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ATLS Comprehensive Trauma assessment Quiz and Answers 2023/2024 A 23-year-old man is brought immediately to the ED from the hospitals parking lot where he was shot in the lower abdomen. Examination reveals a single bullet wound. He is breathing and has a thready pulse. However, he is unconscious and has no detectable blood pressure. Optimate immediate management is to: A. Perform a FAST B. Initiate infusion of packed red blood cells C. Insert a nasogastric tube and urinary catheter D. Tra...

ATLS PRACTICE ANSWERED Assessed first in trauma patient - CORRECT ANSWERS Airway (*)Degree of burn that is characterized by bone involvement - CORRECT ANSWERS Fourth Complications of head trauma - CORRECT ANSWERS Intracerebral hematoma Extradural hematoma Brain abscess Most common cause of laryngotracheal stenosis - CORRECT ANSWERS Trauma Intervention that can help prevent development of acute renal failure - CORRECT ANSWERS Infusion of normal saline A 26-year-old male is resuscitated ...

ATLS First Assessment Trauma and Airway Quiz and Answers 2023/2024 Patients with a GCS of less than __ usually require intubation. - Answers: 8 The "A" in ABCDE stands for __ - Answers: Airway with C-SPINE PROTECTION You should assume any patient in a multisystem trauma with an altered level of consciousness or blunt injury above the clavicle has what type of injury? - Answers: Cervical spine injury Flail chest is invariably accompanied by ___ which can interfere with blood oxygenati...

ATLS Extensive Airway Management full Quiz and Answers 2023/2024 In managing a patient with a severe traumatic brain injury, the most important initial step is to: - Answers: Secure the airway The best assessment of fluid resuscitation of the adult burn patient is: - Answers: Urinary output of 0.5mg/kg/hr Bronchial intubation of the right or left mainstem bronchus can easily occur during infant endotracheal intubation because: - Answers: The trachea is shorter The most important, immed...

ATLS Airway Maintenance Exam tested Quiz and 100% correct Answers 2023/2024 Prehospital phase - Answers: Airway mx, breathing support, control of bleeding and shock, immbolization, transport to nearest appropriate facility (hopefully a trauma center) Primary Survey - Answers: ABCDE with resuscitation adjuncts FG Secondary Survey - Answers: a head-to-toe physical assessment; an additional assessment of a patient to determine the existence of any injuries other than those found in the pri...

ATLS Pretest (2023/2024) | Questions and Verified Answers 1. A patient arrives in the emergency department after being beaten about the head and face with a wooden club. He is comatose and has a palpable depressed skull fracture. His face is swollen and ecchymotic. He has gurgling respirations and vomitus on his face and clothing. The most appropriate step after providing supplemental oxygen and elevating his jaw is to: ~ Answer: suction the oropharynx 2. A 22-year-old man sustain...

ATLS TEST 1 ANSWERED A 22-year-old man is hypotensive and tachycardic after a shotgun wound to the left shoulder. His blood pressure is initially 80/40 mm Hg. After initial fluid resuscitation his blood pressure increases to 122/84 mm Hg. His heart rate 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 chest tube insertion, t...

ATLS Initial Traumatic Assessment Quiz and Answers 2023/2024 What are the 4 steps outlined in "Field Triage Decision Scheme"? - Answers: Step 1: Vital signs assessment GCS ≤ 13 SBP ≤ 90 RR ≤10 or ≥29 Step 2: Assessment of anatomy of injury I.e.: penetrating trauma, chest wall abnl, missing limbs, paralysis, long bone fx's, ejection (partial or complete), pelvix fx's & open or obvious closed skull fx's Step 3: Assessment of MOI I.e.: Falls > 2 stories (20ft), crush or...

ATLS Initial assessment and Management of Shock Quiz with Guaranteed Answers 2023/2024 What is the first step in managing shock and a trauma patient - Answers: To recognize its presence What is the second step in managing shock - Answers: Identified the probable cause of shock and adjust treatment accordingly Define shock - Answers: An abnormality of the circulatory system that results in adequate organ perfusion and tissue oxygenation List the 5 types of shock - Answers: Hypervolemic/...

ATLS Extensive Thoracic Trauma Quiz and Answers 2023/2024 Identify and describe the treatment for airway obstruction - Answers: 1. Survey oropharynx - see if the obstruction whether an obect or body fluids can be removed 2. Listen - breathing @ mouth, nose & lung fields - stridor (partial obstruction) & signs of accessory mm. Use 3. Feel - subq crepitus, poster clavicular dislocation 4. Look - penetrating trauma, signs of blunt trauma (seat belts) Treatment - suction, definitive airway, r...