FISDAP MEDICAL EMERGENCIES ACTUAL EXAMS
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Bell's Palsy - ✔✔rapid onset of mild weakness to total paralysis of one side of the
face, drooling, dry eyes.
✔✔Prioritize the use of the following to treat a hypoglycemic patient that is having a
seizure: Glucagon, Dextrose and Valium - ✔✔Valuim
Dextrose
Glucagon
✔✔Valuim dosage - ✔✔5-10mg
✔✔Dextrose dosage - ✔✔25 grams
✔✔Glucagon dosage - ✔✔1 mg
✔✔Dose of valium for a status epilepticus - ✔✔2.5-5 mg IV
✔✔Aura - ✔✔first symptom of a seizure (warning)
✔✔Tonic - ✔✔stiffening of muscles
✔✔Clonic - ✔✔convulsions
✔✔postitical - ✔✔Period after seizure, confusion, tired, can last several minutes to
hours, patient may not remember seizure
✔✔Rheumatoid arthritis - ✔✔Pain/aching in more than one joint
✔✔Multiple sclerosis - ✔✔Slurred speech, fatigue, dizziness, tingling/pain in parts of
body, problems with sexual, bowl, bladder function
, ✔✔Osteoporosis - ✔✔Back pain, loss of height, stooped posture, bone that breaks
easier than expected
✔✔Muscular dystrophy - ✔✔Frequent falls, difficulty rising from lying/sitting position,
trouble running/jumping, waddling gait, walking on toes/ large calf muscles, muscle
pain/stiffness, learning disabilities
✔✔status epilepticus - ✔✔A seizure that lasts longer than 5 minutes, or having more
than 1 seizure within a 5 minutes period, without returning to a normal level of
consciousness between episodes
✔✔complex partial seizure (simple partial) - ✔✔a seizure that originates in the temporal
lobe. It usually begins with an aura and is followed by repetitive motor behavior
✔✔tonic-clonic seizure (grand mal) - ✔✔a generalized seizure involving the entire body
✔✔Absence seizure (petit mal seizure) - ✔✔seizure characterized by brief lapses of
consciousness without loss of consciousness without loss of posture
✔✔Side effects of alcohol withdrawl - ✔✔delirium tremmins, insomnia, anxiety, N/V,
headache palpation's, tremors, tachycardia, HTN, increased body temp
✔✔delusion - ✔✔when a person cannot tell what is real from what is imagined
✔✔Hallucinations - ✔✔an experience involving the apparent perception of something
not present
✔✔dystonia - ✔✔a movement in which a persons muscles contract uncontrollably
✔✔tick bite - ✔✔pain/swelling at the site, rash, blisters, burning sensation, difficulty
breathing
✔✔scorpion bite - ✔✔pain/burning, numbness/tingling sensation, blurred vision,
convulsions & unconsciousness
✔✔black widow - ✔✔fang mark bite, muscle cramps, abdominal pain
✔✔brown recluse - ✔✔-chills, dizziness, fever, rash, vomiting, redness of skin, blister,
mild pain/itching with an onset of 2-8 hours
-open sore that develops in a week
✔✔Assessment findings of: Benzodiapeine overdose - ✔✔AMS, drowsiness, slurred
speech, coma, respiratory distress
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Bell's Palsy - ✔✔rapid onset of mild weakness to total paralysis of one side of the
face, drooling, dry eyes.
✔✔Prioritize the use of the following to treat a hypoglycemic patient that is having a
seizure: Glucagon, Dextrose and Valium - ✔✔Valuim
Dextrose
Glucagon
✔✔Valuim dosage - ✔✔5-10mg
✔✔Dextrose dosage - ✔✔25 grams
✔✔Glucagon dosage - ✔✔1 mg
✔✔Dose of valium for a status epilepticus - ✔✔2.5-5 mg IV
✔✔Aura - ✔✔first symptom of a seizure (warning)
✔✔Tonic - ✔✔stiffening of muscles
✔✔Clonic - ✔✔convulsions
✔✔postitical - ✔✔Period after seizure, confusion, tired, can last several minutes to
hours, patient may not remember seizure
✔✔Rheumatoid arthritis - ✔✔Pain/aching in more than one joint
✔✔Multiple sclerosis - ✔✔Slurred speech, fatigue, dizziness, tingling/pain in parts of
body, problems with sexual, bowl, bladder function
, ✔✔Osteoporosis - ✔✔Back pain, loss of height, stooped posture, bone that breaks
easier than expected
✔✔Muscular dystrophy - ✔✔Frequent falls, difficulty rising from lying/sitting position,
trouble running/jumping, waddling gait, walking on toes/ large calf muscles, muscle
pain/stiffness, learning disabilities
✔✔status epilepticus - ✔✔A seizure that lasts longer than 5 minutes, or having more
than 1 seizure within a 5 minutes period, without returning to a normal level of
consciousness between episodes
✔✔complex partial seizure (simple partial) - ✔✔a seizure that originates in the temporal
lobe. It usually begins with an aura and is followed by repetitive motor behavior
✔✔tonic-clonic seizure (grand mal) - ✔✔a generalized seizure involving the entire body
✔✔Absence seizure (petit mal seizure) - ✔✔seizure characterized by brief lapses of
consciousness without loss of consciousness without loss of posture
✔✔Side effects of alcohol withdrawl - ✔✔delirium tremmins, insomnia, anxiety, N/V,
headache palpation's, tremors, tachycardia, HTN, increased body temp
✔✔delusion - ✔✔when a person cannot tell what is real from what is imagined
✔✔Hallucinations - ✔✔an experience involving the apparent perception of something
not present
✔✔dystonia - ✔✔a movement in which a persons muscles contract uncontrollably
✔✔tick bite - ✔✔pain/swelling at the site, rash, blisters, burning sensation, difficulty
breathing
✔✔scorpion bite - ✔✔pain/burning, numbness/tingling sensation, blurred vision,
convulsions & unconsciousness
✔✔black widow - ✔✔fang mark bite, muscle cramps, abdominal pain
✔✔brown recluse - ✔✔-chills, dizziness, fever, rash, vomiting, redness of skin, blister,
mild pain/itching with an onset of 2-8 hours
-open sore that develops in a week
✔✔Assessment findings of: Benzodiapeine overdose - ✔✔AMS, drowsiness, slurred
speech, coma, respiratory distress
