PHTLS TRAUMA ASSESSMENT EXAM QUESTIONS

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PHTLS TRAUMA ASSESSMENT EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: GCS Classification of TBIs

Answer:

Mild: 13-15

Moderate: 9-12

Severe: 3-8

Question 2: Emergent moves may look like

Answer:

• Letting a potential abuser or suspected aggressor know that these assessments must be done in

private and moving someone you suspect is at risk to the ambulance.

Question 3: Platinum 10 minutes

Answer:

The goal for on-scene time when caring for a trauma or shock patient.

Question 4: Scene safety considerations

Answer:

• Exposure to Body Fluids

• Exposure to Chemical Weapons

• Fire

• Downed Electrical Lines

• Explosives
• Hazardous Materials
• Traffic
• Floodwater
• An Assailant on Scene
• Adverse Weather Conditions

Question 5: Second

Answer:

Apply manual traction to mid shaft femur fractures, for all others only when there is neuromuscular compromise

Question 6: Armpits down to top of pelvic and superior to groin

Answer:

Thoracic Spine

Question 7: Disability

Answer:

Anything that can affect our GCS

Question 8: Golden Hour

Answer:

The time from injury to definitive care, during which treatment of shock and traumatic injuries should occur because survival potential is best; also called the Golden Period.Everything going to be close to an hour? Get a helicopter

Question 9: Falls, MOI

Answer:

2-3 times the height of the patient

Question 10: If gurgling is present, immediately

Answer:

Suction the airway (You know what's up)

Question 11: ICP

Answer:

• and 15 mmHg

Question 12: Pregnant

Pediatrics Drowning Lightning Strikes Drowning

Answer:

Do not terminate resuscitation with

Question 13: Quadraplegia

Answer:

paralysis of all four limbs

Question 14: Crystalloid fluids amplify

Answer:

Anemia Question 15: When taking over from civilians or other responders over equal or lower care, always

Answer:

Reassess LOC XABCDE

Question 16: Geriatrics

Pediatrics Obstetrics Bariatrics

Answer:

You can NEVER use a full chest self because

Question 17: Arms

Answer:

Brachial Plexus - Arms are all Cervical spine

Question 18: Controlling X-anguinating hemorrhage

Answer:

Manual Pressure, Pressure Dressing, Tourniquet/hemostatics.Every degree you drop temperature, coagulopathy drops 10-15%

Question 19: Consequences of excessive NaCl-

Answer:

Hypernatremia + fluid may shift but not Na and can create acidosis with hyperchloremia

Question 20: Loss of peripheral pulses during inspiration suggests

Answer:

Pulsus Paradoxus Cardiac Tamponade Pulmonary Embolism

Question 21: 10 minutes

• seconds with hemostatic dressings

Answer:

• Social Consideration groups

Question 22: PHTLS Principles and Preferences

Answer:

Principles:

What must be done to ensure patient survival

Preferences:

How you do it

Question 23: Withholding resuscitation

Answer:

Special considerations when considering withoulding resuscitation

Question 24: Trauma presenting with Cyanosis and Shortness of breath

Answer:

Pneumo is likely