PHTLS Post Test 2024

PHTLS Post Test 2024 when approaching a trauma patient, what is the first assessment that must be made? - answer-scene safety EMS arrives on a scene and finds that emergency medical responders have attempted to immobilize a pediatric patient onto a long backboard. They note that the patient's head is in a flexed position. Which of the following actions is the most appropriate? - answer-place padding under the patient's torso the pre-hospital assessment of the trauma patient begins with which of the following? - answerinfromation provided by the dispatcher which of the following is a Golden Principle of trauma care? - answer-ensure adequate airway and ventilation When energy produced by cells occurs during the state of inadequate oxygenation, it is referred to as which of the following conditions? - answer-aerobic metabolism in a blast related multiple patient situation, which of the following patients should be treated first? - answer-a 33 year old female with altered level of consciousness and decreased capillary refill a 30 year old male is thrown from his horse, landing on the top rail of a pipe fence and now has a loss of sensation from the nipples down. what level of the spine do you suspect he injured? - answer-T