PHTLS - Post Test, 8th Edition
What is a preventable cause of secondary brain injury?
• CORRECT ANSWER - systemic hypoxia / systemische Hypoxie
You're called to treat a patient who was knocked unconscious when he slipped and
fell on a wet floor striking his head. It is now several hours later and he is awake
but confused, does not recall the incident, and is vomiting with a headache. What
injury is he most likely to have suffered?
• CORRECT ANSWER - concussion / Gehirnerschütterung
What findings would indicate the need for immobilization when using a selective
spinal immobilization protocol?
• CORRECT ANSWER - pain or tenderness along the spine / Schmerz oder
Empfindlichkeit an der Wirbelsäule
What patient should be treated first in a blast-related situation involving multiple
patients?
• CORRECT ANSWER - a 30-year-old female with altered level of consciousness
and decreased capillary refill
Excessive fluid resuscitation of the trauma patient can result in, what?
• CORRECT ANSWER - increased blood loss
When should the secondary survey be accomplished?
• CORRECT ANSWER - when the time and situation allow
, When approaching a trauma patient, what is the first assessment that must be
made?
• CORRECT ANSWER - scene safety
What is the most common type of shock resulting from trauma?
• CORRECT ANSWER - hemorrhagic
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?
• CORRECT ANSWER - changes in our current practices
In trauma care, a 'principle' is defined as, what?
• CORRECT ANSWER - what needs to be done
In addition to oxygen, what is required to maintain the metabolic processes of life
and energy production?
• CORRECT ANSWER - glucose
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?
• CORRECT ANSWER - scoop stretcher / Schaufeltrage
Units responding to a motor vehicle accident on the highway should consider
what, as part of their pre-arrival assessment?
• CORRECT ANSWER - weather conditions
What is a preventable cause of secondary brain injury?
• CORRECT ANSWER - systemic hypoxia / systemische Hypoxie
You're called to treat a patient who was knocked unconscious when he slipped and
fell on a wet floor striking his head. It is now several hours later and he is awake
but confused, does not recall the incident, and is vomiting with a headache. What
injury is he most likely to have suffered?
• CORRECT ANSWER - concussion / Gehirnerschütterung
What findings would indicate the need for immobilization when using a selective
spinal immobilization protocol?
• CORRECT ANSWER - pain or tenderness along the spine / Schmerz oder
Empfindlichkeit an der Wirbelsäule
What patient should be treated first in a blast-related situation involving multiple
patients?
• CORRECT ANSWER - a 30-year-old female with altered level of consciousness
and decreased capillary refill
Excessive fluid resuscitation of the trauma patient can result in, what?
• CORRECT ANSWER - increased blood loss
When should the secondary survey be accomplished?
• CORRECT ANSWER - when the time and situation allow
, When approaching a trauma patient, what is the first assessment that must be
made?
• CORRECT ANSWER - scene safety
What is the most common type of shock resulting from trauma?
• CORRECT ANSWER - hemorrhagic
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?
• CORRECT ANSWER - changes in our current practices
In trauma care, a 'principle' is defined as, what?
• CORRECT ANSWER - what needs to be done
In addition to oxygen, what is required to maintain the metabolic processes of life
and energy production?
• CORRECT ANSWER - glucose
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?
• CORRECT ANSWER - scoop stretcher / Schaufeltrage
Units responding to a motor vehicle accident on the highway should consider
what, as part of their pre-arrival assessment?
• CORRECT ANSWER - weather conditions
