PHTLS Pre-Test 9th edition Version 1NV/50
Questions With Complete Solutions
Quiz :When caring for a trauma patient, a principle is what is necessary for
patient improvement or survival. A preference is how the principle is achieved
and depends upon four factors. The
factors used to establish the preference in treating the patient include all
except:
a) Condition of the patient
b) Equipment available
c) Situation that exists
d) Research information - √Answer :Research information
Quiz :Approximately 20% of all child abuse is the result of intentional burning.
The majority of the children intentionally burned are of what age?
a) 10 to 12 years of age
b) 5 to 6 years of age
c) 1 to 2 years of age
d) Less than 1 year of age - √Answer :1 to 2 years of age
Quiz :In addition to glucose, what is required to maintain the metabolic
processes of life and energy production?
a) Carbon monoxide
b) Krebs cells
c) Lymphocytes
d) Oxygen - √Answer :Oxygen
Quiz :You respond to a patient who has sustained a stab wound to the left
upper thorax. She is barely responsive, pale and diaphoretic. Which of the
following is the most appropriate for transport?
a) Stair chair
b) Long board with spinal motion restriction
c) Scoop stretcher
d) Short immobilization device - √Answer :Scoop stretcher
Quiz :Units responding to a motor vehicle accident on the highway should
consider which of the following as part of their pre-arrival assessment?
a) Calling for more units to respond
b) Weather conditions
c) The need for immediate transport
Quiz :The most appropriate airway maneuver in the initial management of a
trauma patient is which of the following?
a) Head tilt, chin lift
b) Supraglottic airway
c) Trauma jaw thrust
d) Oropharyngeal airway - √Answer :Trauma jaw thrust
Quiz :When verifying ET tube placement on a perfusing patient, the "gold
standard" of monitoring is considered to be?
a) Colorimetric carbon dioxide detector
b) Pulse oximetry
c) Listening to lung sounds
d) Waveform capnography - √Answer :Waveform capnography
Quiz :A patient presents with a blunt trauma injury to the chest. On exam, he
has absent breath sounds on one side of his chest and respiratory distress.
Which additional sign would indicate that the patient has a tension
pneumothorax?
a) Distended neck veins
b) Inspiratory wheezing
c) narrowed pulse pressure
d) Tracheal deviation towards the side of injury - √Answer :Distended neck
veins
Quiz :Hemostatic agents should be used for excessive bleeding when direct
pressure alone does not work. The proper way to use most hemostatic agents
is which of the following?
a) Placing the agent around the edges of the wound
b) Placing the agent properly into the wound and holding direct pressure
c) Only using it after a tourniquet has been applied for 10 minutes
d) Hemostatic agents should never be used unless you have a fall in blood
pressure - √Answer :Placing the agent properly into the wound and holding
direct pressure
Quiz :Of the following, which is a preventable cause of secondary brain injury
addressable during the transport phase?
a) Intraparenchymal hemorrhage
b) Systemic hypoxia
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