PHTLS PRE & POST EXAM 2026/2027 WITH
ACTUAL CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED DETAILED ANSWERS
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Which is the most important reason to maintain an open airway in the trauma patient?
A) Prevents aspiration and pneumonia
B) Prevents hypoxemia and hypercarbia
C) Prevents snoring respirations
D) Prevents the tongue from blocking the pharynx
B) Prevents hypoxemia and hypercarbia
Essential airway skills include manual clearing of the airway, manual maneuvers, suctioning and
which of the following?
A) Dual lumen airway
B) Endotracheal intubation
C) Laryngeal mask airway
D) Oropharyngeal airway
D) Oropharyngeal airway
Your patient is a middle aged male who crashed his motorcycle. He is unresponsive. After
opening the airway using a modified jaw thrust, you note the patient has respirations at a rate
of 6. Auscultation reveals breath sounds are absent on the left side. Which of the following is
the most appropriate next intervention?
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,A) Apply a non-rebreather mask
B) Begin ventilation with a BVM
C) Insert an endotracheal tube
D) Perform a needle decompression
B) Begin ventilation with a BVM
Which best describes shock?
A) Decreased Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
B) Flushed, dry, hot skin combined with bradycardia
C) Generalized inadequate tissue perfusion
D) Low blood pressure combined with tachycardia
C) Generalized inadequate tissue perfusion
Your patient has a deep laceration to his antecubital fossa with significant bleeding. What is the
most appropriate initial action?
A) Apply a tourniquet
B) Apply direct pressure
C) Initiate rapid transport
D) Restore blood volume
B) Apply direct pressure
Hypotension of unknown etiology in a trauma patient should be assumed to result from which
of the following?
A) Blood loss
B) Cardiac tamponade
C) Spinal injury
D) Tension pneumothorax
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, A) Blood loss
Which assessment is most beneficial in differentiating hemorrhagic shock from neurogenic
shock in the prehospital setting?
A) Abdomen
B) Blood pressure
C) Neurologic status
D) Skin
D) Skin
The body initially compensates for blood loss through activation of which of the following?
A) Parasympathetic nervous system
B) Reticular activating system
C) Spinal reflex arcs
D) Sympathetic nervous system
D) Sympathetic nervous system
Medication used by trauma patients for pre-existing conditions may cause which of the
following?
A) Herbal preparations may enhance blood clotting
B) Anti-inflammatory agents may enhance blood clotting
C) Beta blockers may prevent tachycardia with blood loss
D) Calcium channel blockers may slow the onset of shock
C) Beta blockers may prevent tachycardia with blood loss
The target blood pressure for a trauma patient with suspected intraabdominal hemorrhage is
which of the following?
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ACTUAL CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED DETAILED ANSWERS
|CURRENTLY TESTING QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS|ALREADY GRADED A+|NEWEST
|BRAND NEW VERSION|JUST RELEASED!!
Which is the most important reason to maintain an open airway in the trauma patient?
A) Prevents aspiration and pneumonia
B) Prevents hypoxemia and hypercarbia
C) Prevents snoring respirations
D) Prevents the tongue from blocking the pharynx
B) Prevents hypoxemia and hypercarbia
Essential airway skills include manual clearing of the airway, manual maneuvers, suctioning and
which of the following?
A) Dual lumen airway
B) Endotracheal intubation
C) Laryngeal mask airway
D) Oropharyngeal airway
D) Oropharyngeal airway
Your patient is a middle aged male who crashed his motorcycle. He is unresponsive. After
opening the airway using a modified jaw thrust, you note the patient has respirations at a rate
of 6. Auscultation reveals breath sounds are absent on the left side. Which of the following is
the most appropriate next intervention?
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,A) Apply a non-rebreather mask
B) Begin ventilation with a BVM
C) Insert an endotracheal tube
D) Perform a needle decompression
B) Begin ventilation with a BVM
Which best describes shock?
A) Decreased Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
B) Flushed, dry, hot skin combined with bradycardia
C) Generalized inadequate tissue perfusion
D) Low blood pressure combined with tachycardia
C) Generalized inadequate tissue perfusion
Your patient has a deep laceration to his antecubital fossa with significant bleeding. What is the
most appropriate initial action?
A) Apply a tourniquet
B) Apply direct pressure
C) Initiate rapid transport
D) Restore blood volume
B) Apply direct pressure
Hypotension of unknown etiology in a trauma patient should be assumed to result from which
of the following?
A) Blood loss
B) Cardiac tamponade
C) Spinal injury
D) Tension pneumothorax
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, A) Blood loss
Which assessment is most beneficial in differentiating hemorrhagic shock from neurogenic
shock in the prehospital setting?
A) Abdomen
B) Blood pressure
C) Neurologic status
D) Skin
D) Skin
The body initially compensates for blood loss through activation of which of the following?
A) Parasympathetic nervous system
B) Reticular activating system
C) Spinal reflex arcs
D) Sympathetic nervous system
D) Sympathetic nervous system
Medication used by trauma patients for pre-existing conditions may cause which of the
following?
A) Herbal preparations may enhance blood clotting
B) Anti-inflammatory agents may enhance blood clotting
C) Beta blockers may prevent tachycardia with blood loss
D) Calcium channel blockers may slow the onset of shock
C) Beta blockers may prevent tachycardia with blood loss
The target blood pressure for a trauma patient with suspected intraabdominal hemorrhage is
which of the following?
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