ATLS Pre Test Questions with 100% Correct
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A 22 year old man is hypotensive and tachycardic after a shotgun wound to the left shoulder. His blood
after initial IV fluid resuscitation, a closed tube thoracostomy is performed for decreased left breath
sounds - ✔✔reexamine the chest
A construction worker falls two stories from a building and sustains bilateral calcaneal fractures. In the
emergency department, he is alert, vital signs are normal, and he is complaining of severe pain in both
heels and his lower back. Lower extremity pulses are strong and there is no other deformity. The
suspected diagnosis is most likely to be confirmed by - ✔✔complete spine x-ray series.
The principle of balanced resuscitation is: - ✔✔Permissive hypotension and early plasma infusion
Question:4 In managing the head-injured patient, the most important initial step is to - ✔✔secure airway
A previously healthy, 70-kg (154-pound) man suffers an estimated acute blood loss of 2 liters. Which one
of the following statements applies to this patient? - ✔✔His systolic blood pressure will be decreased
with a narrowed pulse pressure.
The diagnosis of shock must include - ✔✔poor organ perfusion
Question:9 A 7-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department by his parents several minutes
after he fell through a window. He is bleeding profusely from a 6-cm wound of his medial right thigh.
Immediate management of the wound should consist of - ✔✔direct pressure
For the patient with severe traumatic brain injury, profound hypocarbia should be avoided to prevent -
✔✔cerebral vasoconstriction with diminished perfusion.
Question:11 A 25-year-old man is brought to a hospital with a general surgeon after being involved in a
motor vehicle crash. Computed tomography shows an aortic injury and splenic laceration with free
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A 22 year old man is hypotensive and tachycardic after a shotgun wound to the left shoulder. His blood
after initial IV fluid resuscitation, a closed tube thoracostomy is performed for decreased left breath
sounds - ✔✔reexamine the chest
A construction worker falls two stories from a building and sustains bilateral calcaneal fractures. In the
emergency department, he is alert, vital signs are normal, and he is complaining of severe pain in both
heels and his lower back. Lower extremity pulses are strong and there is no other deformity. The
suspected diagnosis is most likely to be confirmed by - ✔✔complete spine x-ray series.
The principle of balanced resuscitation is: - ✔✔Permissive hypotension and early plasma infusion
Question:4 In managing the head-injured patient, the most important initial step is to - ✔✔secure airway
A previously healthy, 70-kg (154-pound) man suffers an estimated acute blood loss of 2 liters. Which one
of the following statements applies to this patient? - ✔✔His systolic blood pressure will be decreased
with a narrowed pulse pressure.
The diagnosis of shock must include - ✔✔poor organ perfusion
Question:9 A 7-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department by his parents several minutes
after he fell through a window. He is bleeding profusely from a 6-cm wound of his medial right thigh.
Immediate management of the wound should consist of - ✔✔direct pressure
For the patient with severe traumatic brain injury, profound hypocarbia should be avoided to prevent -
✔✔cerebral vasoconstriction with diminished perfusion.
Question:11 A 25-year-old man is brought to a hospital with a general surgeon after being involved in a
motor vehicle crash. Computed tomography shows an aortic injury and splenic laceration with free
