PHTLS Post Test 9th | Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct

PHTLS Post Test 9th
In the absence of extenuating circumstances, the maximum amount of time it should
take to identify and manage immediate threats to life, prepare the patient for transport
and begin transport is _________?
- CORRECT ANSWER-10 minutes

In which of the following situations is the use of a short spinal immobilization device
indicated?
- CORRECT ANSWER-None of the above

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?
- CORRECT ANSWER-Prior to being removed from the vehicle

Which of the following represents adequate spontaneous ventilation in an adult?
- CORRECT ANSWER-Tidal volume 600 mL, ventilatory rate 12/minute

Which of the following is 100% accurate in verifying endotracheal tube placement?
- CORRECT ANSWER-None of the above

When utilizing percutaneous transtracheal ventilation, the correct ration of lung inflation
to lung inflation time, in seconds, is:
- CORRECT ANSWER-1:4

Which of the following is a possible complication of using a manually triggered oxygen
powered device for ventilation?
- CORRECT ANSWER-All of the above

Which of the following procedures is considered an essential airway - CORRECT
ANSWER-Insertion of an oropharyngeal airway

Pericardial tamponade is most likely to occur in which of the following situations?
- CORRECT ANSWER-Stab wound to the chest

Which of the following is the preferred site for needle decompression of a tension
pneumothorax?

, - CORRECT ANSWER-2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line, just over top of the
3rd rib

Which of the following is the mechanism by which pulmonary contusion interferes with
oxygenation?

- CORRECT ANSWER-Blood and fluid in the alveoli and interstitial spaces of the
lung

Your patient is a 55 year old male who was struck in the right side of the chest with a
piece of steel pipe. He presents with uncooperative behavior, his skin is pale and moist,
the ventilatory rate is 32, there is a weak radial pulse of 112, and breath sounds are
decreased on the right side. The trachea is midline and jugular veins are flat while the
patient is supine. There is isolated crepitus over the 4th and 5th ribs in the midaxillary
line on the patient's right side. Based on the mechanism of injury and the assessment
findings, which of the following is the most likely cause of the patient's signs and
symptoms?

- CORRECT ANSWER-Hemothorax

Deterioration of ventilation and oxygenation after inflation of a PASG in a patient who
has sustained a high-pressure compression injury of the abdomen, such as a sudden
deceleration with the lap belt placed across the abdomen, most likely represents which
of the following - CORRECT ANSWER-Ruptured diaphragm

Which of the following is NOT a component of the Fick principle? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Adequate number of platelets in the blood

One of the earliest signs of hypovolemic shock - CORRECT ANSWER-Anxiety

Which of the following characterizes the washout phase of shock?
- CORRECT ANSWER-Systemic acidosis

A trauma patient who has fallen 20 feet from an apartment balcony is alert with warm,
dry, pink skin, with normal capillary refilling time to the lower extremities, and is
hypotensive. The upper extremities are cool, pale and diaphoretic. Which of the
following injuries should be suspected?
- CORRECT ANSWER-Spinal cord injury