PHTLS POST TEST 8TH EDITION ACTUAL PAPER SOLVED
QUESTIONS
◉ In trauma care, a 'principle' is defined as, what?
Answer: what needs to be done
◉ In addition to oxygen, what is required to maintain the metabolic processes of life and energy
production?
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?
Answer: scoop stretcher
, ◉ Units responding to a motor vehicle accident on the highway should consider what, as part of their
pre-arrival assessment?
Answer: weather conditions
◉ The most appropriate airway maneuver for trauma patients is what technique?
Answer: jaw thrust maneuver
◉ Endo-tracheal in-tubation is a technique that requires, what?
Answer: substantial training, to maintain proficiency
◉ What indicates that a trauma patient is having trouble breathing?
Answer: the patient's breathing is noticeable
◉ A patient presents with, a blunt trauma injury to the chest. On exam, he has absent breath sounds
on one side of his chest and respiratory distress. Which additional sign would indicate that the patient
has a tension pneumo-thorax?
QUESTIONS
◉ In trauma care, a 'principle' is defined as, what?
Answer: what needs to be done
◉ In addition to oxygen, what is required to maintain the metabolic processes of life and energy
production?
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?
Answer: scoop stretcher
, ◉ Units responding to a motor vehicle accident on the highway should consider what, as part of their
pre-arrival assessment?
Answer: weather conditions
◉ The most appropriate airway maneuver for trauma patients is what technique?
Answer: jaw thrust maneuver
◉ Endo-tracheal in-tubation is a technique that requires, what?
Answer: substantial training, to maintain proficiency
◉ What indicates that a trauma patient is having trouble breathing?
Answer: the patient's breathing is noticeable
◉ A patient presents with, a blunt trauma injury to the chest. On exam, he has absent breath sounds
on one side of his chest and respiratory distress. Which additional sign would indicate that the patient
has a tension pneumo-thorax?
