ATLS 2026 Exam Questions and
Correct Answers | New Update
Assessed first in trauma patient - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Airway
(*)Degree of burn that is characterized by bone involvement - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Fourth
Complications of head trauma - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Intracerebral hematoma
Extradural hematoma
Brain abscess
Most common cause of laryngotracheal stenosis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Trauma
,Intervention that can help prevent development of acute renal failure - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Infusion of normal saline
A 26-year-old male is resuscitated with blood transfusion after a motor
vehicle collision that was complicated by a fractured pelvis. A few hours
later, the patient becomes febrile, hypotensive with a normal CVP, and
oliguric. Upon examination, the patient is found to be bleeding from the NG
tube and IV sites. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Hemorrhagic shock
B. Acute adrenal insufficiency
C. Fat embolism syndrome
D. Transfusion reaction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D. Transfusion reaction
Skin antiseptic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-Ethanol 70% is an effective skin antiseptic
-Acetic acid can be used to treat Gram- skin infections
-Salicylic acid is used to treat certain skin yeast infections
Class IV hemorrhage indicates what % blood loss - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔55%
How does shivering affect body temperature - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Increases
body temperature
,Class III hemorrhage indicates what % of blood loss - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔35%
Management of a stable patient with kidney contusion - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Observation
Associated with hypovolemic shock - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-Inadequate tissue
perfusion with resultant tissue hypoxia
-Blood shunting to vital organs
-Decreased circulating blood volume and decreased venous return
-Low cardiac output
-Loss of less than 20% of the blood volume is usually without symptom
except for mild tachycardia
-Patients become orthostatic with losses between 20 and 40%
-Shock is evidenced by tachycardia, hypotension, oliguria, flat neck veins
The most effective method of monitoring the success of resuscitation
during CPR? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Reactivity of pupils to light
Used to ensure correct placement of endotracheal tube - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-
Ultrasound
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, -Bilateral breath sounds
-Sustained end-tidal CO2
Total body surface area involved in a burn in an adult to the anterior chest
and abdomen - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔18%
What is often caused by carotid massage? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bradycardia
Step in a patient diagnosed with tension pneumothorax - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1.
Needle decompression/ thoracotomy
2. Chest tube
True statements regarding diaphragmatic injuries - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-Blunt
diaphragmatic injuries are usually associated with skeletal trauma
-Penetrating diaphragmatic injuries may be missed
-Repair of traumatic diaphragmatic injuries usually does not require
prosthetic material
First priority in the treatment of an unconscious patient - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Checking the pulse
A patient involved in a road accident is brought to the emergency
department in an unconscious state. On arrival, her vitals show a
Correct Answers | New Update
Assessed first in trauma patient - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Airway
(*)Degree of burn that is characterized by bone involvement - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Fourth
Complications of head trauma - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Intracerebral hematoma
Extradural hematoma
Brain abscess
Most common cause of laryngotracheal stenosis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Trauma
,Intervention that can help prevent development of acute renal failure - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Infusion of normal saline
A 26-year-old male is resuscitated with blood transfusion after a motor
vehicle collision that was complicated by a fractured pelvis. A few hours
later, the patient becomes febrile, hypotensive with a normal CVP, and
oliguric. Upon examination, the patient is found to be bleeding from the NG
tube and IV sites. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Hemorrhagic shock
B. Acute adrenal insufficiency
C. Fat embolism syndrome
D. Transfusion reaction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D. Transfusion reaction
Skin antiseptic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-Ethanol 70% is an effective skin antiseptic
-Acetic acid can be used to treat Gram- skin infections
-Salicylic acid is used to treat certain skin yeast infections
Class IV hemorrhage indicates what % blood loss - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔55%
How does shivering affect body temperature - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Increases
body temperature
,Class III hemorrhage indicates what % of blood loss - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔35%
Management of a stable patient with kidney contusion - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Observation
Associated with hypovolemic shock - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-Inadequate tissue
perfusion with resultant tissue hypoxia
-Blood shunting to vital organs
-Decreased circulating blood volume and decreased venous return
-Low cardiac output
-Loss of less than 20% of the blood volume is usually without symptom
except for mild tachycardia
-Patients become orthostatic with losses between 20 and 40%
-Shock is evidenced by tachycardia, hypotension, oliguria, flat neck veins
The most effective method of monitoring the success of resuscitation
during CPR? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Reactivity of pupils to light
Used to ensure correct placement of endotracheal tube - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-
Ultrasound
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, -Bilateral breath sounds
-Sustained end-tidal CO2
Total body surface area involved in a burn in an adult to the anterior chest
and abdomen - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔18%
What is often caused by carotid massage? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bradycardia
Step in a patient diagnosed with tension pneumothorax - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1.
Needle decompression/ thoracotomy
2. Chest tube
True statements regarding diaphragmatic injuries - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-Blunt
diaphragmatic injuries are usually associated with skeletal trauma
-Penetrating diaphragmatic injuries may be missed
-Repair of traumatic diaphragmatic injuries usually does not require
prosthetic material
First priority in the treatment of an unconscious patient - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Checking the pulse
A patient involved in a road accident is brought to the emergency
department in an unconscious state. On arrival, her vitals show a
