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PHTLS 9TH EDITION EXAM TEST BANK LATEST
UPDATE THIS YEAR ALL WITH 300 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Question: Your patient is a 32 year old man, restrained driver of a vehicle that has been
involved in a frontal impact with a concrete bridge abutment. The patient is awake, but has
difficulty answering questions due to shortness of breath. His ventilatory rate is 30 per minute.
Of the following choices, when is the first time the patient's breath sounds should be checked?
A. As soon as he is removed from the vehicle
B. Prior to being removed from the vehicle
C. As soon as he is immobilized on a long backboard
D. Enroute to the trauma center - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B. Prior to being removed from the
vehicle
Question: Which of the following represents adequate spontaneous ventilation in an adult?
A. Tidal volume 100 mL, ventilatory rate 40/minute
B. Tidal volume 500 mL, ventilatory rate 8/minute
C. Tidal volume 300 mL, ventilatory rate 16/minute
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D. Tidal volume 600 mL, ventilatory rate 12/minute - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D. Tidal volume 600
mL, ventilatory rate 12/minute
Question: Which of the following is 100% accurate in verifying endotracheal tube placement?
A. Pulse oximetry
B. End-tidal capnometry
C. Syringe aspiration
D. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D. None of the above
Question: When utilizing percutaneous transtracheal ventilation, the correct ration of lung
inflation to lung inflation time, in seconds, is:
A. 1:4
B. 1:5
C. 1:2
D. 2:2 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A. 1:4
Question: Which of the following is a possible complication of using a manually triggered
oxygen powered device for ventilation?
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A. Gastric distention
B. Pneumothorax
C. Inability to feel lung compliance
D. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D. All of the above
Question: Which of the following procedures is considered an essential airway skill?
A. Needle cricothyroidotomy
B. Endotracheal intubation
C. Insertion of an oropharyngeal airway
D. Retrograde endotracheal intubation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C. Insertion of an oropharyngeal
airway
Question: Pericardial tamponade is most likely to occur in which of the following situations?
A. Stab wound to the chest
B. Fall from a height
C. Frontal impact vehicle crash
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D. Gunshot wound to the chest - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A. Stab wound to the chest
Question: Which of the following is the preferred site for needle decompression of a tension
pneumothorax?
A. 4th intercostal space, midclavicular line, just over the top of the 5th rib
B. 4th intercostal space, midclavicular line, just below the 4th rib
C. 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line, just over top of the 3rd rib
D. 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line, just below the 2nd rib - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C.
2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line, just over top of the 3rd rib
Question: The displacement of tissue away from the path of a projectile, both temporarily and
permanently, is known as:
A. Conization
B. Cavitation
C. Crepitation
D. Contusion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B. Cavitation
PHTLS 9TH EDITION EXAM TEST BANK LATEST
UPDATE THIS YEAR ALL WITH 300 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Question: Your patient is a 32 year old man, restrained driver of a vehicle that has been
involved in a frontal impact with a concrete bridge abutment. The patient is awake, but has
difficulty answering questions due to shortness of breath. His ventilatory rate is 30 per minute.
Of the following choices, when is the first time the patient's breath sounds should be checked?
A. As soon as he is removed from the vehicle
B. Prior to being removed from the vehicle
C. As soon as he is immobilized on a long backboard
D. Enroute to the trauma center - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B. Prior to being removed from the
vehicle
Question: Which of the following represents adequate spontaneous ventilation in an adult?
A. Tidal volume 100 mL, ventilatory rate 40/minute
B. Tidal volume 500 mL, ventilatory rate 8/minute
C. Tidal volume 300 mL, ventilatory rate 16/minute
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D. Tidal volume 600 mL, ventilatory rate 12/minute - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D. Tidal volume 600
mL, ventilatory rate 12/minute
Question: Which of the following is 100% accurate in verifying endotracheal tube placement?
A. Pulse oximetry
B. End-tidal capnometry
C. Syringe aspiration
D. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D. None of the above
Question: When utilizing percutaneous transtracheal ventilation, the correct ration of lung
inflation to lung inflation time, in seconds, is:
A. 1:4
B. 1:5
C. 1:2
D. 2:2 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A. 1:4
Question: Which of the following is a possible complication of using a manually triggered
oxygen powered device for ventilation?
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A. Gastric distention
B. Pneumothorax
C. Inability to feel lung compliance
D. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D. All of the above
Question: Which of the following procedures is considered an essential airway skill?
A. Needle cricothyroidotomy
B. Endotracheal intubation
C. Insertion of an oropharyngeal airway
D. Retrograde endotracheal intubation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C. Insertion of an oropharyngeal
airway
Question: Pericardial tamponade is most likely to occur in which of the following situations?
A. Stab wound to the chest
B. Fall from a height
C. Frontal impact vehicle crash
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D. Gunshot wound to the chest - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A. Stab wound to the chest
Question: Which of the following is the preferred site for needle decompression of a tension
pneumothorax?
A. 4th intercostal space, midclavicular line, just over the top of the 5th rib
B. 4th intercostal space, midclavicular line, just below the 4th rib
C. 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line, just over top of the 3rd rib
D. 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line, just below the 2nd rib - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C.
2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line, just over top of the 3rd rib
Question: The displacement of tissue away from the path of a projectile, both temporarily and
permanently, is known as:
A. Conization
B. Cavitation
C. Crepitation
D. Contusion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B. Cavitation
