PHTLS FINAL EXAM 150 NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS 2024 -
2025 | LATEST VERSION You respond to a local bar for an unconscious person. On arrival, you are met by a police officer who reports that one of their "regular alcoholics" was found in the ally behind their. On exam, you note the smell of an alcoholic beverage as well as the following: Patient flexes his arms to painful stimuli, has bilateral fixed and dilated pupils, irregular respirations at 12 breaths per minute and a BP of 210/100. What condition do you suspect? Correct Answer subdural hematoma the pre -hospital assessment of the trauma patient beings with which of the following? Correct Answer information provided by the dis patcher EMS responds for a patient involved in a motorcycle vs. motor vehicle collision. The patient is poorly responsive with no movement of lower extremities and loss of temperature sensation (hot vs cold) below the T10. Which of the following types of shock is the patient most likely experiencing? Correct Answer neurogenic Which of the following is the best indicator of shock in a trauma patient? Correct Answer Depressed level of cognition Which best describes the goal of airway management in a trauma patient? Correct Answer provide or adequate exchange of oxygen and CO2 What is the most common cause of airway obstruction in the unresponsive trauma patient? Correct Answer Tongue while caring for a patient who was involved in an altercation, the patie nt vomits, causing his airway to become totally obstructed with vomitus and blood. What is the most important action? Correct Answer Suctioning the airway When energy proceeded by the cells occurs during a state of adequate oxygenation, it is referred to as which of the following conditions? Correct Answer Aerobic Metabolism Which of the following information is assessed during the secondary surgery? Correct Answer vital signs Hyperventlation of a patient with suspected traumatic brain injury should occur when? Correct Answer when signs of impending brain herniation are prese nt Patients with a suspected traumatic brain injury (TBI) are susceptible to secondary injuries which are typically preventable. In addition to hypoxia and hypotension which of the following can also decrease cerebral perfusion? Correct Answer inadvertent of excess hyperventilation Hypotension due to a spinal cord injury is a result of what physiological mechanisms? Correct Answer Loss of sympathetic tone causing vasodilation Which of the following patients will compensate for blood loss the longest? Correct Answer 6 year old male You respond to a reported assault at a local bar. On arrival, you find a 46 year old male in the bathroom floor with snoring respirations at 4 times per minute and obvious facial injuries. Pupils reveal the R pupil is 4mm and t he L pupil is 7mm and non -reactive. What is the most appropriate first step? Correct Answer Jaw thrust maneuver In a multi -system trauma patient what s considered the best method for confirming proper placement of an endotracheal tube? Correct Answer wave form capnography What is the most likely source of bleeding in a patient with signs of shock and no obvious injury? Correct Answer Intra-abdominal injury Hypoperfusion will affect which of the following organs first? Correct An swer Brain
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