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ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT
COURSE 2025 BRAND NEW ACTUAL
EXAM WITH ANSWERS.
What is the average minimum speed necessary for a motor
vehicle to strike a pedestrian/bicyclist that would trigger transport
to a trauma center? - correct answer -> 20 mph
What is the average minimum speed that a motorcyclist must be
traveling at during a crash that would trigger transport to a
Trauma Center? - correct answer -> 20 mph
At what age does the risk of injury/death to an adult begin to
increase? - correct answer -55 years of age
After the age of 65, what systolic blood pressure, in a trauma
injury, might represent shock? - correct answer -SBP < 110
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Children with trauma injuries should be preferentially transported
to an adult or pediatric- capable trauma center? - correct answer -
Pediatric - Capable Trauma Center
At how many weeks of pregnancy do women involved in an MVC
automatically get sent to a Trauma Center? - correct answer -> 20
weeks
Do we triage burn victims to a Burn Center or a Trauma Center? -
correct answer -If the burn victim has no trauma mechanism as a
cause of his injury then they would go to a Burn Center, however,
if there was a trauma mechanism then they would go to a Trauma
Center first.
What Glasgow Coma Scale Score usually requires intubation? -
correct answer -8 ("Less than 8, intubate.")
What are some common culprits of airway obstruction? - correct
answer -- Foreign bodies
- Facial or Neck trauma
- Secretions
- Tongue
ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT
COURSE 2025 BRAND NEW ACTUAL
EXAM WITH ANSWERS.
What is the average minimum speed necessary for a motor
vehicle to strike a pedestrian/bicyclist that would trigger transport
to a trauma center? - correct answer -> 20 mph
What is the average minimum speed that a motorcyclist must be
traveling at during a crash that would trigger transport to a
Trauma Center? - correct answer -> 20 mph
At what age does the risk of injury/death to an adult begin to
increase? - correct answer -55 years of age
After the age of 65, what systolic blood pressure, in a trauma
injury, might represent shock? - correct answer -SBP < 110
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Children with trauma injuries should be preferentially transported
to an adult or pediatric- capable trauma center? - correct answer -
Pediatric - Capable Trauma Center
At how many weeks of pregnancy do women involved in an MVC
automatically get sent to a Trauma Center? - correct answer -> 20
weeks
Do we triage burn victims to a Burn Center or a Trauma Center? -
correct answer -If the burn victim has no trauma mechanism as a
cause of his injury then they would go to a Burn Center, however,
if there was a trauma mechanism then they would go to a Trauma
Center first.
What Glasgow Coma Scale Score usually requires intubation? -
correct answer -8 ("Less than 8, intubate.")
What are some common culprits of airway obstruction? - correct
answer -- Foreign bodies
- Facial or Neck trauma
- Secretions
- Tongue
