PHTLS PRE & POST TEST 2026: 75 HIGH-YIELD
QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS |
GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED PASS!!
A 20 year old female was ejected from her vehicle during a high speed roll-over
motor vehicle collision. She has significant bleeding from a large laceration. Your
initial assessment reveals a GCS score of 7, systolic blood pressure of 70 mm Hg
and pupils that are equal but respond sluggishly to light. After establishing two
large bore IV lines, you should titrate the infusion rate to achieve a target blood
pressure of at least
A) 60 mm Hg.
B) 70 mm Hg.
C) 80 mm Hg.
D) 90 mm Hg.
- answer-D) 90 mm Hg.
A patient struck in the back of the head with a baseball bat may sustain a cerebral
contusion to which area of the brain?
A. Frontal and occipital
B. Occipital
C. Parietal
D. Frontal
- answer-B. Occipital
(probably too low velocity for Coup & Contre Coup)
A patient who withdraws from painful stimuli, opens eyes on verbal command, and
cannot speak because of intubation has a Glasgow Coma Scale of which of the
following:
A. 8
B. 8T
C. 7
,D. 7T
- answer-B. 8T
(E-3, V-T, M-4)
A regional resource center with a full spectrum of trauma services from prevention
to rehabilitation which serves as the leader in trauma care for a geographical region
is a:
A. Level IV trauma center
B. Level III trauma center
C. Level II trauma center
D. Level I trauma center
- answer-D. Level I trauma center
A traction splint may be used for which of the following injuries?
A. Knee dislocation
B. Pelvic fractures
C. Femur fractures
D. All of the above
- answer-C. Femur fractures
A trauma patient who has fallen 20 feet from an apartment balcony is alert with
warm, dry, pink skin, with normal capillary refilling time to the lower extremities,
and is hypotensive. The upper extremities are cool, pale and diaphoretic. Which of
the following injuries should be suspected?
A. Aortic dissection
B. Liver laceration
C. Fractured pelvis
D. Spinal cord injury
- answer-D. Spinal cord injury
An 18-year-old female was struck by a car and has sustained an apparent left femur
fracture. Communication with her is hampered because she only speaks a foreign
, language. Which finding, by itself, does not mandate immobilization of the
cervical spine?
A) Fracture of the femur
B) Inability to communicate
C) Mechanism of injury
D) Tenderness over the cervical spine
- answer-C) Mechanism of injury
An adult male sustained a deep laceration to his distal thigh. Bright red blood is
spurting from the wound. Direct pressure is not controlling the bleeding. What is
the most appropriate next step?
A) Apply a topical hemostatic agent and transport
B) Apply a tourniquet and tighten it until bleeding stops
C) Elevate the leg and apply pressure to the femoral artery
D) Maintain direct pressure and transport immediately
- answer-B) Apply a tourniquet and tighten it until bleeding stops
Bilateral femur fractures are most often associated with which type of motorcycle
crash?
A) Angular impact
B) Bike-road impact
C) Head-on impact
D) Rear impact
- answer-C) Head-on impact
Delayed death due to trauma is usually a result of:
A. Biochemical and pathophysiological effects of inadequate initial resuscitation
B. Acute circulatory failure
C. Brain injury
D. Acute hypoxia
- answer-A. Biochemical and pathophysiological effects of inadequate initial
resuscitation
QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS |
GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED PASS!!
A 20 year old female was ejected from her vehicle during a high speed roll-over
motor vehicle collision. She has significant bleeding from a large laceration. Your
initial assessment reveals a GCS score of 7, systolic blood pressure of 70 mm Hg
and pupils that are equal but respond sluggishly to light. After establishing two
large bore IV lines, you should titrate the infusion rate to achieve a target blood
pressure of at least
A) 60 mm Hg.
B) 70 mm Hg.
C) 80 mm Hg.
D) 90 mm Hg.
- answer-D) 90 mm Hg.
A patient struck in the back of the head with a baseball bat may sustain a cerebral
contusion to which area of the brain?
A. Frontal and occipital
B. Occipital
C. Parietal
D. Frontal
- answer-B. Occipital
(probably too low velocity for Coup & Contre Coup)
A patient who withdraws from painful stimuli, opens eyes on verbal command, and
cannot speak because of intubation has a Glasgow Coma Scale of which of the
following:
A. 8
B. 8T
C. 7
,D. 7T
- answer-B. 8T
(E-3, V-T, M-4)
A regional resource center with a full spectrum of trauma services from prevention
to rehabilitation which serves as the leader in trauma care for a geographical region
is a:
A. Level IV trauma center
B. Level III trauma center
C. Level II trauma center
D. Level I trauma center
- answer-D. Level I trauma center
A traction splint may be used for which of the following injuries?
A. Knee dislocation
B. Pelvic fractures
C. Femur fractures
D. All of the above
- answer-C. Femur fractures
A trauma patient who has fallen 20 feet from an apartment balcony is alert with
warm, dry, pink skin, with normal capillary refilling time to the lower extremities,
and is hypotensive. The upper extremities are cool, pale and diaphoretic. Which of
the following injuries should be suspected?
A. Aortic dissection
B. Liver laceration
C. Fractured pelvis
D. Spinal cord injury
- answer-D. Spinal cord injury
An 18-year-old female was struck by a car and has sustained an apparent left femur
fracture. Communication with her is hampered because she only speaks a foreign
, language. Which finding, by itself, does not mandate immobilization of the
cervical spine?
A) Fracture of the femur
B) Inability to communicate
C) Mechanism of injury
D) Tenderness over the cervical spine
- answer-C) Mechanism of injury
An adult male sustained a deep laceration to his distal thigh. Bright red blood is
spurting from the wound. Direct pressure is not controlling the bleeding. What is
the most appropriate next step?
A) Apply a topical hemostatic agent and transport
B) Apply a tourniquet and tighten it until bleeding stops
C) Elevate the leg and apply pressure to the femoral artery
D) Maintain direct pressure and transport immediately
- answer-B) Apply a tourniquet and tighten it until bleeding stops
Bilateral femur fractures are most often associated with which type of motorcycle
crash?
A) Angular impact
B) Bike-road impact
C) Head-on impact
D) Rear impact
- answer-C) Head-on impact
Delayed death due to trauma is usually a result of:
A. Biochemical and pathophysiological effects of inadequate initial resuscitation
B. Acute circulatory failure
C. Brain injury
D. Acute hypoxia
- answer-A. Biochemical and pathophysiological effects of inadequate initial
resuscitation
