PCP Trauma Care

Question 1

What is the correct order of priorities in the primary survey for trauma patients?

Accepted Answer

Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure

Answer

Circulation, Airway, Breathing, Disability, Exposure

Answer

Breathing, Circulation, Airway, Disability, Exposure

Answer

Disability, Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Exposure

Question 2

Which of the following best controls severe external hemorrhage from an extremity?

Accepted Answer

Tourniquet applied proximal to the wound

Answer

Elevation alone

Answer

Pressure dressing

Answer

Ice pack application

Question 3

A trauma patient presents with absent breath sounds on the left, tracheal deviation to the right, and hypotension. You suspect:

Accepted Answer

Tension pneumothorax

Answer

Hemothorax

Answer

Cardiac tamponade

Answer

Flail chest

Question 4

The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) assesses which three components?

Accepted Answer

Eye opening, verbal response, motor response

Answer

Heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate

Answer

Pupils, reflexes, level of consciousness

Answer

Orientation, memory, calculation

Question 5

A patient with a GCS of 8 is considered to have:

Accepted Answer

Severe head injury

Answer

Mild head injury

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Moderate head injury

Answer

No significant injury

Question 6

Which of the following is a sign of a tension pneumothorax that distinguishes it from a simple pneumothorax?

Accepted Answer

Hemodynamic instability and tracheal deviation

Answer

Absent breath sounds

Answer

Pleuritic chest pain

Answer

Subcutaneous emphysema