ATLS EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWER (2024-2025)
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QUESTION 1
Assessed first in trauma patient
Airway
QUESTION 2
(*)Degree of burn that is characterized by bone involvement
Fourth
Complications of head trauma
Intracerebral hematoma
Extradural hematoma
Brain abscess
QUESTION 3
Most common cause of laryngotracheal stenosis
Trauma
QUESTION 4
Intervention that can help prevent development of acute renal failure
Infusion of normal saline
QUESTION 5
A 26-year-old male is resuscitated with blood transfusion after a motor vehicle collision that was
complicated by a fractured pelvis. A few hours later, the patient becomes febrile, hypotensive with a
,normal CVP, and oliguric. Upon examination, the patient is found to be bleeding from the NG tube
and IV sites. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Hemorrhagic shock
B. Acute adrenal insufficiency
C. Fat embolism syndrome
D. Transfusion reaction
D. Transfusion reaction
QUESTION 6
Skin antiseptic
-Ethanol 70% is an effective skin antiseptic
-Acetic acid can be used to treat Gram- skin infections
-Salicylic acid is used to treat certain skin yeast infections
QUESTION 7
Class IV hemorrhage indicates what % blood loss
55%
QUESTION 8
How does shivering affect body temperature
Increases body temperature
QUESTION 9
Class III hemorrhage indicates what % of blood loss
35%
QUESTION 10
Management of a stable patient with kidney contusion
,Observation
QUESTION 11
Associated with hypovolemic shock
-Inadequate tissue perfusion with resultant tissue hypoxia
-Blood shunting to vital organs
-Decreased circulating blood volume and decreased venous return
-Low cardiac output
-Loss of less than 20% of the blood volume is usually without symptom except for mild tachycardia
-Patients become orthostatic with losses between 20 and 40%
-Shock is evidenced by tachycardia, hypotension, oliguria, flat neck veins
QUESTION 12
The most effective method of monitoring the success of resuscitation during CPR?
Reactivity of pupils to light
QUESTION 13
Used to ensure correct placement of endotracheal tube
-Ultrasound
-Bilateral breath sounds
-Sustained end-tidal CO2
QUESTION 14
Total body surface area involved in a burn in an adult to the anterior chest and abdomen
18%
QUESTION 15
What is often caused by carotid massage?
, Bradycardia
QUESTION 16
Step in a patient diagnosed with tension pneumothorax
1. Needle decompression/ thoracotomy
2. Chest tube
QUESTION 17
True statements regarding diaphragmatic injuries
-Blunt diaphragmatic injuries are usually associated with skeletal trauma
-Penetrating diaphragmatic injuries may be missed
-Repair of traumatic diaphragmatic injuries usually does not require prosthetic material
QUESTION 18
First priority in the treatment of an unconscious patient
Checking the pulse
QUESTION 19
A patient involved in a road accident is brought to the emergency department in an unconscious
state. On arrival, her vitals show a temperature of 96.4 degrees Fahrenheit, a respiration rate of 24
breaths per minute, a heart rate of 140 beats per minute, and a blood pressure of 80/40 mm Hg. She
is cold, shivering, and perspiring profusely. She has bilateral reactive pupils but she does not respond
to pain. On physical examination, she has no obvious sign of external bleeding. Which of the following
cannot be the cause of hypotension in this patient?
A. Pelvic fracture
B. Fracture of femur
C. Intracranial hemorrhage
D. Hemothorax
C. Intracranial hemorrhage
100% COMPLETE GUARANTEED PASS
QUESTION 1
Assessed first in trauma patient
Airway
QUESTION 2
(*)Degree of burn that is characterized by bone involvement
Fourth
Complications of head trauma
Intracerebral hematoma
Extradural hematoma
Brain abscess
QUESTION 3
Most common cause of laryngotracheal stenosis
Trauma
QUESTION 4
Intervention that can help prevent development of acute renal failure
Infusion of normal saline
QUESTION 5
A 26-year-old male is resuscitated with blood transfusion after a motor vehicle collision that was
complicated by a fractured pelvis. A few hours later, the patient becomes febrile, hypotensive with a
,normal CVP, and oliguric. Upon examination, the patient is found to be bleeding from the NG tube
and IV sites. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Hemorrhagic shock
B. Acute adrenal insufficiency
C. Fat embolism syndrome
D. Transfusion reaction
D. Transfusion reaction
QUESTION 6
Skin antiseptic
-Ethanol 70% is an effective skin antiseptic
-Acetic acid can be used to treat Gram- skin infections
-Salicylic acid is used to treat certain skin yeast infections
QUESTION 7
Class IV hemorrhage indicates what % blood loss
55%
QUESTION 8
How does shivering affect body temperature
Increases body temperature
QUESTION 9
Class III hemorrhage indicates what % of blood loss
35%
QUESTION 10
Management of a stable patient with kidney contusion
,Observation
QUESTION 11
Associated with hypovolemic shock
-Inadequate tissue perfusion with resultant tissue hypoxia
-Blood shunting to vital organs
-Decreased circulating blood volume and decreased venous return
-Low cardiac output
-Loss of less than 20% of the blood volume is usually without symptom except for mild tachycardia
-Patients become orthostatic with losses between 20 and 40%
-Shock is evidenced by tachycardia, hypotension, oliguria, flat neck veins
QUESTION 12
The most effective method of monitoring the success of resuscitation during CPR?
Reactivity of pupils to light
QUESTION 13
Used to ensure correct placement of endotracheal tube
-Ultrasound
-Bilateral breath sounds
-Sustained end-tidal CO2
QUESTION 14
Total body surface area involved in a burn in an adult to the anterior chest and abdomen
18%
QUESTION 15
What is often caused by carotid massage?
, Bradycardia
QUESTION 16
Step in a patient diagnosed with tension pneumothorax
1. Needle decompression/ thoracotomy
2. Chest tube
QUESTION 17
True statements regarding diaphragmatic injuries
-Blunt diaphragmatic injuries are usually associated with skeletal trauma
-Penetrating diaphragmatic injuries may be missed
-Repair of traumatic diaphragmatic injuries usually does not require prosthetic material
QUESTION 18
First priority in the treatment of an unconscious patient
Checking the pulse
QUESTION 19
A patient involved in a road accident is brought to the emergency department in an unconscious
state. On arrival, her vitals show a temperature of 96.4 degrees Fahrenheit, a respiration rate of 24
breaths per minute, a heart rate of 140 beats per minute, and a blood pressure of 80/40 mm Hg. She
is cold, shivering, and perspiring profusely. She has bilateral reactive pupils but she does not respond
to pain. On physical examination, she has no obvious sign of external bleeding. Which of the following
cannot be the cause of hypotension in this patient?
A. Pelvic fracture
B. Fracture of femur
C. Intracranial hemorrhage
D. Hemothorax
C. Intracranial hemorrhage
