ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT POST
TEST ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE EMERGENCY
ANSWERS REVIEW SHEET
◉ The response to catecholamines in an injured, hypovolemic
pregnant woman can be expected to result in:
A. Placental abruption
B. Fetal hypoxia and distress
C. Fetal/maternal dysrhytmia
D. Improved uterine blood flow
E. Increased maternal renal blood flow
Answer: Fetal hypoxia and distress
◉ Cardiac tamponade after trauma:
Answer: Can be confused with a tension pneumothorax
◉ 30 year old man sustains a severely, communities, open distal
right femur fracture in a motorcycle crash. The wound is actively
bleeding. DP and PT are easily palpable on the left, but heard only by
Doppler on the right. Immediate effort to improve circulation the
injured extremity should involve:
, Answer: Tamponade of the wound with a pressure dressing
◉ 24 year old male sustains multiple fractured ribs bilaterally as a
result of being crushed in a press at plywood factory. Examination in
the ED revealed a foil segment on the patient's thorax. Primary
resuscitation includes high flow, oxygen administration via a non-
breathing mask, and initiation of ringers lactate solution. The
patient exhibits progressive confusion, cyanosis, and kidney.
Management at this time she consist of:
Answer: Endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation
◉ 23 year old man is brought immediately to the emergency
department from the hospital parking lot where he was shot in the
lower abdomen. Examination reveals a single bullet wound. He is
breathing and has a thrash pulse. However, he is unconscious and
has no detectable blood pressure. Optimal immediate management
is to:
Answer: Transfer the patient to the operating room while initiating
fluid therapy
◉ 25 year old woman is brought to the emergency department after
a motor vehicle crash. She was initially lucid at the scene and then
developed the dilated people in contralateral externally weakness. In
the emergency department, she's unconscious and has a GCS score
of six. The initial management step for this patient should be to:
Answer: Perform endotracheal intubation
TEST ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE EMERGENCY
ANSWERS REVIEW SHEET
◉ The response to catecholamines in an injured, hypovolemic
pregnant woman can be expected to result in:
A. Placental abruption
B. Fetal hypoxia and distress
C. Fetal/maternal dysrhytmia
D. Improved uterine blood flow
E. Increased maternal renal blood flow
Answer: Fetal hypoxia and distress
◉ Cardiac tamponade after trauma:
Answer: Can be confused with a tension pneumothorax
◉ 30 year old man sustains a severely, communities, open distal
right femur fracture in a motorcycle crash. The wound is actively
bleeding. DP and PT are easily palpable on the left, but heard only by
Doppler on the right. Immediate effort to improve circulation the
injured extremity should involve:
, Answer: Tamponade of the wound with a pressure dressing
◉ 24 year old male sustains multiple fractured ribs bilaterally as a
result of being crushed in a press at plywood factory. Examination in
the ED revealed a foil segment on the patient's thorax. Primary
resuscitation includes high flow, oxygen administration via a non-
breathing mask, and initiation of ringers lactate solution. The
patient exhibits progressive confusion, cyanosis, and kidney.
Management at this time she consist of:
Answer: Endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation
◉ 23 year old man is brought immediately to the emergency
department from the hospital parking lot where he was shot in the
lower abdomen. Examination reveals a single bullet wound. He is
breathing and has a thrash pulse. However, he is unconscious and
has no detectable blood pressure. Optimal immediate management
is to:
Answer: Transfer the patient to the operating room while initiating
fluid therapy
◉ 25 year old woman is brought to the emergency department after
a motor vehicle crash. She was initially lucid at the scene and then
developed the dilated people in contralateral externally weakness. In
the emergency department, she's unconscious and has a GCS score
of six. The initial management step for this patient should be to:
Answer: Perform endotracheal intubation
