ATLS Certification Exam Questions with Complete Answers| Already Passed

1 / 5 ATLS Certification Exam Questions with Complete Answers| Already Passed 1. A 22-year-old man is hypotensive and tachycardic after a shotgun woundto the left shoulder. His blood pressure is initially 80/40 mm Hg. After initialfluid resuscitation his blood pressure increases to 122/84 mm Hg. His heartrate 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 chesttube insertion, the most appropriate next step is:: re-examine the chest 2. A construction worker falls two stories from a building and sustains bilat- eral calcaneal fractures. In the emergency department, he is alert, vital signsare normal, and he is complaining of severe pain in both heels and his lowerback. Lower extremity pulses are strong and there is no other deformity. The suspected diagnosis is most likely to be confirmed by:: complete spine x-rayseries 3. Which of the following is true regarding the initial resuscitation of a traumapatient?: Evidence of improved perfusion after fluid resuscitation could include improvement in Glasgow Coma Scale score on reevaluation. 4. In managing a patient with a severe traumatic brain injury, the most impor-tant initial step is to:: secure the airway 5. A previously healthy, 70-kg (154-pound) man suffers an estimated acuteblood loss of 2 liters. Which one of the following statements applies to thispatient?: An ABG would demonstrate a base deficit between -6 and -10 mEq/L. 6. The physiological hypervolemia of pregnancy has clinical significance in the management of the severely injured, gravid woman by:: increasing the volume of blood loss to produce maternal hypotension 7. The best assessment of fluid resuscitation of the adult burn patient is:: -