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ATLS Post Test Study Guide | Advanced Trauma Life Support Exam Answers & Comprehensive Review

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Pertained veins in the upper extremities

5 year old boy is struck by an automobile
and brought to the emergency
department. He is lethargic, but withdraws
purposefully from painfully stimuli. His
blood pressure is 90 mmHg, HR 140
BPM, and RR is 36 bpm. The preferred
route of venous access in this patient is:

, A. Needle cricothyroidotomy with jet insufflation



A 6 month old infant is ejected on impact
from a vehicle that is struck head on by
an oncoming car traveling 40 mph. The
infant arrives in the ED with multiple facial
injuries, is lethargic, and in severe
respiratory distress. Respiratory support
is not effective using a bag mask device,
and her oxygen saturation is failing.
Repeated attempts at orotracheal
intubation are unsuccessful. The most
appropriate procedure to form next is:
A. Needle cricothyroidotomy with jet
insufflation
B. Administer heliox and racemic
epinephrine
C. Perform nasotracheal intubation
D. Perform surgical cricothyroidotomy
E. Repeat orotracheal intubation

, Perform needle cricothyrotomy with jet in insufflations


A 6 months old infant being held in her
mother's arms, is ejected on impact from
a vehicle that struck head on by an
oncoming car traveling at 64 km/h. The
infinite arrives in the ER with multiple
facial injuries, lethargic, and in severe
respiratory distress. Respiratory support
is not effective using a bag mast device.
Oxygen saturation is swelling. Repeated
attempts at or a tracheal intubation or
unsuccessful. The most appropriate
procedure to perform next is:

, C. Transfer the patient to a trauma center


An 8 year old boy falls 15 feet from a tree
in a sprout to the emergency department
by his family. His vital signs are normal,
but he complains of leftover quad pain.
And abdominal CT reveals a moderately
severe laceration of the spleen. The
receiving institution does not have 24
hour a day operating room capabilities.
The most appropriate management of this
patient would be to:
A. Type and crossmatch for blood
B. Request consultation of a pediatrician
C. Transfer the patient to a trauma center
D. Admit the patient to the ICU
E. Prepare the patient for surgery the next
day

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