AEMT FISDAP COMPREHENSIVE EXAM EXAM
PREPARATION PACK 2026 KEY CONCEPTS
AND REVISION NOTES
◉ 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
irregular, R 28 and labored. He has ecchymosis on his chest. What
should you suspect?
Answer: Cardiac Contusion
◉ What is a hallmark sign of compartment syndrome?
Answer: Disproportionate pain for the injury.
◉ What phrase of blast injuries cause damage to hallow organs?
Answer: Primary
◉ A 49-year-old female is short of breath and has chest pain after a
lateral motor vehicle crash. Her vital signs are BP 110/60, P 130, R
26 and muffled on the right, and SPO2 86%. What should you
suspect?
Answer:
, ◉ A 21-year-old female fell of a horse and then the horse stepped on
her. She is unresponsive and has an avulsion to her forehead and
unequal chest rise. What should you do?
Answer: Manually stabilize her spine
◉ A 42-year-old male lost 500mL of blood. He weighs 165 lbs. How
much crystalloid solution should be administered?
Answer: 1500 mL
◉ A 39-year-old male was trapped under a car for 10 minutes. His
face and upper chest appear cyanotic. Vital signs are P 30, R 4 and
irregular. What should you suspect?
Answer: Traumatic Asphyxia
◉ A 60-year-old male presents with shortness of breath and a
productive cough of two days' duration. He denies chest pain or any
other associated symptoms. Auscultation of his lungs reveals
scattered bilateral rhonchi in all fields. His skin is pink, warm, and
dry and the pulse oximeter reads 94% on room air. The patient is
MOST likely experiencing?
Answer: Bronchitis
◉ You are the first arriving to a single car MVC on the shoulder of
the interstate, where should you park your ambulance?
Answer: Behind the accident
PREPARATION PACK 2026 KEY CONCEPTS
AND REVISION NOTES
◉ 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
irregular, R 28 and labored. He has ecchymosis on his chest. What
should you suspect?
Answer: Cardiac Contusion
◉ What is a hallmark sign of compartment syndrome?
Answer: Disproportionate pain for the injury.
◉ What phrase of blast injuries cause damage to hallow organs?
Answer: Primary
◉ A 49-year-old female is short of breath and has chest pain after a
lateral motor vehicle crash. Her vital signs are BP 110/60, P 130, R
26 and muffled on the right, and SPO2 86%. What should you
suspect?
Answer:
, ◉ A 21-year-old female fell of a horse and then the horse stepped on
her. She is unresponsive and has an avulsion to her forehead and
unequal chest rise. What should you do?
Answer: Manually stabilize her spine
◉ A 42-year-old male lost 500mL of blood. He weighs 165 lbs. How
much crystalloid solution should be administered?
Answer: 1500 mL
◉ A 39-year-old male was trapped under a car for 10 minutes. His
face and upper chest appear cyanotic. Vital signs are P 30, R 4 and
irregular. What should you suspect?
Answer: Traumatic Asphyxia
◉ A 60-year-old male presents with shortness of breath and a
productive cough of two days' duration. He denies chest pain or any
other associated symptoms. Auscultation of his lungs reveals
scattered bilateral rhonchi in all fields. His skin is pink, warm, and
dry and the pulse oximeter reads 94% on room air. The patient is
MOST likely experiencing?
Answer: Bronchitis
◉ You are the first arriving to a single car MVC on the shoulder of
the interstate, where should you park your ambulance?
Answer: Behind the accident
