EMT TRAUMA FISDAP EXAMINATION TEST
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
●● What should you do if there is a major hemorrhage in a patient?
Answer: Apply a proximal tourniquet to stop the bleeding immediately.
Then turn to patient's airway and breathing status (CAB)
●● How do you care for a partially amputated extremity?
Answer: Control bleeding with bulky compression (pressure) dressings
and splint extremity to prevent further injury
●● Injury to the cervical spine from a hanging occurs through
Answer: distraction, or stretching, of the vertebrae and spinal cord
●● What is a subluxation
Answer: a partial or incomplete dislocation; this is an injury, not an
injury mechanism
●● Injuries related to Hyperextension mechanisms
Answer: Patients who strike their head on the windshield during a mvc
, ●● Axial Loading MOI
Answer: The spinal column is compressed vertically; injuries after
diving head first into shallow water and lumbar spine injuries after a fall
from a significant height and landing feet first
●● What does cold, pale skin and an absent distal pulse indicate in a
limb?
Answer: Indicates that blood flow distal to the injury is compromised
●● How do you make one attempt to restore distal circulation?
Answer: By applying gentle manual traction in line with the long axis of
the limb
●● What can you do to a limb after distal circulation is restored?
Answer: Splint the limb in whatever position allows the strongest distal
pulse, elevate limb above level of the heart to help minimize swelling,
and an icepack may also help reduce pain and swelling
●● What is a flail chest?
Answer: Occurs when several ribs are fractured in more than one place;
the result is a free-floating section of ribs (flail segment) that collapses
during inhalation and bulges out during exhalation (paradoxical chest
movement)
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
●● What should you do if there is a major hemorrhage in a patient?
Answer: Apply a proximal tourniquet to stop the bleeding immediately.
Then turn to patient's airway and breathing status (CAB)
●● How do you care for a partially amputated extremity?
Answer: Control bleeding with bulky compression (pressure) dressings
and splint extremity to prevent further injury
●● Injury to the cervical spine from a hanging occurs through
Answer: distraction, or stretching, of the vertebrae and spinal cord
●● What is a subluxation
Answer: a partial or incomplete dislocation; this is an injury, not an
injury mechanism
●● Injuries related to Hyperextension mechanisms
Answer: Patients who strike their head on the windshield during a mvc
, ●● Axial Loading MOI
Answer: The spinal column is compressed vertically; injuries after
diving head first into shallow water and lumbar spine injuries after a fall
from a significant height and landing feet first
●● What does cold, pale skin and an absent distal pulse indicate in a
limb?
Answer: Indicates that blood flow distal to the injury is compromised
●● How do you make one attempt to restore distal circulation?
Answer: By applying gentle manual traction in line with the long axis of
the limb
●● What can you do to a limb after distal circulation is restored?
Answer: Splint the limb in whatever position allows the strongest distal
pulse, elevate limb above level of the heart to help minimize swelling,
and an icepack may also help reduce pain and swelling
●● What is a flail chest?
Answer: Occurs when several ribs are fractured in more than one place;
the result is a free-floating section of ribs (flail segment) that collapses
during inhalation and bulges out during exhalation (paradoxical chest
movement)
