AEMT FISDAP COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ What should you do for a 21 year old female who is crying and wants
to kill herself?
Answer: Calmly reassure the patient
⩥ What abdominal infection presents with guarding and increased pain
on movement?
Answer: Peritonitis
⩥ What should you suspect in a 20 year old male with fever, headache,
blurred vision, and neck pain?
Answer: Meningitis
⩥ What should you suspect in a 55 year old male with tearing abdominal
pain and weak peripheral pulses?
Answer: Aortic Aneurysm
⩥ What should you do for a 64 year old male who suddenly becomes
unresponsive?
,Answer: Assess for a carotid pulse
⩥ What should you do for a 40 year old female with a psychiatric
history and a baseball bat?
Answer: Return to the ambulance
⩥ What is the most likely cause of shortness of breath in a 58 year old
male with ashen skin and clubbed fingers?
Answer: COPD
⩥ What should you do for a 24 year old female ejected in a car crash
with shallow respirations?
Answer: Determine her level of consciousness
⩥ What is the initial medication for a 60 year old male with chest pain
and high blood pressure?
Answer: Oxygen
⩥ What transports oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart?
Answer: Pulmonary Veins
⩥ What does the phrenic nerve control?
Answer: Diaphragm
,⩥ What is the term for the resistance felt during ventilation with a bag
valve mask?
Answer: Airway resistance
⩥ Why do COPD patients develop polycythemia?
Answer: Chronic Hypoxia
⩥ What should you do for a 25 year old male with active hemoptysis
and a cough for 2 weeks?
Answer: Don an N95 mask
⩥ What should you suspect in a 56 year old female with acute shortness
of breath after coughing?
Answer: Pneumothorax
⩥ What should you do for an unconscious 92 year old male with snoring
respirations?
Answer: Perform a head tilt-chin lift
⩥ What should you do for an unconscious 22 year old male lying prone
in vomit?
Answer: Log roll him into a supine position
, ⩥ What should you administer to a 56 year old female with sharp left
sided chest pain after being bedridden?
Answer: Oxygen
⩥ What should you do for a 44 year old female unconscious after
coughing up bright red blood?
Answer: Suction her airway
⩥ Where does external respiration occur?
Answer: Pulmonary capillaries
⩥ What regulates the rate of ventilations?
Answer: Carbon dioxide levels
⩥ What does Beta 2 medication stimulate in the lungs?
Answer: Smooth muscle relaxation
⩥ What should you do if air is escaping from the face mask during
ventilation?
Answer: Reposition the face mask
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ What should you do for a 21 year old female who is crying and wants
to kill herself?
Answer: Calmly reassure the patient
⩥ What abdominal infection presents with guarding and increased pain
on movement?
Answer: Peritonitis
⩥ What should you suspect in a 20 year old male with fever, headache,
blurred vision, and neck pain?
Answer: Meningitis
⩥ What should you suspect in a 55 year old male with tearing abdominal
pain and weak peripheral pulses?
Answer: Aortic Aneurysm
⩥ What should you do for a 64 year old male who suddenly becomes
unresponsive?
,Answer: Assess for a carotid pulse
⩥ What should you do for a 40 year old female with a psychiatric
history and a baseball bat?
Answer: Return to the ambulance
⩥ What is the most likely cause of shortness of breath in a 58 year old
male with ashen skin and clubbed fingers?
Answer: COPD
⩥ What should you do for a 24 year old female ejected in a car crash
with shallow respirations?
Answer: Determine her level of consciousness
⩥ What is the initial medication for a 60 year old male with chest pain
and high blood pressure?
Answer: Oxygen
⩥ What transports oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart?
Answer: Pulmonary Veins
⩥ What does the phrenic nerve control?
Answer: Diaphragm
,⩥ What is the term for the resistance felt during ventilation with a bag
valve mask?
Answer: Airway resistance
⩥ Why do COPD patients develop polycythemia?
Answer: Chronic Hypoxia
⩥ What should you do for a 25 year old male with active hemoptysis
and a cough for 2 weeks?
Answer: Don an N95 mask
⩥ What should you suspect in a 56 year old female with acute shortness
of breath after coughing?
Answer: Pneumothorax
⩥ What should you do for an unconscious 92 year old male with snoring
respirations?
Answer: Perform a head tilt-chin lift
⩥ What should you do for an unconscious 22 year old male lying prone
in vomit?
Answer: Log roll him into a supine position
, ⩥ What should you administer to a 56 year old female with sharp left
sided chest pain after being bedridden?
Answer: Oxygen
⩥ What should you do for a 44 year old female unconscious after
coughing up bright red blood?
Answer: Suction her airway
⩥ Where does external respiration occur?
Answer: Pulmonary capillaries
⩥ What regulates the rate of ventilations?
Answer: Carbon dioxide levels
⩥ What does Beta 2 medication stimulate in the lungs?
Answer: Smooth muscle relaxation
⩥ What should you do if air is escaping from the face mask during
ventilation?
Answer: Reposition the face mask
