ATLS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025.

ATLS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
TrueAorAfalse?AAlthoughAtheAmechanismAofAinjuryAmayAbeAsimilarAtoAthoseAforAtheAyoungerApo
pulation,AdataAshowsAincreasedAmortalityAwithAsimilarAseverityAofAinjuryAinAolderAadults.A-
AcorrectAanswersTrue



InAtheAelderlyApopulation,AwhatAisAdecreasedAphysiologicalAreserve?A-
AcorrectAanswersagingAisAcharacterizedAbyAimpairedAadaptiveAandAhomeostaticAmechanismsAt


hatAcausedAanAincreasedAsusceptibilityAtoAtheAstressAofAinjury.AInsultsAtoleratedAbyAtheAyounge
rApopulationAcanAleadAtoAdevastatingAresultsAinAelderlyApatients.

Pre-existingAconditionsAthatAaffectAmorbidityAandAmortalityAinclude:A-
AcorrectAanswerscirrhosis,Acoagulopathy,ACOPD,AischemicAheartAdisease,ADM



WhatAisAtheAmostAcommonAmechanismAofAinjuryAinAtheAelderly?A-
AcorrectAanswersFall.ANonfatalAfallsAareAcommonAinAwomenAandAfracturesAareAcommonAinAwo


menAwhoAfall.AFallsAareAtheAmostAcommonAcauseAofATBI.

InAtheAelderlyApopulation,AwhatAareAriskAfactorsAforAfalls?A-
AcorrectAanswersadvancedAage,AphysicalAimpairment,AhistoryAofApreviousAfall,AmedicationAuse,


Adementia,AunsteadyAgait,AandAvisual,AcognitiveAimpairment



MostAofAelderlyAtrafficAfatalitiesAoccurAinAtheAdaytimeAandAonAweekendsAandAtypicallyAinvolveA
otherAvehicles.AWhy?A-
AcorrectAanswersOlderApeopleAdriveAonAmoreAfamiliarAroadsAandAatAlowerAspeedsAandAtendAtoA


driveAduringAtheAday.AOlderApeopleAhaveAslowerAreactionAtime,AaAlargerAblindAspot,AlimitedAcer
vicalAmobility,AdecreasedAhearing,AandAcognitiveAimpairment.

TrueAorAFalse?AMortalityAassociatedAwithAsmallAtoAmoderateAsizedAburnsAinAolderAadultsAremai
nsAhighA-AcorrectAanswersTrue

SpilledAhotAliquidsAonAtheAleg,AwhichAinAyoungerApatientsAmayAre-
epithelializeAdueAtoAanAadequateAnumberAofAhairAfollicles,AwillAresultAinAaAfullAthicknessAburnAin
AolderApatients.A-AcorrectAanswersthisAisAtrue



Airway-
patientsAmayAhaveAdenturesAthatAmayAloosenAorAobstructAtheAairway.AIfAdenturesAareAnotAobst
ructingAtheAairway,AleaveAthemAinAplaceAforAwhat?A-
AcorrectAanswersbagAmaskAventilation,AasAitAimprovesAmaskAfitting.



WhenApreformingArapidAsequenceAintubation,AtheAdoseAofAbenzos,Abarbiturates,AandAotherAse
dativesAshouldAbeAreducedAtoAwhatApercentageAtoAminimizeAtheAriskAofAcardiovascularAdepres
sion?A-AcorrectAanswers20-40%

,FunctionalAchangesAinAcardiacAsystemAincludeAdecliningAfunction,AdecreasedAsensitivityAtoAcat
echolamines,AatherosclerosisAofAcoronaryAvessels,AincreasedAafterload,AfixedAheartArateA(betaA
blockers)A-
AcorrectAanswersthisAresultsAinAlackAofAclassicAresponseAtoAhypovolemia,AriskAforAcardiacAische


mia,AelevatedABPAatAbaseline,AandAincreasedAriskAofAdysrythmias.

FunctionalAchangesAinApulmonaryAsystemAincludeAdecreasedAelasticArecoil,AreducedAresidualAc
apacity,AdecreasedAgasAexchangeAandAdecreasedAcoughAreflexA-
AcorrectAanswersthusAtheyAareAatAincreasedAriskAforArespiratoryAfailure,AincreasedAriskAforApneu


monia,AandApoorAtoleranceAtoAribAfractures

FunctionalAchangesAinArenalAsystemAincludeAlossAofArenalAmass,AdecreasedAGFR,AandAdecrease
dAsensitivityAtoAADHAandAaldosteroneA-
AcorrectAanswersresultingAinAdrugAdosingAforArenalAinsufficiency,AdecreasedAabilityAtoAconcentr


ateAurine,AincreasedAriskAforAAKIAandAurineAflowAmayAbeAnormalAwithAhypovolemia

FunctionalAchangesAtoAMSKAincludeAlossAofAleanAbodyAmass,Aosteoporosis,AchangesAinAjointsAa
ndAcartilage,AcAspineAdegenerativeAchangesAandAlossAofAskinAelastinAandAsubcutaneousAfatA-
AcorrectAanswersresultingAinAincreasedAriskAforAfractures,AdecreasedAmobility,AdifficultyAforAora


lAintubation,AriskAofAskinAinjury,AincreasedAriskAforAhypothermia,AchallengesAinArehabiliation

FunctionalAchangesAinAEndocrineAsystemAincludeAdecreasedAproductionAandAresponseAtoAthyr
oxinAandAdecreasedAdehydroepiandrosteroneA(DHEA)A-
AcorrectAanswersresultingAinAoccultAhypothyroidism,ArelativeAhypercortisoneAstatesAandAincrea


sedAriskAofAinfection

TrueAorAfalse:AArthritisAcanAcomplicateAtheAairwayAandAcervicalAspine.APatientsAcanAhaveAmultil
evelAdegenerativeAchangesAaffectingAdiskAspacesAandAposteriorAelementsAassociatedAwithAsev
ereAcentralAcanalAstenosis,AcordAcompression,AandAmyelomalaciaA-AcorrectAanswerstrue

InAelderlyApopulation,AdueAtoAtheirAchangesAinApulmonaryAsystem,AplacingAaAgauzeAbetweenAg
umsAandAcheekAtoAachieveAsealAwhenAusingAbagAvalveAmaskAventilationAisAokay.AInAaddition,Abe
causeAagingAcausesAaAsuppressedAheartArateAresponseAtoAhypoxia......A-
AcorrectAanswersrespiratoryAfailureAmayApresentAinsidiouslyAinAolderAadults.



