LECTURE 1 – ATLS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION 2026 | GUARANTEED PASS

LECTURE 1 – ATLS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION 2026 | GUARANTEED PASS __ people die every minute from injuries or violence - answer-9 (random ik but she had it bold & underlined) __ __ people of all ages and economic groups die every year from unintentional injuries and violence - answer-5.8 million (random ik but she had it bold & underlined) what is the leading cause of death among children and adults 46 yo? - answer-trauma __ is the leading cause of death due to injury worldwide - answer-MVC Trimodal Death Distribution Death due to injury occurs in one of three periods: - answer-1. Seconds to Minutes 2. Minutes to Hours 3. Days to Weeks death from apnea, severe brain injury, high spinal cord injury, or rupture of heart, aorta, or other large blood vessels. Very few of these pts can be period? - answer-1. seconds to minutes SDH/EDH, hemopneumothorax, ruptured spleen, liver lac, pelvic fractures, multiple injuries with heavy blood loss **Golden hour of care after injury need for rapid assessment/resuscitation which period? - answer-2. minutes to hours sepsis and multiple organ system dysfunction which period? - answer-3. days to weeks **__ __ is the time period that is the window of opportunity during which providers have a positive impact on morbidity and mortality associated with injury HIGH YIELD!! - answer-Golden Hour impact of fast medical intervention (list 5) - answer-1. increases survival rate 2. reduce complications 3. manages blood los 4. improves long term outcomes 5. prevents secondary injuries 1. Assess a patient's condition rapidly and accurately identify and treat life threatening injuries 2. Resuscitate and stabilize 3. Determine whether a patient's needs exceed the resources of facility and/or provider's capability 4. Arrange appropriately for interhospital transfer 5. ensure optimal care is provided and that the level of care does not deteriorate at any point goals of what? - answer-ATLS Care3 Overall Concepts of identifying & treating life threatening injuries: - answer-1. Treat the greatest threat to life first 2. Never allow lack of definitive diagnosis impede application of indicated treatment 3. A detailed history is not essential to begin evaluation of a patient with acute injuries what are the ABCDE's of ATLS? - answer-Airway Bleeding Circulation Disability Exposure __ is essential in general trauma care - answer-timing Initial Evaluation involves: - answer--preparation -triage -primary survey with immediate resuscitation of life threatening injuries -consider need for transfer -secondary survey -continued post resuscitation monitoring and reevaluation -definitive care Protocol for initial evaluation: - answer-1. Primary Survey - ABCDE -resuscitation 2. Secondary Survey - Head to Toe exam -definitive tx or transfer to an appropriate trauma center T/F: absolute diagnosis is required to treat critical injuries - answer-FALSEabsolute dx is NOT required to tx critial injuries -- immediately resuscitate! how fast can ABCDE's be assessed? - answer-less than 10 seconds how can we assess ABCDE's? - answer-"What is your name & what happened?" what is treated first when assessing ABCDE? - answer-greatest threat to life always treated first what are you looking for when assessing Airway? - answer-patency, foreign bodies, fractures, hemorrhage, secretions __ __ should be included in the assessment of the airway - answer-C-spine immobilization can perform __ and insert oral or nasal airway if inadequate respiratory effort - answer-jaw thrust (with c spine) avoid inserting __ airway if suspected basilar skull fracture - answer-nasal if airway patent, but GCS low - what do you do? - answer-consider protecting airway (basically the pt is awake but cannot communicate) GCS __, the intubate - answer-8 a tube placed in the trachea with cuff inflated below the vocal cords secured in place - answer-definitive aiway whenever possible, use this technique to establish an airway - answer-two-person spinal stabilization techniqueLECTURE 1 – ATLS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION 2026 | GUARANTEED PASS __ people die every minute from injuries or violence - answer-9 (random ik but she had it bold & underlined) __ __ people of all ages and economic groups die every year from unintentional injuries and violence - answer-5.8 million (random ik but she had it bold & underlined) what is the leading cause of death among children and adults 46 yo? - answer-trauma __ is the leading cause of death due to injury worldwide - answer-MVC Trimodal Death Distribution Death due to injury occurs in one of three periods: - answer-1. Seconds to Minutes 2. Minutes to Hours 3. Days to Weeks death from apnea, severe brain injury, high spinal cord injury, or rupture of heart, aorta, or other large blood vessels. Very few of these pts can be period? - answer-1. seconds to minutes SDH/EDH, hemopneumothorax, ruptured spleen, liver lac, pelvic fractures, multiple injuries with heavy blood loss **Golden hour of care after injury need for rapid assessment/resuscitation which period? - answer-2. minutes to hours sepsis and multiple organ system dysfunction which period? - answer-3. days to weeks **__ __ is the time period that is the window of opportunity during which providers have a positive impact on morbidity and mortality associated with injury HIGH YIELD!! - answer-Golden Hour impact of fast medical intervention (list 5) - answer-1. increases survival rate 2. reduce complications 3. manages blood los 4. improves long term outcomes 5. prevents secondary injuries 1. Assess a patient's condition rapidly and accurately identify and treat life threatening injuries 2. Resuscitate and stabilize 3. Determine whether a patient's needs exceed the resources of facility and/or provider's capability 4. Arrange appropriately for interhospital transfer 5. ensure optimal care is provided and that the level of care does not deteriorate at any point goals of what? - answer-ATLS Care3 Overall Concepts of identifying & treating life threatening injuries: - answer-1. Treat the greatest threat to life first 2. Never allow lack of definitive diagnosis impede application of indicated treatment 3. A detailed history is not essential to begin evaluation of a patient with acute injuries what are the ABCDE's of ATLS? - answer-Airway Bleeding Circulation Disability Exposure __ is essential in general trauma care - answer-timing Initial Evaluation involves: - answer--preparation -triage -primary survey with immediate resuscitation of life threatening injuries -consider need for transfer -secondary survey -continued post resuscitation monitoring and reevaluation -definitive care Protocol for initial evaluation: - answer-1. Primary Survey - ABCDE -resuscitation 2. Secondary Survey - Head to Toe exam -definitive tx or transfer to an appropriate trauma center T/F: absolute diagnosis is required to treat critical injuries - answer-FALSEabsolute dx is NOT required to tx critial injuries -- immediately resuscitate! how fast can ABCDE's be assessed? - answer-less than 10 seconds how can we assess ABCDE's? - answer-"What is your name & what happened?" what is treated first when assessing ABCDE? - answer-greatest threat to life always treated first what are you looking for when assessing Airway? - answer-patency, foreign bodies, fractures, hemorrhage, secretions __ __ should be included in the assessment of the airway - answer-C-spine immobilization can perform __ and insert oral or nasal airway if inadequate respiratory effort - answer-jaw thrust (with c spine) avoid inserting __ airway if suspected basilar skull fracture - answer-nasal if airway patent, but GCS low - what do you do? - answer-consider protecting airway (basically the pt is awake but cannot communicate) GCS __, the intubate - answer-8 a tube placed in the trachea with cuff inflated below the vocal cords secured in place - answer-definitive aiway whenever possible, use this technique to establish an airway - answer-two-person spinal stabilization technique