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PHTLS 10th Edition Study Guide | Prehospital Trauma Life Support Review, Trauma Assessment Algorithms & High-Yield Solutions

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Prepare with the PHTLS 10th Edition using this comprehensive trauma-care review. Covers rapid trauma assessment, airway and shock management, prehospital interventions, critical decision-making algorithms, and high-yield practice solutions for advanced trauma proficiency.

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,1. Which of the following Question 1: D
requires you to develop a
plan of action, initiate the To help achieve the PHTLS goals, you will apply your
plan, reassess the plan as critical thinking skills in the field. Critical thinking in
care for the patient moves medicine is a process in which the healthcare
forward, and adjust the practitioner assesses the situation, the patient, and
plan as the patient's the resources available and uses the information to
condition or decide on and provide the best care for the patient.
circumstances change?
A. Principles of PHTLS
B. The Golden Period
C. The XABCDE
assessment
D. Critical thinking
process

,1. You and your partner Question 1: B
are responding to a call Scald burns are the most common burns seen in the
for a 2-year-old patient pediatric population ages 1 to 5 years. Scalds are
with a burn injury to the partial thickness burns. The dermal layer is damaged,
hand. He has a visible and blisters are present or popped. It is also the
burn to the left hand, most painful type of burn.
ending at the level above
the wrist, red color, and
wet in appearance. What
type of burn do you
suspect the patient has
sustained?
A. Superficial (first
degree)
B. Partial thickness
(second degree)
C. Full thickness (third
degree)
D. Subdermal (fourth
degree)

, 1. You are called to the Question 1: B
scene of an explosion Manual maneuvers like the trauma jaw thrust or chin
and fire at a chemical lift are always the first airway maneuver you should
plant where you find make when treating a trauma patient. In patients with
multiple casualties.Triage suspected head, neck, orfacial trauma, the cervical
has begun. Your first spine is maintained in a neutral in-line position.The
patient is a 40-year-old trauma jaw thrust maneuver allows you to open the
man who was near the airway with little or no movement of the head and
source of the explosion. cervical spine.
He is unconscious and
has extensive injuries. You
note gurgling respirations.
Why should you use the
trauma jaw thrust
maneuver first when
dealing with a trauma
patient?
A. It's an easy technique
that always works to open
the airway.
B. It allows you to open
the airway with little or no
movement of the head
and cervical spine.
C. Other techniques and

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