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ATLS EXAM 2024 COMPREHENSIVE PRETEST AND POST TEST ACCURATE AND VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS LATEST UPDATE STUDY GUIDE AT THE END ALL INCLUSIVE
A 42-year-old man is trapped from the waist down beneath his overturned tractor for several hours
before medical assistance arrives. He is awake and alert until just before arriving in the emergency
department. He is now unconscious and responds only to painful stimuli by moaning. His pupils ar...
ATLS EXAM 2024 COMPREHENSIVE PRETEST
AND POST TEST ACCURATE AND VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEED
PASS LATEST UPDATE STUDY GUIDE AT THE
END ALL INCLUSIVE
A 42-year-old man is trapped from the waist down beneath his overturned tractor for several hours
before medical assistance arrives. He is awake and alert until just before arriving in the emergency
department. He is now unconscious and responds only to painful stimuli by moaning. His pupils are 3
mm in diameter and symmetrically reactive to light. Prehospital personnel indicate that they have not
seen the patient move either of his lower extremities. On examination in the emergency department, -
ANSWER>>>>A
Twenty-seven patients are seriously injured in an aircraft accident at a local airport. The basic principle
of triage should be to:
A. Treat the most severely injured patients first
B. Establish a field triage area directed by a doctor
C. Rapidly transport all patients to the nearest appropriate hospital
D. Treat the greatest number of patients in the shortest period of time
E. Produce the greatest number of survivors based on available resources - ANSWER>>>>E
The response to catecholamines in an injured, hypovolemic pregnant woman can be expected to result
in:
A. Placental abruption
B. Fetal hypoxia and distress
C. Fetal/maternal dysrhytmia
D. Improved uterine blood flow
E. Increased maternal renal blood flow - ANSWER>>>>B
A 30-year-old man is struck by a car traveling at 56 kph (35 mph). He has obvious fractures of the left
tibia near the knee, pain in the pelvic area, and severe dyspnea. His heart rate is 180 beats per minute,
and his respiratory rate is 48 breaths per minute with no breath sounds heard in the left chest. A tension
pneumothorax is relieved by immediate by immediate needle decompression and tube thoracostomy.
Subsequently, his heart rate decreases to 140 beats per minute, his respiratory rate dec -
ANSWER>>>>E
A 32-year-old man is brought to the hospital unconscious with severe facial injuries noisy respirations
after an automobile collision. In the emergency department, he has no apparent injury to the anterior
aspect of his neck. He suddenly becomes apneic, and attempted ventilation with a face mask is
unsuccessful. Examination of his mouth reveals a large hematoma of the pharynx with loss of normal
anatomic landmarks. Initial management of his airway should consist of:
A. Inserting an oropharyngeal - ANSWER>>>>C
Absence of breath sounds and dullness to percussion over the left hemithorax are findings best
explained by:
,A. Left hemothorax
B. Cardiac contusion
C. Left simple pneumothorax
D. Left diaphragmatic rupture
E. Right tension pneumothorax - ANSWER>>>>A
An electrician is electrocuted by a downed power line after a thunderstorm. He apparently made
contact with the wire at the level of the right mid-thigh. In the emergency department, his vital signs are
normal and no dysrhythmia is noted on EKG. On examination, there is an exit wound on the bottom of
the right foot. His urine is positive for blood by dipstick but no RBCs are seen microscopically. Initial
management should include:
A. Immediate angiography
B. Aggressive fluid infusion
C. Intraven - ANSWER>>>>B
A 22-year-old man is brought to the hospital after crashing his motorcycle into a telephone pole. He is
unconscious and in profound shock. He has no open wounds or obvious fractures. The cause of his shock
is MOST LIKELY caused by:
A. A subdural hematoma
B. An epidural hematoma
C. A transected lumbar spinal cord
D. A transected cervical spinal cord
E. Hemorrhage into the chest or abdomen - ANSWER>>>>E
A 42-year-old man, injured in a motor vehicle crash, suffers a closed head injury, multiple palpable left
rib fractures, and bilateral femur fractures. He is intubated orotracheally without difficulty. Initially, his
ventilations are easily assisted with a bag-valve device. It becomes more difficult to ventilate the patient
over the next 5 minutes, and his hemoglobin oxygen saturation level decreases from 98% to 89%. The
most appropriate next step is to:
A. Obtain a chest x-ray
B. Decrease the t - ANSWER>>>>C
A 5-year-old boy is struck by an automobile and brought to the emergency department. He is lethargic,
but withdraws purposefully from painful stimuli. His blood pressure is 90 mmHg systolic, heart rate is
140 beats per minute, and his respiratory rate is 36 breaths per minute. The preferred route of venous
access in this patient is
A. Percutaneous femoral vein cannulation
B. Cutdown on the saphenous vein at the ankle
C. Intraosseous catheter placement in the proximal tibia
D. Percutaneous periph - ANSWER>>>>D
A 17-year-old helmeted motorcyclist is struck broadside by an automobile at an intersection. He is
unconscious at the scene with a blood pressure of 140/90 mmHg, heart rate of 90 beats per minute, and
respiratory rate of 22 breaths per minute. His respirations are sonorous and deep. His GCS score is 6.
Immobilization of the entire family may include the use of all the following EXCEPT:
A. Air splints
B. Bolstering devices
C. A long spine board
, D. A scoop style stretcher
E. A semirigid cervical c - ANSWER>>>>A
Which one of the following statements is FALSE concerning Rh isoimmunization in the pregnant trauma
patient?
A. It occurs in blunt or penetrating abdominal trauma
B. Minor degrees of fetomaternal hemorrhage produce it
C. A negative Kleihauer-Betke test excludes Rh isoimmunization
D. This is not a problem in the traumatized Rh-positive pregnant patient
E. Initiation of Rh immunoglobulin therapy does not require proof of fetomaternal hemorrhage -
ANSWER>>>>C
A crosstable, lateral x-ray of the cervical spinal
A. must precede endotracheal intubation
B. Excludes serious cervical spine injury
C. Is an essential part of the primary survey
D. Is not necessary for unconscious patients with penetrating cervical injuries
E. Is unacceptable unless 7 cervical vertebrae and the C7 to T1 relationship are visualized -
ANSWER>>>>E
Which of the following physical findings suggest a cause of hypotension other than spinal cord injury?
A. Priapism
B. Bradycardia
C. Diaphragmatic breathing
D. Presence of deep tendon reflexes
E. Ability to flex forearms but not extend them - ANSWER>>>>D
The primary indication for transferring a patient to a higher level trauma center is:
A. Unavailability of surgeon or operating staff
B. Multiple system injuries, including severe head injury
C. Resource limitations as determined by the transferring doctor
D. Resource limitations as determined by the hospital administration
E. Widened mediastinum on chest x-ray following blunt trauma - ANSWER>>>>C
A young man sustains a rifle would to the mid abdomen. He is brought promptly to the ED by
prehospital personnel. His skin is cool and diaphoretic, and his systolic blood pressure is 58 mmHg.
Warmed crystalloid fluids are initiated without improvement in his vital signs. 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 - ANSWER>>>>A
A young man sustains a gunshot wound to the abdomen and is brought promptly to the ED by
prehospital personnel. His skin is cool and diaphoretic, and he is confused. His pulse is thready and his
femoral pulse is only weakly palpable. The definitive treatment in managing this patient is to:
A. Administer O-negative blood
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