ATLS PREPOST TEST 2024 REAL EXAM 200

ATLS PRE&POST TEST 2024 REAL EXAM 200

QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

EXAM(AGRADE)

Which of the following descriptions meets the criteria for transport to a facility with a burn unit?

• A 49 year old female with a partial thickness burn from her elbow to her

shoulder

• A 25 year old male with an electrical burn across his chest
• A 9 year old make with superficial burns on the backs of both legs
• A 32 year old female with a partial thickness burn about twice the size of her

hand on her back

• A 25 year old male with an electrical burn across his chest

The preferred method of dressing burns in the prehospital setting is:

• Dry sterile dressing
• Moist sterile dressing
• Wet dressings
• Petroleum gauze
• Dry sterile dressing

In assessing the hypothermic patient in the prehospital setting, the most reliable

indicator of the severity of hypothermia is:

• Rectal temperature
• Oral temperature
• Heart rate < 60
• Presence or absence of shivering 1 / 4

• Rectal temperature

In the normal child, which general statement is most accurate in comparison with the adult patient?

• Blood pressure is higher, hear rate is higher, and ventilatory rate is higher
• Blood pressure is lower, heart rate is lower, and ventilatory rate is higher
• Blood pressure is lower, heart rate is higher, and ventilatory rate is higher
• Blood pressure is lower, heart rate is higher, and ventilatory rate is lowe
• Blood pressure is lower, heart rate is higher, and ventilatory rate is higher

A patient who withdraws from painful stimuli, opens eyes on verbal command, and cannot speak because of intubation has a Glasgow Coma Scale of which of

the following:

• 8
• 8T
• 7
• 7T
• 8T

(E-3, V-T, M-4)

The earliest site for intraosseous infusion is:

• Anterior tibia, just above the tibial tuberosity
• Anterior fibula
• Anterior tibia, just below the tibial tuberosity
• Posterior fibula
• Anterior tibia, just below the tibial tuberosity

Which of the following behaviors is the most reliable indication of confusion in the elderly trauma patient? 2 / 4

• Inability to recall his/her name
• Inability to recall the day of the week
• Inability to identify his/her present location when out of his/her normal

residence

• Focus on repeated retelling of events that occurred years ago
• Inability to recall his/her name

In the elderly trauma patient a high index of suspicion for shock should occur

beginning when the systolic blood pressure is less than:

• 90 mmHg
• 150 mmHg
• 120 mmHg
• 100 mmHg
• 120 mmHg

In an adult patient, blood loss into the tissue from a fractured femur may be as much as which of the following?

• 150 to 500 mL
• 500 to 1000 mL
• 1000 2000 mL
• 2500 to 5000 mL
• 1000 2000 mL

Delayed death due to trauma is usually a result of:

• Biochemical and pathophysiological effects of inadequate initial resuscitation
• Acute circulatory failure
• Brain injury
• Acute hypoxia 3 / 4

• Biochemical and pathophysiological effects of inadequate initial resuscitation

A regional resource center with a full spectrum of trauma services from prevention to rehabilitation which serves as the leader in trauma care for a

geographical region is a:

• Level IV trauma center
• Level III trauma center
• Level II trauma center
• Level I trauma center
• Level I trauma center

Which of the following patients is not indicated for spinal immobilization?

• Intoxicated patient in a MVC
• Patient who fell 8 feet and lost consciousness
• Patient complaining of pain on palpation of the neck
• Patient with a knife wound to the chest and a GCS of 15
• Patient with a knife wound to the chest and a GCS of 15

The premise of PHTLS is that:

• EMTs must treat all trauma patient based on protocols
• EMTs are capable of sound patient care judgment, given an adequate

knowledge base

• EMTs must work only under on-line medical direction when caring for trauma

patients

• EMTs are capable of working independently of medical direction
• EMTs are capable of sound patient care judgment, given an adequate knowledge

base

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