ATLS PRACTICE TEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM
250 REAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (100% VERIFIED
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A 22-year-old man is re-examine the chest
hypotensive and
tachycardic after a shotgun
wound to the left shoulder.
His blood pressure is
initially 80/40 mm Hg. After
initial fluid resuscitation his
blood pressure increases to
122/84 mm Hg. His heart
rate is now 100 beats per
minute and his respiratory
rate is 28 breaths per
minute. A tube
thoracostomy is performed
for decreased left chest
breath sounds with the
return of a small amount of
blood and no air leak. After
chest tube insertion, the
most appropriate next step
is:
,A construction worker falls complete spine x-ray series
two stories from a building
and sustains bilateral
calcaneal fractures. In the
emergency department, he
is alert, vital signs are
normal, and he is
complaining of severe pain
in both heels and his lower
back. Lower extremity
pulses are strong and there
is no other deformity. The
suspected diagnosis is most
likely to be confirmed by:
Which of the following is Evidence of improved perfusion after fluid resuscitation
true regarding the initial could include improvement in Glasgow Coma Scale
resuscitation of a trauma score on reevaluation.
patient?
In managing a patient with a secure the airway
severe traumatic brain
injury, the most important
initial step is to:
A previously healthy, 70-kg An ABG would demonstrate a base deficit between -6
(154-pound) man suffers an and -10 mEq/L.
estimated acute blood loss
of 2 liters. Which one of the
following statements
applies to this patient?
The physiological increasing the volume of blood loss to produce
hypervolemia of pregnancy maternal hypotension
has clinical significance in
the management of the
severely injured, gravid
woman by:
, The best assessment of fluid urinary output of 0.5 mL/kg/hr
resuscitation of the adult
burn patient is:
The diagnosis of shock must evidence of inadequate organ perfusion
include:
A 7-year-old boy is brought direct pressure on the wound
to the emergency
department by his parents
several minutes after he fell
through a window. He is
bleeding profusely from a
6-cm wound of his medial
right thigh. Immediate
management of the wound
should consist of:
For the patient with severe cerebral vasoconstriction with diminished perfusion
traumatic brain injury,
profound hypocarbia
should be avoided to
prevent:
After being involved in a perform an exploratory laparotomy
motor vehicle crash, a 25-
year-old man is brought to
a hospital that has surgery
capabilities available..
Computed tomography of
the chest and abdomen
shows an aortic injury and
splenic laceration with free
abdominal fluid. His blood
pressure falls to 70 mm Hg
after CT. The next step is:
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