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PHTLS - POST TEST, 8TH EDITION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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PHTLS - POST TEST, 8TH EDITIONQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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h.sThississbecausesresearchsmaysleadsto,swhat?s-
sans✔✔changessinsourscurrentspracticess(p.11)
Instraumascare,sas'principle'sissdefinedsas,swhat?s-sans✔✔whatsneedsstosbesdones(p.34)
Insadditionstosoxygen,swhatsissrequiredstosmaintainsthesmetabolicsprocessessofslifesandsener
gysproduction?s-sans✔✔glucose
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sresponsive,spale,sandsdiaphoretic.sWhatsdevicesissmostsappropriatesforstransport?s-
sans✔✔scoopsstretcher
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sofstheirspre-arrivalsassessment?s-sans✔✔weathersconditions
Thesmostsappropriatesairwaysmaneuversforstraumaspatientssisswhatstechnique?s-
sans✔✔jawsthrustsmaneuver
Endo-trachealsin-tubationsissastechniquesthatsrequires,swhat?s-
sans✔✔substantialstraining,stosmaintainsproficiency
Whatsindicatessthatsastraumaspatientsisshavingstroublesbreathing?s-
sans✔✔thespatient'ssbreathingsissnoticeable
Aspatientspresentsswith,sasbluntstraumasinjurystostheschest.sOnsexam,sheshassabsentsbreaths
soundssonsonessidesofshisschestsandsrespiratorysdistress.sWhichsadditionalssignswouldsindic
atesthatsthespatientshassastensionspneumo-thorax?s-sans✔✔hemo-
dynamicscompromises(propersbloodsflowsissbeingsprevented)
Insadditionstosdirectspressure,stourniquets,sandsimmobilizingsfractures,swhatsissconsidereds
mostseffectiveswhenscontrollingshemorrhage?s-sans✔✔hemo-staticsagents
Whatsissaspreventablescausesofssecondarysbrainsinjury?s-sans✔✔systemicshypoxia
You'rescalledstostreatsaspatientswhoswassknockedsunconsciousswhenshesslippedsandsfellsons
aswetsfloorsstrikingshisshead.sItsissnowsseveralshoursslatersandshesissawakesbutsconfused,sdo
, essnotsrecallsthesincident,sandsissvomitingswithsasheadache.sWhatsinjurysisshesmostslikelystos
havessuffered?s-sans✔✔concussion
Whatsfindingsswouldsindicatesthesneedsforsimmobilizationswhensusingsasselectivesspinalsim
mobilizationsprotocol?s-sans✔✔painsorstendernesssalongsthesspine
Whatspatientsshouldsbestreatedsfirstsinsasblast-
relatedssituationsinvolvingsmultiplespatients?s-sans✔✔as30-year-
oldsfemaleswithsalteredslevelsofsconsciousnesssandsdecreasedscapillarysrefill
Excessivesfluidsresuscitationsofsthestraumaspatientscansresultsin,swhat?s-
sans✔✔increasedsbloodsloss
Whensshouldsthessecondaryssurveysbesaccomplished?s-
sans✔✔whensthestimesandssituationsallows(p.146)
Whensapproachingsastraumaspatient,swhatsissthesfirstsassessmentsthatsmustsbesmade?s-
sans✔✔scenessafety
Whatsissthesmostscommonstypesofsshocksresultingsfromstrauma?s-sans✔✔hemorrhagic
Whatsinformationsgatheredscansbestsguidesthesdecisionstosprovidesspinalsimmobilization?s-
sans✔✔thes(patient's)shistorysandscomplaints
As38syearsoldsmalessustainedsaslargeswoundstoshissrightsthighswhilesatswork.sWhatsactionsisst
hesmostsimportantsinitialsstep?s-sans✔✔hemorrhagescontrol
Aspatientswhossustainedsextensivesbluntstraumastoshisstrunk;shassabsentslungssoundssonsth
esright,smarkedsrespiratorysdistress,stachy-cardiasandshyper-
tension.sWhatsissthesmostsappropriatesintervention?s-
sans✔✔needlesdecompressions(DART)
Thespre-hospitalsassessmentsofsthestraumaspatientsbeginsswhen?s-
sans✔✔whensinformationsissprovidedsbysthesdispatcher
E.M.S.srespondsstosaspatientsinvolvedsinsasmotorsvehiclesversusscarscollision.sThespatientsis
sunresponsiveswithsvitalssignssof:sBPs82,spalpitation;srespirations,s24;spulse,s128.sWhatsissth
esmostslikelystypesofsshock?s-sans✔✔hypo-volemic
Whatsdefinitionsbestsdescribessshock?s-sans✔✔asstatesofsinadequatesenergysproduction
Whatsissthesmostscommonscausesofsairwaysobstructionsinsthesunconsciousstraumaspatient?
s-sans✔✔tongue
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