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Pre hospital trauma life support-guide Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers Which of the following best defines shock? A. Inadequate energy production at the cellular level B. Aerobic metabolism at the cellular level C. Low blood pressure D. Any condition that causes generalized cellular...

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Pre hospital trauma life support-guide Exam
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Which of the following best defines shock?

A. Inadequate energy production at the cellular level

B. Aerobic metabolism at the cellular level

C. Low blood pressure


D. Any condition that causes generalized cellular hyperperfusion - answer✔A.


Prehospital providers are treating an unconscious patient with irregular respirations who was

ejected from a motor vehicle. No obvious external injuries are noted during the initial

assessment. Vital signs are P 54 breaths per minute, SpO₂ 94%, and BP 182/112 mm Hg. These

findings are most consistent with which of the following injuries?

A. Closed head injury

B. Intra-abdominal hemorrhage

C. Spinal cord injury


D. Cardiac tamponade - answer✔A.


What is the most common type of shock experienced by trauma patients?

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A. Obstructive

B. Distributive

C. Hypovolemic


D. Cardiogenic - answer✔C.


A full-term pregnant patient is being spinally immobilized after a motor vehicle collision. After

placing her in the ambulance, vital signs reveal a blood pressure of 88/64 mm Hg. What is the

most appropriate next step?

A. Remove the spine immobilization and allow the patient to assume a position of comfort.

B. Administer a fluid bolus of 500 mL Ringer's lactate.

C. Immobilize the patient on the backboard and tilt the backboard to the left side.


D. Immobilize the patient on the backboard and tilt the backboard to the right side. - answer✔c.


Which of the following organs is the most sensitive to hypoxia?

A. GI tract

B. Liver

C. Brain


D. Kidney - answer✔C.

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A 33-year-old male was involved in a house fire and the primary survey reveals stridor,

bradypnea, and soot around the nose/mouth. Multiple attempts at airway management have been

unsuccessful. Which destination is most appropriate for this patient?

A. Level-one trauma center (40 min away)

B. Level-two trauma center (20 min away)

C. Burn facility (50 min away)


D. Community hospital (10 min away) - answer✔D.


When ventilating the average adult patient, how much air should be delivered into the lungs

during each ventilation?

A. 250 mL

B. 500 mL

C. 750 mL


D. 1000 mL - answer✔B.


Prehospital providers respond to a male patient lying supine on the ground with a single gunshot

wound to the left temple. The patient is apneic and pulseless. What is the most appropriate

action?

A. Initiate positive-pressure ventilation.

B. Declare the patient dead.

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