Correct Verified Answers (Transport Professional Advanced
Trauma Course Study Guide)
Introduction:
This comprehensive document contains the full TPATC Exam 2025
question bank with verified 100% correct answers. It covers
advanced trauma care topics for transport professionals, including
airway management, shock recognition, trauma assessment (primary
and secondary surveys), ventilator management, ARDS, prehospital
procedures, and special considerations for pediatric, geriatric, and
pregnant patients. The material also includes detailed physiological
concepts, laws of gas, and flight physiology relevant to aeromedical
operations, making it an essential study resource for exam
preparation and certification renewal.
Exam Questions and Answers
Burp --- correct precise answer ---Backwards upper wards right
wards pressure
Cricoid cartilage --- correct precise answer ---Only full ring
cartilage
Tune depth --- correct precise answer ---2-4 cm above the carina. 3
X tube size.
,Mean airway pressure --- correct precise answer ----5/-8 under
normal physiology. Not positive.
Normal I:e --- correct precise answer ---1:2. Full in, full out
What are two types of blood shunting --- correct precise answer ---
An atomic congenital, capillary ards, PNA, ATELECTASIS, PULM
EDEMA, ALI
When is positive pressure ventilation most concerning --- correct
precise answer ---Pt,with low circulating volume
What might happen to your airway pressure with positive pressure
vent --- correct precise answer ---Decreased return of blood to
heart, increased icp
Will sensitivity of 0 ever trigger --- correct precise answer ---No
Usually vent dysfunctions is caused by --- correct precise answer --
-Inadequate sedation
Max peak alveolar,pressure,should be kept below what --- correct
precise answer ---30 cm h20
,What does pressure vent variables --- correct precise answer ---
Volume, I-time and sensitivity
Volume mode --- correct precise answer ---Volume is constant
pressure, I time and sensitivity vary
What to do in ards if plat press is too high --- correct precise
answer ---Reduce tidal vol.. You may need to increase rate to
maintain minute volume
What Might happen initially when placing Pt on the ventilator ---
correct precise answer ---Tension pneumo, hypotension
What is recommended fi02 --- correct precise answer ---100%
Intrinsic peep --- correct precise answer ---3-5
What causes ards --- correct precise answer ---Trauma, burns, fx,
aspiration, fat embolism, drowning
What can be used to tx ards --- correct precise answer ---Nitric
oxides
, Are ards lungs considered small or large --- correct precise answer
---Small because on patchy areas that are not functional
Is criminal law commonmlaw --- correct precise answer ---Yes
Is civil law a tort --- correct precise answer ---Yes. Contracts..
Breaking the contract
4'things that must happen for suit to win. --- correct precise
answer ---Duty, breach, actual injury caused by you, actually suffer
Off line --- correct precise answer ---Independent, pip, protocols,
guidelines
Do some states allow companies to conceal qa reports --- correct
precise answer ---Yes
.? Leading cause of death --- correct precise answer ---Trauma
.Tri modal,death, who is our pt. --- correct precise answer ---Initial
50%, secondary 1-2 hourstertiary 1-2'hours death
Pericaridalmsac --- correct precise answer ---10-15 ml can cause