2025 ATLS Post Test COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |already
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18 year old helmeted motorcyclist is brought by ambulance to the
emergency department following a high speed crash. Pre-hospital
personnel report that he was thrown 50 feet off his bike. He has a
history of hypotension prior to arrival in the ED, but is now awake, alert,
and conversational. Which of the following statements is true? -
correct answer>>The patient probably has an acute epidural hematoma
22 year old man is brought to the hospital after crashing his motorcycle
into a telephone pole. He is unconscious and in profound shock. He has
no open wounds or obvious fractures. The cause of his shocks is most
likely caused by: - correct answer>>Hemorrhage into the chest of abdomen
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: - correct answer>>Transfer the
patient to the operating room while initiating fluid therapy
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: - correct answer>>Endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation
24 year old woman passenger in an automobile, strikes the windscreen
with her face during a head-on collision. In the emergency apartment,
she's talking and has marked artificial demon crepitus. The highest
priority should be given to: - correct answer>>Upper airway protection
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: -
correct answer>>Perform endotracheal intubation
28 year old male is brought to ER. He was involved in a fight in which
she was beaten with a wooden stick. His chest has multiple severe
bruises. Airways clear, respiratory rate 22, heart rate is 126, and
systemic blood pressure is 90. Which of the following should be
performed during the primary survey? - correct answer>>GCS
30 year old man is struck by a car traveling 35mph. He has obvious
fractures of the left tibia near the knee, pain in the pelvis area, and
severe dyspnea. His HR is 180, RR 48 bpm with no breath sounds heard
in the left chest. A tension PTX is relieved by immediate needle
decompression and tube thoracostomy. Subsequently his HR decreased
to 140, his RR decreased to 36 bpm, and BP 80/50 mmHg. Warmed LR is
administered intravenously. The next priority should be to: -
correct answer>>Perform external fixation of the pelvis
30 year old man sustains a severely, communities, open distal right
femur fracture in a motorcycle crash. The wound is actively bleeding. DP
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |already
graded A+
18 year old helmeted motorcyclist is brought by ambulance to the
emergency department following a high speed crash. Pre-hospital
personnel report that he was thrown 50 feet off his bike. He has a
history of hypotension prior to arrival in the ED, but is now awake, alert,
and conversational. Which of the following statements is true? -
correct answer>>The patient probably has an acute epidural hematoma
22 year old man is brought to the hospital after crashing his motorcycle
into a telephone pole. He is unconscious and in profound shock. He has
no open wounds or obvious fractures. The cause of his shocks is most
likely caused by: - correct answer>>Hemorrhage into the chest of abdomen
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: - correct answer>>Transfer the
patient to the operating room while initiating fluid therapy
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: - correct answer>>Endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation
24 year old woman passenger in an automobile, strikes the windscreen
with her face during a head-on collision. In the emergency apartment,
she's talking and has marked artificial demon crepitus. The highest
priority should be given to: - correct answer>>Upper airway protection
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: -
correct answer>>Perform endotracheal intubation
28 year old male is brought to ER. He was involved in a fight in which
she was beaten with a wooden stick. His chest has multiple severe
bruises. Airways clear, respiratory rate 22, heart rate is 126, and
systemic blood pressure is 90. Which of the following should be
performed during the primary survey? - correct answer>>GCS
30 year old man is struck by a car traveling 35mph. He has obvious
fractures of the left tibia near the knee, pain in the pelvis area, and
severe dyspnea. His HR is 180, RR 48 bpm with no breath sounds heard
in the left chest. A tension PTX is relieved by immediate needle
decompression and tube thoracostomy. Subsequently his HR decreased
to 140, his RR decreased to 36 bpm, and BP 80/50 mmHg. Warmed LR is
administered intravenously. The next priority should be to: -
correct answer>>Perform external fixation of the pelvis
30 year old man sustains a severely, communities, open distal right
femur fracture in a motorcycle crash. The wound is actively bleeding. DP
