FISDAP Trauma
1. When administering fluid in the prehospital setting for trauma patient you should - Maintaining
perfusion
2. Your patient is presenting with a guns shot wound to the chest. The patient presents with
shallow agonal breathing and a faint rapid pulse. Breath sounds present and clear on the left,
diminished on the right. neck veins are flat. You should suspect - Hemothorax
3. Your patient has amputated his finger using a table saw. What should you do with the
amputated body part? - Wrap in moist sterile gauze
4. A 16 year old male has corn tassel in the iris of his right eye. What should you do? - Flush the
right eye and bandage
5. Your patient presents with an laceration to the neck. Bleeding has been controlled. The patient
complains of being short of breath. You note peripheral cyanosis, and a falling blood pressure.
You should suspect - the patient has a pulmonary embolism
6. A restrained 30 year old pregnant female in her third trimester was involved in a head-on
collision. She informs you that she is having abdominal pain. Vital signs are BP 110/70, P 90. R
20. After removing her from the vehicle and placing her on a long backboard, she becomes pale,
diaphoretic and tells you "she's not feeling well". You should - Tilt the longboard to the left
7. A 40 year old male complains of paraplegia after a fall from a hay loft. Vital signs are BP 76/42, P
78, R 16. You should suspect - Neurogenic shock
8. A window washer fell while cleaning the side of a building and was stopped halfway down by his
harness. He was suspended in the air for four hours before he could be lowered. Which of the
following could be a complication of the fall? - Rhabdomyolysis
1. When administering fluid in the prehospital setting for trauma patient you should - Maintaining
perfusion
2. Your patient is presenting with a guns shot wound to the chest. The patient presents with
shallow agonal breathing and a faint rapid pulse. Breath sounds present and clear on the left,
diminished on the right. neck veins are flat. You should suspect - Hemothorax
3. Your patient has amputated his finger using a table saw. What should you do with the
amputated body part? - Wrap in moist sterile gauze
4. A 16 year old male has corn tassel in the iris of his right eye. What should you do? - Flush the
right eye and bandage
5. Your patient presents with an laceration to the neck. Bleeding has been controlled. The patient
complains of being short of breath. You note peripheral cyanosis, and a falling blood pressure.
You should suspect - the patient has a pulmonary embolism
6. A restrained 30 year old pregnant female in her third trimester was involved in a head-on
collision. She informs you that she is having abdominal pain. Vital signs are BP 110/70, P 90. R
20. After removing her from the vehicle and placing her on a long backboard, she becomes pale,
diaphoretic and tells you "she's not feeling well". You should - Tilt the longboard to the left
7. A 40 year old male complains of paraplegia after a fall from a hay loft. Vital signs are BP 76/42, P
78, R 16. You should suspect - Neurogenic shock
8. A window washer fell while cleaning the side of a building and was stopped halfway down by his
harness. He was suspended in the air for four hours before he could be lowered. Which of the
following could be a complication of the fall? - Rhabdomyolysis
