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ITLS EXAM PREPARATION NEWEST
ACTUAL EXAM (2 VERSIONS) WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ANSWERS GRADED A | 100% VERIFIED

What are the signs and symptoms of neurogenic shock? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Hypotension, normal skin color and temp,
bradycardia


What should you do before extricating a pt? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Check sensory and motor function in the hands and
feet and document, unless it's an emergency rescue situation


What is emergency rescue? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
immediate removal without use of SMR in an immediately life-
threatening situation


What is rapid extrication? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Rapid
removal of a pt in a dangerous position to their health using
modified SMR

,How should pregnant woman after 20 weeks be transported on
a back board? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > back board tilted 20-30
degrees to the pt's left side to keep the uterus off the vena cava


How should pt's with airway problems be transported on a
backboard? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Tilted to one side to allow
gravity to help drain any necessary fluids


How should pt's with unstable pelvic injuries be moved? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Carefully lifted, not rolled, onto a back board
or with the use of a scoop stretcher


Should you backboard pt's with penetrating injuries to the
trunk? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > No, it's a time waster, unless
the injures are near the spine.


When is SMR indicated? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Trauma
situations where spinal cord injury is potential and where: AMS,
evidence of intoxication, distracting injury, neurological deficit,
spinal pain


Which helmet should be removed in the prehospital setting and
which should not? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Motorcycle

,helmets and most other helmets should be removed carefully.
Football helmets should not be removed unless absolutely
necessary with conjunction of shoulder pads.


What are the five types of viral hepatitis? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > A,B,C,D, and E.


Which hepatitis are healthcare workers most at risk for and
why? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Hep B, as it is transmitted
through blood (along with sex). Though there is a preventative
vaccine for it.


What does OPIM stand for? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > other
potentially infectious material, such as synovial fluid, saliva,
CSF, etc


What's the likelihood of becoming infected by HCV after a high-
risk needle-stick? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 1.5%


Is there a vaccine for HCV? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > No

, What are the two main differences in how HBV and HIV are
spread? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > HIV does not survive outside
the body and HIV is transmitted far less efficiently than HBV


In general, which is more significant in transmission of
diseases? Large bore needles or scalpels? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Large bore needles


What is post-exposure prophylaxis? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
the administration of medications (within hours) wto prevent
infection from the agent which the person was exposed.


What are some risk factors for tuberculosis infection? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > homeless people, certain immigrant
population, patients at risk for HIV infection, people who live in
congregate settings


Signs and symptoms of tuberculosis? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Productive cough that lasts longer than three weeks in
conjunction with two of the following: bloody sputum,
weakness/fatigue, weight loss, fever/chills, night sweats,
hoarseness

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