ATLS POST TEST LATEST 2025

ATLS POST TEST LATEST 2025 GRADED A+

• Definitive control of the airway is achieved by

Answer: Endotracheal intubation

• How do you treat hypothermia in the ED?

Answer: Crystalloid fluids at 102.2°F and warmed treatment area

• What does definitive hemorrhage control refer to?

Answer:

Possible surgery Stabilizing of pelvis Angioembolization

• What are rates of fluid administration measured by?

Answer: Size and length of catheter

• Minimum flow rate of oxygen reservoir mask

Answer: 11 L/min

• MCC of shock in trauma patient

Answer: Hypovolemia due to hemorrhage

• Describe the 3 for 1 rule

Answer: Replace each mL of blood loss with 3 mL of crystalloid

solution

• What metabolic state can result from continued hemorrhage or

decreased perfusion?

Answer: Metabolic acidosis

• In what survey, primary or secondary, are these identified?

Simple PTX Pulmonary contusion

• Traumatic aortic disruption

Answer: Secondary survey via thorough PE, CXR, pulse ox, ECG, and

ABG

• What imaging study is preferred for penetrating abdominal

trauma?

Answer: CT

• What can FAST rapidly diagnose?

Answer: Abdominal hemorrhage

• When is a laparotomy indicated?

Answer: Fascial penetration with intraperitoneal bleeding or

peritonitis

• What does the Monro-Kellie doctrine describe?

Answer: The relationship between intracranial (IC) volume and

pressure

• Normal resting ICP

Answer: 10 mmHg

• How do you reduce elevated ICP?

Answer: Mannitol in a 20% solution

• How do you temporarily control pelvic hemorrhage and

instability?

Answer: Internal traction and external counter-pressure

• How do you initially manage major arterial injury?

Answer: Direct pressure and fluid resuscitation

• Full thickness burn

Answer: Third-degree burn

• What is used to estimate the size and depth of burns?

Answer: Rule of 9’s

Head = 9?ch arm = 9% Front trunk = 18?ck trunk = 18% Upper leg = 9% Lower leg = 9%

• What type of burns appear wet and blistered?

Answer: Partial thickness burns (second degree)

• How do you treat CO exposed patients?

Answer: 100% oxygen flow through a non-rebreather mask

• What is a reliable measure of circulating blood volumes in

burn patients?Answer: Hourly urine output (Goal: 0.5–1.0 mL/kg body weight)

• Hospital admission criteria for burn patients

Answer:

Partial-thickness burns >10% TBSA Full-thickness burns >2% TBSA Burns involving the face, hands, genitalia, perineum, or major joints Circumferential extremity burns High-voltage electrical burns Chemical burns Inhalation injury Preexisting medical conditions complicating management

• Parkland Formula for Fluid Resuscitation in Burn Patients

Answer: 3-4 mL Ringer lactate × weight (kg) × %TBSA burned (2nd &

3rd degree); Half in first 8 hours Half in next 16 hours

• What injuries may necessitate inter-hospital transfer?

Answer:

Head or spinal cord trauma Pulmonary contusions Severe burns

• How should a 34-year-old man with abdominal tenderness

and vital signs of RR 20, HR 120, BP 100/60 be managed in the field?

Answer: A. Intravenous fluid at a "keep open" rate

• What is Sellick's maneuver?

Answer: D. Posteriorly directed pressure applied to the cricoid

cartilage