PHTLS POST TEST 9TH EDITION EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS . LATEST UPDAE 2024
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PHTLS POST TEST 9TH EDITION EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS . LATEST UPDAE 2024
The single most important factor in determining the potential for injury
dueto energy exchange is:
A. Mass of the bodies involved
B. Velocity of the bodies involved
C. Density of the tissues involv...
PHTLS POST TEST 9TH EDITION EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS . LATEST UPDAE 2024
The single most important factor in determining the potential for injury
dueto energy exchange is:
A. Mass of the bodies involved
B. Velocity of the bodies involved
C. Density of the tissues involved
D. Surface area of the impact involved
In which of the following situations is the use of a short
spinalimmobilization device indicated?
A. 28 year old male, unrestrained driver in a frontal impact crash. Awake,
asks repeatedly what happened, complains of a headache, has a
hematoma on his forehead. BP 122/84, HR 92, VR 20.
B. 40 year old female who was pushed down a flight of stairs and is lying
prone on the landing between two flights of stairs, complaining of back
pain. BP 118/78, HR 100, VR 20.
C. 17 year old female, restrained driver in a frontal impact crash. Awake,
pale and diaphoretic, complains of upper right quadrant abdominal pain.
BP100/70, HR 108, VR 20.
D. None of the above
Which of the following procedures is considered an essential airway skill?
A. Needle cricothyroidotomy
B. Endotracheal intubation
C. Insertion of an oropharyngeal airway
D. Retrograde endotracheal intubation
Which of the following is the mechanism by which pulmonary
contusioninterferes with oxygenation?
A. Inability to generate negative intrapleural pressure
B. Decrease in vital capacity due to collapse of the flail segment
, C. Increased intrathoracic pressure
D. Blood and fluid in the alveoli and interstitial spaces of the lung -
Which of the following is NOT a component of the Fick Principle?
A. Adequate number of platelets in the blood
B. Oxygenation of red blood cells
C. Transportation of red blood cells to the tissues of the body
D. Off-loading oxygen from the red blood cells to
the Tissues
A trauma patient who has fallen 20 feet from an apartment balcony is
alertwith warm, dry, pink skin, with normal capillary refilling time to the
lower extremities, and is hypotensive. The upper extremities are cool,
pale and diaphoretic. Which of the following injuries should be
suspected?
A. Aortic dissection
B. Liver laceration
C. Fractured pelvis
D. Spinal cord injury
A patient struck in the back of the head with a baseball bat may sustain a
cerebral contusion to which area of the brain?
A. Frontal and occipital
B. Occipital
C. Parietal
D. Frontal
(probably too low velocity for Coup & Contre Coup)
Of the following, which is the earliest indication of compartment
syndrome?
A. Paralysis of the affected muscles
B. Loss of pulses
C. Loss of feeling in the web space between the thumb and index finger or
between the first and second toes
D. Tense swelling of the involved area
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