ATLS POST TEST LATEST VERSION REAL EXAM 160 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATED 2024

ATLS POST TEST LATEST VERSION REAL EXAM 160 QUESTIONS AND 
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATED 2024

A healthy young male is brought to the emergency department 
following a motor vehicle crash. His vital signs are a blood pressure 
of 84/60, pulse 123, GCS 10. The patient moans when his pelvis is 
palpated. After initiating fluid resuscitation, the next step in 
management is:
Select one:
a.
placement of a pelvic binder
b.
transfer to a trauma center
c.
pelvic x-ray
d.
insert urinary catheter
e.
repeat examination of pelvis - a.
placement of a pelvic binder
Which situation requires Rh immunoglobulin administration to an 
injured female?
Select one:
a.
negative pregnancy test, Rh negative, and has torso trauma
b.
positive pregnancy test, Rh positive, and has torso trauma
c.
positive pregnancy test, Rh negative, and has torso trauma
d.
positive pregnancy test, Rh positive, and has an isolated wrist 
fracture
e.
positive pregnancy test, Rh negative, and has an isolated wrist 
fracture - c.
positive pregnancy test, Rh negative, and has torso trauma
A 22-year-old female athlete is stabbed in her left chest at the third 
interspace in the anterior axillary line. On admission to the ED and 15 
minutes after the incident, she is awake and alert. Her heart rate is 
100 beats per minute, blood pressure is 80/60 mm Hg, and 
respiratory rate is 20 breaths per minute. A chest x-ray reveals a 
large left hemothorax. A left chest tube is placed with an immediate 
return of 1600 mL of blood. The next management step for this 
patient is to:
Select one:
a.
perform a thoracoscopy
b.
perform an arch aortogram
c.
insert a second left chest tube
d.
prepare for an exploratory thoracotomy
e.
perform a chest CT - d.
prepare for an exploratory thoracotomy
A 6-year-old boy walking across the street is struck by the front 
bumper of a sports utility vehicle traveling at 32 kph (20 mph). 
Which one of the following statements is TRUE about this patient?
Select one:
a.
A flail chest is probable.
b.
A symptomatic blunt cardiac injury is expected.
c.
A pulmonary contusion may be present in the absence of rib 
fractures.
d.
Transection of the thoracic aorta is more likely than in an adult 
patient.
e.
Rib fractures are commonly found in children with this mechanism 
of injury. - c.
A pulmonary contusion may be present in the absence of rib 
fractures
A 22-year-old man is hypotensive and tachycardic after a shotgun 
wound to the left shoulder. His blood pressure is initially 80/40 mm 
Hg. After initial fluid resuscitation his blood pressure increases to 
122/84 mm Hg. His heart rate is now 100 beats per minute and his 
respiratory rate is 28 breaths per minute. A tube thoracostomy is 
performed for decreased left chest breath sounds with the return 
of a small amount of blood and no air leak. After chest tube 
insertion, the most appropriate next step is:
Select one:
a.
reexamine the chest
b.
perform an aortogram
c.
obtain a CT scan of the chest
d.
obtain arterial blood gas analyses
e.
perform transesophageal echocardiography - A) Reexamine the 
chest