PHTLS Pretest || with Error-free Solutions.
When the application of kinetic energy to the body from either a blunt or penetrating mechanism
displaces tissue, this is known as correct answers CAVITATION
Which of the following is an example of the tertiary phase blast injury? correct answers
CRUSHING INJURY DUE TO STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE.
The most common threat to life among trauma patients is? correct answers INTERNAL
HEMORRHAGE
Your patient is an injured construction worker bleeding profusely from a large laceration to the
left thigh. He is confused and has pale, moist skin. Direct pressure applied to the wound by a first
responder has failed to control the bleeding. The next step in controlling bleeding is to apply:
correct answers A TOURNIQUET TO THE LACERATION.
Hypotension due to spinal cord trauma occurs due to interruption of the
_______________nervous system pathway. correct answers SYMPATHETIC
The most common fractured ribs are ribs: correct answers 4 THROUGH 8.
A hemothorax is differentiated from a tension pneumothorax by: correct answers DULL
PERCUSSION ON THE AFFECTED SIDE.
Which of the following mechanisms is most likely to result in cardiac tamponade? correct
answers A PATIENT IS STRUCK IN THE LEFT ANTERIOR CHEST BY A NAIL EJECTED
FROM A NAIL GUN.
Management of flail chest includes: correct answers PAIN MANAGEMENT
VENTILATORY SUPPORT
100%O2
Which of the following types of traumatic brain injury is most likely to be associated with
hemorrhage from the middle meningeal artery? correct answers EPIDURAL HEMATOMA
Which of the following groups of findings represents Cushing's phenomenon? correct answers
BRADYCARDIA
ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY PATTERN
ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE
Your patient is a 32 year old female who was thrown from a horse and struck her head on the
ground. She was not wearing a helmet. She does not respond verbally or open her eyes to painful
stimuli, but responds to painful stimuli with decerebrate posturing. Her right pupil is dilated and
does not react to light. Her respirations are 6 per minute and irregular, pulse 56, blood pressure
188/98. You should ventilate the patient at a rate of? correct answers 20 BPM.
When the application of kinetic energy to the body from either a blunt or penetrating mechanism
displaces tissue, this is known as correct answers CAVITATION
Which of the following is an example of the tertiary phase blast injury? correct answers
CRUSHING INJURY DUE TO STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE.
The most common threat to life among trauma patients is? correct answers INTERNAL
HEMORRHAGE
Your patient is an injured construction worker bleeding profusely from a large laceration to the
left thigh. He is confused and has pale, moist skin. Direct pressure applied to the wound by a first
responder has failed to control the bleeding. The next step in controlling bleeding is to apply:
correct answers A TOURNIQUET TO THE LACERATION.
Hypotension due to spinal cord trauma occurs due to interruption of the
_______________nervous system pathway. correct answers SYMPATHETIC
The most common fractured ribs are ribs: correct answers 4 THROUGH 8.
A hemothorax is differentiated from a tension pneumothorax by: correct answers DULL
PERCUSSION ON THE AFFECTED SIDE.
Which of the following mechanisms is most likely to result in cardiac tamponade? correct
answers A PATIENT IS STRUCK IN THE LEFT ANTERIOR CHEST BY A NAIL EJECTED
FROM A NAIL GUN.
Management of flail chest includes: correct answers PAIN MANAGEMENT
VENTILATORY SUPPORT
100%O2
Which of the following types of traumatic brain injury is most likely to be associated with
hemorrhage from the middle meningeal artery? correct answers EPIDURAL HEMATOMA
Which of the following groups of findings represents Cushing's phenomenon? correct answers
BRADYCARDIA
ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY PATTERN
ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE
Your patient is a 32 year old female who was thrown from a horse and struck her head on the
ground. She was not wearing a helmet. She does not respond verbally or open her eyes to painful
stimuli, but responds to painful stimuli with decerebrate posturing. Her right pupil is dilated and
does not react to light. Her respirations are 6 per minute and irregular, pulse 56, blood pressure
188/98. You should ventilate the patient at a rate of? correct answers 20 BPM.
