AEMT FISDAP COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
LEARNING WORKBOOK 2026 TRAUMA
MEDICAL AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SKILLS
◉ 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
◉ 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 patients 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 should you suspect?
,Answer: Spleen Injury
◉ A 17 year old male was struck 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
tachycardia. What should you suspect?
Answer: Cardiac Tamponade
◉ A 42 year old female presents with jugular vein distention,
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: Ventilate him with a bag-valve mask
◉ 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
◉ 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 BP: 72/40, P: 120, R: 24. What should you
do?
Answer: Establish 2 large bore IVs
◉ 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?
LEARNING WORKBOOK 2026 TRAUMA
MEDICAL AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SKILLS
◉ 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
◉ 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 patients 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 should you suspect?
,Answer: Spleen Injury
◉ A 17 year old male was struck 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
tachycardia. What should you suspect?
Answer: Cardiac Tamponade
◉ A 42 year old female presents with jugular vein distention,
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: Ventilate him with a bag-valve mask
◉ 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
◉ 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 BP: 72/40, P: 120, R: 24. What should you
do?
Answer: Establish 2 large bore IVs
◉ 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?
