PHTLS questions with correct answers
latest 2023
Your EMS unit is en route to the scene of an assault. Dispatch information indicates law
enforcement has not yet arrived on the scene. This is the safest approach to this
situation - correct answer staging at a safe location away from the scene until law
enforcement advises the scene is safe
The most immediate life-threatening condition resulting from injury to solid abdominal
organs: - correct answer Hemorrhaging
The most important indicator of a serious injury in a victim of a shotgun wound.
A) The position of the victim when shot with the gun
B) The total weight of the projectile shot from the gun
C) Distance between the victim and the gun when shot
D) Velocity of the projectile leaving the gun when shot - correct answer C) Distance
between the victim and the gun when shot
The most common cause of injury in pediatric patients less than 10 years of age: -
correct answer Falls
This best explains the mechanism by which gas exchange is impaired in pulmonary
contusion.
A) Blood in the alveoli
B) Collapse of the alveoli
C) Compression of the lung tissue
D) Partial occlusion of the bronchi - correct answer A) Blood in the alveoli
A sign of ventilatory inadequacy in a trauma patient?
A) Equal breath sounds
B) Ventilatory rate of 12
C) Speaking in short bursts
D) Sp02 of 95% on room air - correct answer C) Speaking in short bursts
The most common cause of upper airway obstruction in the trauma patient?
A) Teeth
B) Blood
C) Tongue
D) Vomitus - correct answer C) Tongue
The most significant complication of prolonged suctioning of trauma patients?
