AEMT FISDAP COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION TEST SOLVED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
⩥ What should you suspect if the infant's head appears and retracts
during labor?
Answer: Shoulder dystocia
⩥ What should you do for an infant with a tight nuchal cord during
delivery?
Answer: Clamp then cut the umbilical cord
⩥ What protein do premature infants commonly lack that coats the
alveoli?
Answer: Surfactant
⩥ What vessel's compression causes supine hypertensive syndrome?
Answer: Inferior vena cava
⩥ What does the term 'lightening' mean during pregnancy?
Answer: Fetus descends into the pelvis
,⩥ What should you suspect in a pregnant woman with blurred vision and
high blood pressure?
Answer: Preeclampsia
⩥ When does abruptio placentae typically occur?
Answer: Third Trimester
⩥ What should you suspect in a pregnant woman with tearing abdominal
pain and low blood pressure?
Answer: Abruptio placentae
⩥ What should you suspect in a pregnant woman who had a tonic-clonic
seizure?
Answer: Eclampsia
⩥ What is a physiologic change that occurs during normal pregnancy?
Answer: Delayed gastric emptying
⩥ What is a pathognomonic sign of neurogenic shock?
Answer: Vasodilation
⩥ What should you do for a patient with a sucking chest wound?
Answer: Apply a non-porous dressing
, ⩥ What is the hallmark sign of compartment syndrome?
Answer: Disproportionate pain for the injury
⩥ What type of fracture should you suspect in a patient with facial
numbness after an injury?
Answer: Zygomatic
⩥ What is the GCS score for a patient who opens his eyes only to pain?
Answer: 7
⩥ How should a patient who fell from a height be transported?
Answer: Fowler's position
⩥ What should you do for a patient hemorrhaging from the neck after a
car crash?
Answer: Titrate IV fluids to maintain BP 90 mmHg
⩥ What should you suspect in a patient with unequal pupils and trismus?
Answer: Cerebral Contusion
⩥ What should you suspect in a patient with chest pain and ecchymosis
after a car crash?
EXAMINATION TEST SOLVED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
⩥ What should you suspect if the infant's head appears and retracts
during labor?
Answer: Shoulder dystocia
⩥ What should you do for an infant with a tight nuchal cord during
delivery?
Answer: Clamp then cut the umbilical cord
⩥ What protein do premature infants commonly lack that coats the
alveoli?
Answer: Surfactant
⩥ What vessel's compression causes supine hypertensive syndrome?
Answer: Inferior vena cava
⩥ What does the term 'lightening' mean during pregnancy?
Answer: Fetus descends into the pelvis
,⩥ What should you suspect in a pregnant woman with blurred vision and
high blood pressure?
Answer: Preeclampsia
⩥ When does abruptio placentae typically occur?
Answer: Third Trimester
⩥ What should you suspect in a pregnant woman with tearing abdominal
pain and low blood pressure?
Answer: Abruptio placentae
⩥ What should you suspect in a pregnant woman who had a tonic-clonic
seizure?
Answer: Eclampsia
⩥ What is a physiologic change that occurs during normal pregnancy?
Answer: Delayed gastric emptying
⩥ What is a pathognomonic sign of neurogenic shock?
Answer: Vasodilation
⩥ What should you do for a patient with a sucking chest wound?
Answer: Apply a non-porous dressing
, ⩥ What is the hallmark sign of compartment syndrome?
Answer: Disproportionate pain for the injury
⩥ What type of fracture should you suspect in a patient with facial
numbness after an injury?
Answer: Zygomatic
⩥ What is the GCS score for a patient who opens his eyes only to pain?
Answer: 7
⩥ How should a patient who fell from a height be transported?
Answer: Fowler's position
⩥ What should you do for a patient hemorrhaging from the neck after a
car crash?
Answer: Titrate IV fluids to maintain BP 90 mmHg
⩥ What should you suspect in a patient with unequal pupils and trismus?
Answer: Cerebral Contusion
⩥ What should you suspect in a patient with chest pain and ecchymosis
after a car crash?
