AEMT FISDAP COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN PRINCIPLES AND PATIENT CARE
◉ A 26-year-old has been stabbed in the left side of his chest. He
presents with pale, cool skin, and JVD. Vital signs are BP 140/120, P
140, R 32, breath sounds equal bilateral. What should you suspect?
Answer: Cardiac Tamponade
◉ A 42-year-old male has a sucking chest wound to his right
anterior chest. What should you do?
Answer: Apply a non-porous dressing
◉ An 18 year old male was kicked in the left side of his face. He tells
you that he cannot look up or feel his cheek, nose, or upper lip.
Which type of fracture should you suspect?
Answer: Zygomatic
◉ A 35-year-old patient is unresponsive after a motor vehicle
collision. You observe paradoxical movement during respiration.
Vital signs are BP 104/72, P 120, R 32 and shallow, and a SPO2 of
89%. What should you do?
,Answer: Assist the patient's ventilations
◉ A 19-year-old female was hit in her left flank with a baseball bat.
She has bruising to her left upper quadrant and complains of left
shoulder pain. Vital signs are BP 84/50, P 130, R 22 and labored.
What do you suspect?
Answer: Spleen Injury
◉ A 17-year-old male was stuck in the chest by a baseball. He is
apneic and pulseless. What should you suspect?
Answer: Commotio Cordis
◉ A 24-year-old female was shot in the chest. She is cyanotic and
diaphoretic. She has normal breath sounds with equal rise and is
tachycardic. What should you suspect?
Answer: Cardiac Tamponade
◉ A 42-year-old female presents with jugular vein distension,
unequal breath sounds, and asymmetrical chest rise. What is the
most likely cause?
Answer: Tension Pneumothorax
,◉ A 25-year-old male is unresponsive and apneic. His chest was
trapped under a car for 5 minutes. He has petechiae to his face and a
weak carotid pulse. What should you do?
Answer: Begin chest compressions
◉ A 65-year-old male fell down a flight of concrete steps. He has
tingling in both legs and denies neck or back pain. What should you
do?
Answer: Hold C-Spine and immobilize the patient
◉ A 45-year-old male fell down the stairs and is unresponsive and
apneic. When you ventilate him, you notice his neck is swelling and
he has minimal chest rise. What should you suspect?
Answer: Tracheal Disruption
◉ A 30-year-old male was stabbed in the stomach with a knife and
has an evisceration. What should you do?
Answer: Apply a moist dressing and cover with an occlusive
dressing.
◉ A 39-year-old female was in a car crash and is hemorrhaging from
her neck. Vital signs are 72/40, P 120, R 24. What should you do?
Answer: Establish 2 large bore IVs and administer fluid wide open
, ◉ You are ventilating a 23-year-old female. You notice there is JVD
and decreased lung sounds on the left. What should you suspect?
Answer: Tension Pneumothorax
◉ A 50-year-old male has a blunt chest injury with paradoxical chest
wall movement. Vital signs are BP 120/62, P 110, R 22 and shallow.
What should you suspect?
Answer: Flail Chest
◉ What is a pathognomonic sign of neurogenic shock?
Answer: Vasodilation
◉ A 42-year-old female was the restrained passenger in a car crash
with passenger side impact. She complains of shortness of breath
with right-sided chest pain. Vital signs are BP 84/60, P 112, R 28
with unequal breath sounds, SPO2 74%. What should you suspect?
Answer: Tension Pneumothorax
◉ A 36-year-old male has a fractured tibia. After splinting, you are
unable to palpate a distal pulse. What should you do?
Answer: Loosen the splint and reassess for circulation.
◉ A 32-year-old male was in a head-on car crash. He complains of
chest pain and dizziness. Vital signs are BP 100/60, P 128 and
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN PRINCIPLES AND PATIENT CARE
◉ A 26-year-old has been stabbed in the left side of his chest. He
presents with pale, cool skin, and JVD. Vital signs are BP 140/120, P
140, R 32, breath sounds equal bilateral. What should you suspect?
Answer: Cardiac Tamponade
◉ A 42-year-old male has a sucking chest wound to his right
anterior chest. What should you do?
Answer: Apply a non-porous dressing
◉ An 18 year old male was kicked in the left side of his face. He tells
you that he cannot look up or feel his cheek, nose, or upper lip.
Which type of fracture should you suspect?
Answer: Zygomatic
◉ A 35-year-old patient is unresponsive after a motor vehicle
collision. You observe paradoxical movement during respiration.
Vital signs are BP 104/72, P 120, R 32 and shallow, and a SPO2 of
89%. What should you do?
,Answer: Assist the patient's ventilations
◉ A 19-year-old female was hit in her left flank with a baseball bat.
She has bruising to her left upper quadrant and complains of left
shoulder pain. Vital signs are BP 84/50, P 130, R 22 and labored.
What do you suspect?
Answer: Spleen Injury
◉ A 17-year-old male was stuck in the chest by a baseball. He is
apneic and pulseless. What should you suspect?
Answer: Commotio Cordis
◉ A 24-year-old female was shot in the chest. She is cyanotic and
diaphoretic. She has normal breath sounds with equal rise and is
tachycardic. What should you suspect?
Answer: Cardiac Tamponade
◉ A 42-year-old female presents with jugular vein distension,
unequal breath sounds, and asymmetrical chest rise. What is the
most likely cause?
Answer: Tension Pneumothorax
,◉ A 25-year-old male is unresponsive and apneic. His chest was
trapped under a car for 5 minutes. He has petechiae to his face and a
weak carotid pulse. What should you do?
Answer: Begin chest compressions
◉ A 65-year-old male fell down a flight of concrete steps. He has
tingling in both legs and denies neck or back pain. What should you
do?
Answer: Hold C-Spine and immobilize the patient
◉ A 45-year-old male fell down the stairs and is unresponsive and
apneic. When you ventilate him, you notice his neck is swelling and
he has minimal chest rise. What should you suspect?
Answer: Tracheal Disruption
◉ A 30-year-old male was stabbed in the stomach with a knife and
has an evisceration. What should you do?
Answer: Apply a moist dressing and cover with an occlusive
dressing.
◉ A 39-year-old female was in a car crash and is hemorrhaging from
her neck. Vital signs are 72/40, P 120, R 24. What should you do?
Answer: Establish 2 large bore IVs and administer fluid wide open
, ◉ You are ventilating a 23-year-old female. You notice there is JVD
and decreased lung sounds on the left. What should you suspect?
Answer: Tension Pneumothorax
◉ A 50-year-old male has a blunt chest injury with paradoxical chest
wall movement. Vital signs are BP 120/62, P 110, R 22 and shallow.
What should you suspect?
Answer: Flail Chest
◉ What is a pathognomonic sign of neurogenic shock?
Answer: Vasodilation
◉ A 42-year-old female was the restrained passenger in a car crash
with passenger side impact. She complains of shortness of breath
with right-sided chest pain. Vital signs are BP 84/60, P 112, R 28
with unequal breath sounds, SPO2 74%. What should you suspect?
Answer: Tension Pneumothorax
◉ A 36-year-old male has a fractured tibia. After splinting, you are
unable to palpate a distal pulse. What should you do?
Answer: Loosen the splint and reassess for circulation.
◉ A 32-year-old male was in a head-on car crash. He complains of
chest pain and dizziness. Vital signs are BP 100/60, P 128 and
