ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT ATLS POST
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
100% CORRECT
◉ What is trauma care versus critical care?
What is the golden hour? Answer: Trauma care = saves patients from
early trauma mortality
Critical care = avert later trauma mortality
Golden hour:
The time the patient gets injured until definitive care at the trauma
center (1st hour of trauma)
-most commonly die from neurologic injury
◉ In trauma, treat the [...] before [...] if the patient is unstable. What
is not your friend? What is the process of death on a cellular level?
Answer: Treat the PATIENT before the DIAGNOSIS
TIME IS NOT YOUR FRIEND
, Cells die -> tissue dies -> organs die -> patient becomes septic
(hemorrhage or hypovolemic) and develops multi organ dysfunction
syndrome (MODS) ->organ failure (kidney, liver, respiratory)
◉ How are morbidity and mortality prevented during the second
peak? Answer: By avoidance of secondary injury d/t hypoxia,
hemorrhage or inadequate tissue perfusion
◉ Is most trauma an accident? How can we view as preventable vs
non-preventable? How can we prevent? Answer: NO
Preventable = MVC (motor vehicle crash)
Non-preventable = MVA (motor vehicle accident) aka it implies that
car crashes are not-preventable
We prevent by educating patients on trauma prevention
WEAR YOUR SEATBELTS->seatbelts are not as confining as wheel
chairs
◉ Who oversees EMS and hand off to trauma team? What is the
pneumonic to remember? Answer: Trauma leader
MIST:
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
100% CORRECT
◉ What is trauma care versus critical care?
What is the golden hour? Answer: Trauma care = saves patients from
early trauma mortality
Critical care = avert later trauma mortality
Golden hour:
The time the patient gets injured until definitive care at the trauma
center (1st hour of trauma)
-most commonly die from neurologic injury
◉ In trauma, treat the [...] before [...] if the patient is unstable. What
is not your friend? What is the process of death on a cellular level?
Answer: Treat the PATIENT before the DIAGNOSIS
TIME IS NOT YOUR FRIEND
, Cells die -> tissue dies -> organs die -> patient becomes septic
(hemorrhage or hypovolemic) and develops multi organ dysfunction
syndrome (MODS) ->organ failure (kidney, liver, respiratory)
◉ How are morbidity and mortality prevented during the second
peak? Answer: By avoidance of secondary injury d/t hypoxia,
hemorrhage or inadequate tissue perfusion
◉ Is most trauma an accident? How can we view as preventable vs
non-preventable? How can we prevent? Answer: NO
Preventable = MVC (motor vehicle crash)
Non-preventable = MVA (motor vehicle accident) aka it implies that
car crashes are not-preventable
We prevent by educating patients on trauma prevention
WEAR YOUR SEATBELTS->seatbelts are not as confining as wheel
chairs
◉ Who oversees EMS and hand off to trauma team? What is the
pneumonic to remember? Answer: Trauma leader
MIST:
