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ATLS POST TEST ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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ATLS POST TEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORREC
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |
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Which of the following is least reliable for
ETT above carina on chest x ray
diagnosing esophageal intubation?
Which of the following signs necessitates
the need for a definitive airway in severe Severe maxillofacial trauma
trauma patient?
Twenty seven people are severely in-
Produce the greatest number of sur-
jured in an aircraft crash at a local airport.
vivors based on available resources
The principles of triage include:
Which of the following statements are Cerebral contusions may coalesce to
correct? form an intracerebral hematoma
The primary indication for transferring a Resource limitations as determined by
patient to a higher level trauma center is: the transferring doctor
A teenaged bicycle rider is hit by a truck
traveling at high speed. In the emer-
gency department, she is actively bleed-
ing from open fractures of her legs, and
has abrasions on her chest and abdomi-
nal wall. Her blood pressure is 80/50 mm
Hg, heart rate is 140 beats per minute,
respiratory rate is 8 breaths per minute,
D. Perform endotracheal intubation and
and GCS score is 6. The first step in
ventilation
managing this patient is to:

a) obtain a lateral cervical spine xray.
b) administer 2 liters of crystalloid solu-
tion.
c) insert a central venous pressure line.
d) perform endotracheal intubation and
ventilation.
Contraindication to nasogastric intuba-
Fracture of the cribiform plate
tion is the presence of a:
Which of the following statements re-
Log rolling may be destabilizing to frac-
garding patients with thoracic spine in-
tures from T12-L1
juries is true?




, ATLS POST TEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORREC
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |
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A young man sustains a rifle wound to
the mid-abdomen. He is brought prompt-
ly to the ED by prehospital personnel.
His skin is cool and diaphoretic, and
his systolic blood pressure is 58mmHg.
Warmed crystalloid fluids are initiated
without improvement in his vital signs.
A celiotomy
The next, most appropriate, step is to
perform:
A. a laparotomy
B. An abdominal CT-scan
C. Diagnostic laparoscopy
D. Abdominal ultrasonography
E. A diagnostic peritoneal lavage
Young women sustains a severe head
injury as the result of a motor vehicle
crash. In the emergency department her
GCS is 6. Her BP is 140/90 mmHg and
her HR is 80. She is intubated and is
being mechanically ventilated. Her pupils Prevent secondary brain injury
are 3 mm in size and equally reactive to
light. There is no other apparent injury.
The more important principle to follow in
the early management of her head injury
is to:
22 year old man is brought to the hos-
pital after crashing his motorcycle into a
telephone pole. He is unconscious and in
Hemorrhage into the chest of abdomen
profound shock. He has no open wounds
or obvious fractures. The cause of his
shocks is most likely caused by:
30 year old man is struck by a car travel-
ing 35mph. He has obvious fractures of
the left tibia near the knee, pain in the
pelvis area, and severe dyspnea. His HR Perform external fixation of the pelvis
is 180, RR 48 bpm with no breath sounds
heard in the left chest. A tension PTX
is relieved by immediate needle decom-

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