PHTLS POST TEST 9TH EDITION LATEST 2024-
2025 ACTUAL EXAM 80 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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A. 1:4
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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
The single most important factor in determining the potential for injury due to energy
exchange is:
2 A. Mass of the bodies involved
B. Velocity of the bodies involved
, C. Density of the tissues involved
D. Surface area of the impact involved
Which of the following statements regarding signs of intraabdominal injury is NOT true?
A. Fresh blood in the abdominal cavity does not cause signs of peritonitis
B. A significant amount of blood loss occurs before abdominal distention can be
3 noticed
C. Substantial intraabdominal hemorrhage always causes tenderness and abdominal
rigidity
D. Signs and symptoms of shock greater than can be explained by other injuries is a
reliable indicator of intraabdominal injury
Which of the following procedures is considered an essential airway skill?
A. Needle cricothyroidotomy
4
B. Endotracheal intubation
C. Insertion of an oropharyngeal airway
D. Retrograde endotracheal intubation
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The displacement of tissue B. Cavitation
away from the path of a
projectile, both temporarily
and permanently, is known
as:
A. Conization
B. Cavitation
C. Crepitation
D. Contusion
,The single most important B. Velocity of the bodies involved
factor in determining the
potential for injury due to
energy exchange is:
A. Mass of the bodies
involved
B. Velocity of the bodies
involved
C. Density of the tissues
involved
D. Surface area of the
impact involved
In the management of C. These solutions will stay in the vascular space longer
shock, isotonic crystalloid than water solutions, such as D5W
solutions, such as Ringer's,
are preferred because:
A. The protein molecules in
crystalloid solutions act as
volume expanders
B. These fluids draw
interstitial fluid into the
vascular space to enhance
volume
C. These solutions will stay
in the vascular space longer
than water solutions, such
as D5W
D. Their pH enhance
oxygen delivery to the
tissues
, With respect to the distance A. 3 times the height of the patient
of a fall, which of the
following is a guideline for
determining a critical fall?
A. 3 times the height of the
patient
B. 2 times the height of the
patient
C. 5 times the height of the
patient
D. 1 ½ times the height of
the patient
The phase of an explosion, D. Primary phase
or blast, in which hollow
organs are squeezed and
may rupture is called the
__________ phase.
A. Tertiary phase
B. Quaternary phase
C. Secondary phase
D. Primary phase
During the primary survey C. Expose/Environment
and management of a
trauma patient, the E in
ABCDE stands for _________?
A. Edema
B. Eyes & ears
C. Expose/Environment
D. Electrical therapy
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