ATLS Post Test ( Barkley) Questions with Correct Answers Latest Updated 2024 (Advanced trauma life support)
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ATLS Post Test ( Barkley) Questions with Correct Answers Latest Updated 2024 (Advanced trauma
life support)
1. A 79-year-old female is involved in a motor vehicle crash and presents to the
emergency department. She is on Coumadin and a beta-blocker. Which of the
following statements is tr...
ATLS Post Test ( Barkley) Questions with Correct Answers Latest Updated 2024 (Advanced trauma
life support)
1. A 79-year-old female is involved in a motor vehicle crash and presents to the
emergency department. She is on Coumadin and a beta-blocker. Which of the
following statements is true concerning her management?
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, -Vigorous fluid resuscitation may be associated with cardiorespiratory failure
2. A 22-year-old male is brought by ambulance to a small community hospital after
falling from the top of a 2.4-meter (8- foot) ladder. Initially, he was found to have a
large right pneumothorax. A chest tube was inserted and connected to an
underwater seal drainage collection system with negative pressure. A repeat AP
portable chest x-ray demonstrates a residual, large right pneumothorax. After
transferring the patient to a verified trauma center, a third chest x-ray reveals a
persistent right pneumothorax. The chest tube appears to be funcioning and in
good position. He remains hemodynamically normal with no signs of respiratory
distress. The most likely cause for his persistent right pneumothorax is:
-e. tracheobronchial injury
3. A 22-year-old female who is 6 months pregnant presents following a motor
vehicle crash.Paramedics report vaginal bleeding. What is the initial step in her
treatment?
-. ask the patient what her name is
4. A construction worker falls from a scaffold and is transferred to the emergency
department. His heart rate is 124 and blood pressure is 85/60 mmHg. He complains
of lower abdominal pain. After assessing the airway and chest, immobilizing the c-
spine, and initiating fluid resuscitation, the next step is to perform:
-cervical spine x-ray
5. A 22-year-old male sustains a shotgun wound to the left shoulder and chest at
close range. His blood pressure is 80/40 mmHg, and his heart rate is 130 beats per
minute. After 2 liters of crystalloid solution are rapidly infused, his blood pressure
increases to 122/84 mmHg, and heart rate decreases to 100 beats per minute. He is
tahypneic, with a respiratory rate of 28 breaths per
minute. On physical examination, his breath sounds are decreased at the left upper
chest with dullness on percussion. A large caliber (36-French) tube thoracostomy is
inserted in the fifth intercostal space with the return of 200 mL of blood and no air
leak. The most appropriate next step is to:
- e. repeat
the physical examination of the chest
6. An 18-ycar-old male is brought to the emergenc} department after having been
shot.
He has one bullet wound just below the right clavicle and another just below the
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