next step is? -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️prepare for exploratory thoracotomy
6yo M walking across the street is struck by the front bumper of a
sports utility vehicle traveling at 32kph. Which statement is true? -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️Pulmonary contusion may be present in
the absence of rib fractures
A 24yo M sustains severely, comminuted, open, distal tibia and fibula
fractures in a construction incident. Pulses are weakly palpable in the
posterior tibial and dorsals pedis arteries. The patient complains of
severe, agonizing pain in the area of the injury. The most effective and
, safest method relieving the patient's pain is: - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️immobilization of the fractured extremity.
What is a definitive airway? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️cuffed
endotracheal tube
**Priorities in the initial trauma management of children... - Correct
Answer ✔️✔️are the same as those for adults
A 60yo M is stabbed in the left anterior chest during a robbery attempt.
In the ED, he is diaphoretic. The finding that could signify that the shock
state may have a cause other than hypovolemia is... - Correct Answer
✔️✔️distended neck veins
A 32yo M is brought to the ED with a BP of 80/60 and HR of 130 ppm.
He sustained a left, open femoral neck fracture with angulation and a
profusely bleeding lac over the fracture site. Immediate management
of this patient should be: - Correct Answer ✔️✔️application of
direct pressure to the bleeding wound
A trauma patient presents to the ED with inspiratory stridor and a
suspected C-Spine injury. Oxygen saturation is 88% on high-flow oxygen
via a nonrebreathing mask. The most appropriate next step is: -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️maintain inline immobilization and
establish a definitive airway
When is applying the rule of nine to infants: - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️the head is proportionally larger in infants than in adults
Healthy young male in MVC is brought to the ED with BP of 84/60, HR
of 123, and GCS of 10. Patient moans when pelvis is palpated. After
initiating fluid resuscitation, what is the next step in management? -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️Place a pelvic binder
,Which of the following situations requires Rh immunoglobulin
administration to an injured woman? - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️Positive urinary pregnancy, Rh negative, has torso trauma
22yo F athlete is stabbed in the left chest at the 3rd ICS in the anterior
axillary line. On ED arrival 15 minutes after, she is awake and alert. HR
is 100bpm. BP is 80/60, RR is 20. CXR reveals large hemothorax. L chest
tube is placed with immediate return of 1600mL. Next step is? -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️prepare for exploratory thoracotomy
6yo M walking across the street is struck by the front bumper of a
sports utility vehicle traveling at 32kph. Which statement is true? -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️Pulmonary contusion may be present in
the absence of rib fractures
A 24yo M sustains severely, comminuted, open, distal tibia and fibula
fractures in a construction incident. Pulses are weakly palpable in the
posterior tibial and dorsals pedis arteries. The patient complains of
severe, agonizing pain in the area of the injury. The most effective and
, safest method relieving the patient's pain is: - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️immobilization of the fractured extremity.
What is a definitive airway? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️cuffed
endotracheal tube
**Priorities in the initial trauma management of children... - Correct
Answer ✔️✔️are the same as those for adults
A 60yo M is stabbed in the left anterior chest during a robbery attempt.
In the ED, he is diaphoretic. The finding that could signify that the shock
state may have a cause other than hypovolemia is... - Correct Answer
✔️✔️distended neck veins
A 32yo M is brought to the ED with a BP of 80/60 and HR of 130 ppm.
He sustained a left, open femoral neck fracture with angulation and a
profusely bleeding lac over the fracture site. Immediate management
of this patient should be: - Correct Answer ✔️✔️application of
direct pressure to the bleeding wound
