Atls Questions and Answers

Atls Questions and Answers 1.Thoracic trauma. Chest tube insertion. A 22 year old man :is hypotensive and tachycarclic after a shotgun wound to the left shoulder. His blood after initial N fluid resuscitation, a closed tube thoracostomy :is performed for decreased 1eft breath sounds a)reexamine the chest b)perform an aortogram c)obtain a CT scan of the chest d)obtain arterial blood gas analyses e)perform tranesohageal echocardiography answer: a. info: chest tube insertion, p. 108. 2.Musculoskeletaltrauma. Extremity trauma. A construction worker falls two stories from a building and sustains bilateral cakaneal fractures. In the emergency department, he :is alert, vital signs are normal, and he :is complaining of severe pain in both heels and h:is lower back. Lower extremity pulses are strong and there is no other deformity. The suspected diagnos:is:is most likelyto be confirmed by a)angiography b)compartment pressures c)retrograde urethrogram d)Doppler-ultrasound studies e)complete spine x-ray series answer: e.