AgeArelatedAchangesAinAtheAcardiovascularAsystemAplaceAtheAelderlyAtraumaApatientAatAsignific
antAriskAforAbeingAinaccuratelyAcategorizedAasAhemodynamicallyAstable.A-
AcorrectAanswersElderlyApatientsAhaveAaAfixedAheartArateAandAfixedAcardiacAoutput,Athus,AtheirA


responseAtoAhypovolemiaAwillAinvolveAincreasingAtheirAsystemicAvascularAresistance.AFurtherm
ore,AsinceAolderApatientsAhaveAHTN,AanAacceptableABPAmayAtrulyAreflectAaAhypotensiveAstate.AA
AsystolicABPAofA110AisAtoAbeAutilizedAasAtheAthresholdAforAidentifyingAhypotensionAinApatientsA65


AandAolder.

, DoAnoAequateAbloodApressureAwithAshockAinAolderApatientsA-
AcorrectAanswersBPAinAolderApatientsAmayAlookAnormalAdueAtoAtheAmedicationsAtheyAareAon.AU


seAlactateAandAbaseAdeficitAtoAevaluateAforAevidenceAofAshock

whatA2AfactorsAplaceAelderlyApatientsAatAriskAforAintracranialAhemorrhage?A-
AcorrectAanswersagingAcausesAduraAtoAbecomeAmoreAadherentAtoAtheAskullAincreasingAriskAofAi


njuryAandAolderApatientsAareAonAanticoagulantAandAantiplateletAmedications.

LossAofAsubcutaneousAfat,AnutritionalAdeficiencies,AchronicAmedicalAconditionsAplaceAelderlyAp
atientsAasAriskAforAhypothermiaAandAcomplicationsAforAimmobility.A-
AcorrectAanswersRapidAevaluationAandAwhenApossibleAearlyAliberationAfromAspineAboardsAandA


cervicalAcollarsAwillAminimizeAcomplications.

TrueAorAFalse:AFallApreventionAisAtheAmainstayAofAreducingAtheAmortalityAassociatedAwithApelvi
cAfractures.A-AcorrectAanswerstrue

poorAhygiene,Adehydration,AoralAinjury,AcontusionsAaffectingAtheAinnerAarms,AinnerAthighs,Apal
ms,Asoles,Ascalp,Aear,AnasalAbridgeAandAtempleAinjuryAfromAbeingAstruckAwhileAwearingAglasses,
AcontactAburnsAandAscalds.ATheseAareAallAsignsAof.......?A-


AcorrectAanswersElderAmaltreatment.ATheApresenceAofAphysicalAfindingsAofAmaltreatmentAsho


uldApromptAaAdetailedAhistory.AifAhistoryAconflictsAwithAfindings,AimmediatelyAreportAfindingsAt
oAauthorities.

TrueAofAfalse:AearlyAactivationAofAtheAtraumaAteamAmayAbeArequiredAforAelderlyApatientsAwhoAd
oAnotAmeetAtraditionalAcriteriaAforAactivationA-
AcorrectAanswersTrue.AAAsimpleAinjuryAsuchAasAanAopenAtibiaAfractureAinAaAfrailAelderlyApatientA


mayAbecomeAlifeAthreatening.

CommonAmechanismsAofAinjuryAincludeAfalls,AMVC,Aburns,AandApenetratingAinjuriesA-
AcorrectAanswerscommonAinjuriesAinAtheAelderlyAincludeAribAfractures,ATBI,ApelvicAfractures



TheAbestAinitialAtreatmentAforAtheAfetusAisAtoAprovideAoptimalAresuscitationAofAtheAmother.ATru
eAorAFalse?A-
AcorrectAanswersTrue.AAlsoAifAxrayAexaminationAisAindicatedAduringAtheApregnantApatient'sAtrea


tment,AitAshouldAnotAbeAwithheldAbecauseAofAtheApregnancy.

WhatAhappensAasAtheAuterusAenlargedAandAtheAbowelAisApushedAcephalad.A-
AcorrectAanswersWhenAtheAuterusAenlargesAitApushesAtheAbowelAcephaladAandAtheAuterusAliesA


inAtheAupperAabdomen.AAsAaAresult,AtheAbowelAisAsomewhatAprotectedAfromAbluntAabdominalA
trauma,AwhereasAtheAuterusAandAitsAcontentsA(fetusAandAplacenta)AbecomeAmoreAvulnerable.A
UterusAremainsAintrapelvicAuntilA12AweeksAandAthenAatA20AweeksAitAisAatAtheAumbilicus,AandAatA
34-36AweeksAitAreachesAtheAcostalAmargin.

AmnioticAfluidAcanAcauseAamnioticAfluidAembolismAandAdisseminatedAintravascularAcoagulatio
nAfollowingAtraumaAifAfluidAentersAmaternalAintravascularAspace.ATrueAorAFalseA-
AcorrectAanswersTrue