Advanced Trauma Life Support Exam

ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT (ATLS) TEST BANK EXAM 2024-2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS /100% PASS SOLUTION / ALREADY GRADED A+ Why would geriatric patients be MORE susceptible to head bleeds when there is increased space around a shrinking brain to protect them from contusion? - ANSWER-Atrophic brains = stretching of the parasagittal bridging veins, making them more prone to rupture upon impact. Plasma volume increases during pregnancy, what happens to hematocrit? - ANSWER-Decreases - dilution by plasma (31-35% is normal in pregnancy) What would you think of a WBC of 15,000 in a pregnant woman? - ANSWER- Normal, it can go up to 25,000 during labor! What should you always assume about a pregnant patient's stomach? - ANSWER- That it is always full. (Gastric emptying time increases during pregnancy). Early NG tube placement recommended. A PaCO2 of 35 to 40 in a pregnant patient may indicate what? - ANSWER- Impending respiratory failure. It is usually around 30 due to hyperventilation due to increased levels of progesterone. True or False: All Rh negative pregnant trauma patients should get Rhogam? - ANSWER-True, unless the injury is remote from the uterus (distal extremity injury only). This therapy should be initiated within 72