ATLS Test 1 | Questions and Correct Answers 2024/2025 Latest Update

ATLS Test 1 | Questions and Correct Answers 2024/2025 Latest Update A 22-year-old man is hypotensive and tachycardic after a shotgun wound to the left shoulder. His blood pressure is initially 80/40 mm Hg. After initial fluid resuscitation his blood pressure increases to 122/84 mm Hg. His heart rate is now 100 beats per minute and his respiratory rate is 28 breaths per minute. A tube thoracostomy is performed for decreased left chest breath sounds with the return of a small amount of blood and no air leak. After chest tube insertion, the most appropriate next step is: Select one: a. reexamine the chest b. perform an aortogram c. obtain a CT scan of the chest d. obtain arterial blood gas analysese. perform transesophageal echocardiography - Answer - A) Reexamine the chest A construction worker falls two stories from a building and sustains bilateral calcaneal fractures. In the