Goals Of PHTLS Exam study guide
Questions Solved Correctly.
Goals for PHTLS - Answer -Reduce mortality and injury from trauma
-Provide pre hospital care providers with knowledge and skill
-Provide appropriate care to trauma patients
Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) - Answer An incident where the number and severity of
casualties exceed the capability of the responder's initial resources.
The PHTLS philosophy - Answer Research
Interventions
Patient care delivery
How many people die each day worldwide as a result of injury? - Answer 14,000
What is the leading cause of death in people between 1 yr to 45 yrs of age? - Answer
Unintentional injury
PHTLS approach to trauma - Answer Team approach
Assessment and treatment of trauma patients (XABCDE)
Pre-event phase - Answer Circumstances leading up to an injury. Efforts in this phase are
primarily focused on injury prevention.
Event phase - Answer The moment of actual trauma. Actions taken during the event phase
are aimed at minimizing injury as the result of the trauma.
Post event phase - Answer Deals with the outcome of the traumatic event. The phase of
prehospital care that includes response time, Golden period, and transport time.
Principle vs preference - Answer Principle is based on patients needs.
Preference is HOW the principle is accomplished. Preference may change depending on:
-Scene safety
-patient severity
, -Care providers knowledge and skills
-resources
First phases of death occurs...? - Answer within the first few minutes and up to an hour after
the incident.
Second phase of death occurs...? - Answer First few hours after and incident.
Third phase of death occurs...? - Answer Occurs several days to several weeks after the
incident.
XABCDE - Answer eXsanguinate
Airway management and c-spine
Breathing
Circulation
Disability
Environment Exposure
MARCH acronym - Answer Manage bleeding
Airway
Respirations
Circulation
Head/Hypothermia
Incident Command System (ICS) - Answer Created to allow different types of agencies (fire,
ems, police) and jurisdictions to work together using common language and organizational
structure to manage and respond to a disaster or major incident.
Airway management - Answer Start with the basics then progress to advanced skills/
techniques.
Assess
Position
Suction
Adjunct
Ventilate
Oxygenate
Questions Solved Correctly.
Goals for PHTLS - Answer -Reduce mortality and injury from trauma
-Provide pre hospital care providers with knowledge and skill
-Provide appropriate care to trauma patients
Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) - Answer An incident where the number and severity of
casualties exceed the capability of the responder's initial resources.
The PHTLS philosophy - Answer Research
Interventions
Patient care delivery
How many people die each day worldwide as a result of injury? - Answer 14,000
What is the leading cause of death in people between 1 yr to 45 yrs of age? - Answer
Unintentional injury
PHTLS approach to trauma - Answer Team approach
Assessment and treatment of trauma patients (XABCDE)
Pre-event phase - Answer Circumstances leading up to an injury. Efforts in this phase are
primarily focused on injury prevention.
Event phase - Answer The moment of actual trauma. Actions taken during the event phase
are aimed at minimizing injury as the result of the trauma.
Post event phase - Answer Deals with the outcome of the traumatic event. The phase of
prehospital care that includes response time, Golden period, and transport time.
Principle vs preference - Answer Principle is based on patients needs.
Preference is HOW the principle is accomplished. Preference may change depending on:
-Scene safety
-patient severity
, -Care providers knowledge and skills
-resources
First phases of death occurs...? - Answer within the first few minutes and up to an hour after
the incident.
Second phase of death occurs...? - Answer First few hours after and incident.
Third phase of death occurs...? - Answer Occurs several days to several weeks after the
incident.
XABCDE - Answer eXsanguinate
Airway management and c-spine
Breathing
Circulation
Disability
Environment Exposure
MARCH acronym - Answer Manage bleeding
Airway
Respirations
Circulation
Head/Hypothermia
Incident Command System (ICS) - Answer Created to allow different types of agencies (fire,
ems, police) and jurisdictions to work together using common language and organizational
structure to manage and respond to a disaster or major incident.
Airway management - Answer Start with the basics then progress to advanced skills/
techniques.
Assess
Position
Suction
Adjunct
Ventilate
Oxygenate
