ATLS PRETEST FINAL EXAM AND PRACTICE
EXAM/ACTUAL EXAMS WITH 350 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS
/LATEST UPDATE 2026-2027/ALREADY
GRADED A+
A trauma client presents to your emergency departmentwith
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 to: -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...restrict cervical motion and establish
adefinitive airway
When applying the Rule of Nines to infants: -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...The head is proportionally larger in infants
than in adults.
A healthy young male is brought to the emergency department
following a motor vehicle crash. His vital signsare a blood pressure of
84/60, pulse 123, GCS 10. The client moans when his pelvis is
palpated. After initiating fluid resuscitation, the next step in
management is: -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...placement of a pelvic binder
,Which one of the following situations requires Rh immunoglobulin
administration to an injured woman? -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...positive pregnancy test, Rh negative, and
hastorso trauma
A 22-year-old female athlete is stabbed in her left chest at the third
interspace in the anterior axillary line. On admission to the emergency
department and 15 minutes afterthe incident, she is awake and alert. Her
heart rate is 100 beats per minute, blood pressure 80/60 mm Hg, and
respiratory rate 20 breaths per minute. A chest x-ray reveals a large left
hemothorax. A left chest tube is placed with an immediate return of 1600
mL of blood. The next management step for this client is: - ...CORRECT
ANS:->>>...prepare for an exploratory thoracotomy
A 6-year-old boy walking across the street is struck by thefront bumper
of a sports utility vehicle traveling at 32 kph (20 mph). Which one of the
following statements is TRUEabout this client? - ...CORRECT ANS:-
>>>...A pulmonary contusion may be present in the absence of rib
fractures.
When something crashes in secondary survey, you... -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...GO BACK TO PRIAMRY SURVEY
If the question says you do not have capabilities, you will most likely -
,...CORRECT ANS:->>>...PREPARE FOR AND DO NOTDELAY
TRANSPORT
How much blood can femur lose - ...CORRECT ANS:->>>...2L
What is always going to be the shock type to pick -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...Hemorrhagic
What are the classes of hemorrhagic shock -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...0-15% is class 1
15-30 is class 2
30-40% is class 3
>40% is class 4
What is the EARLIEST predictor of shock at what class -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...Narrowed pulse pressure in class 2
What will be base deficit for class 2 shock? - ...CORRECT ANS:->>>...-2
to -6 meQ
What will be the deficit for class 4? - ...CORRECT ANS:->>>...-10 or
less
, When will urine output start to decrease in shock? -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...Class 3 and 4
When does BP start to fall in shock - ...CORRECT ANS:->>>...Class 3
What is GCS? - ...CORRECT ANS:-
>>>...E-4V-5
M-6
Eye spont 4 To
command 3To
pain 2 None 1
Verbal spont is 5 Verbal
confused is 4
Inappropriate 3 Garbling
is 2
None is 1
Motor spont is 6 Localize
pain is 5 Withdrawal pain
is 4
Decorticating (flexion) is 3
Decebrate (extension) is 2 None
EXAM/ACTUAL EXAMS WITH 350 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS
/LATEST UPDATE 2026-2027/ALREADY
GRADED A+
A trauma client presents to your emergency departmentwith
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 to: -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...restrict cervical motion and establish
adefinitive airway
When applying the Rule of Nines to infants: -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...The head is proportionally larger in infants
than in adults.
A healthy young male is brought to the emergency department
following a motor vehicle crash. His vital signsare a blood pressure of
84/60, pulse 123, GCS 10. The client moans when his pelvis is
palpated. After initiating fluid resuscitation, the next step in
management is: -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...placement of a pelvic binder
,Which one of the following situations requires Rh immunoglobulin
administration to an injured woman? -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...positive pregnancy test, Rh negative, and
hastorso trauma
A 22-year-old female athlete is stabbed in her left chest at the third
interspace in the anterior axillary line. On admission to the emergency
department and 15 minutes afterthe incident, she is awake and alert. Her
heart rate is 100 beats per minute, blood pressure 80/60 mm Hg, and
respiratory rate 20 breaths per minute. A chest x-ray reveals a large left
hemothorax. A left chest tube is placed with an immediate return of 1600
mL of blood. The next management step for this client is: - ...CORRECT
ANS:->>>...prepare for an exploratory thoracotomy
A 6-year-old boy walking across the street is struck by thefront bumper
of a sports utility vehicle traveling at 32 kph (20 mph). Which one of the
following statements is TRUEabout this client? - ...CORRECT ANS:-
>>>...A pulmonary contusion may be present in the absence of rib
fractures.
When something crashes in secondary survey, you... -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...GO BACK TO PRIAMRY SURVEY
If the question says you do not have capabilities, you will most likely -
,...CORRECT ANS:->>>...PREPARE FOR AND DO NOTDELAY
TRANSPORT
How much blood can femur lose - ...CORRECT ANS:->>>...2L
What is always going to be the shock type to pick -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...Hemorrhagic
What are the classes of hemorrhagic shock -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...0-15% is class 1
15-30 is class 2
30-40% is class 3
>40% is class 4
What is the EARLIEST predictor of shock at what class -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...Narrowed pulse pressure in class 2
What will be base deficit for class 2 shock? - ...CORRECT ANS:->>>...-2
to -6 meQ
What will be the deficit for class 4? - ...CORRECT ANS:->>>...-10 or
less
, When will urine output start to decrease in shock? -
...CORRECT ANS:->>>...Class 3 and 4
When does BP start to fall in shock - ...CORRECT ANS:->>>...Class 3
What is GCS? - ...CORRECT ANS:-
>>>...E-4V-5
M-6
Eye spont 4 To
command 3To
pain 2 None 1
Verbal spont is 5 Verbal
confused is 4
Inappropriate 3 Garbling
is 2
None is 1
Motor spont is 6 Localize
pain is 5 Withdrawal pain
is 4
Decorticating (flexion) is 3
Decebrate (extension) is 2 None
