EMT FISDAP CARDIOLOGY REAL EXAM
AND CORRECT ANSWERS (RECENTLY
TESTED 2025/2026).
If you are en route with a conscious adult patient who is having chest pain
and becomes unconscious: - Correct Answers -1. Check for a pulse
2. Stop the vehicle
3. Perform CPR until the AED is ready
4. Analyze the rhythm
5. Deliver one shock (if indicated) and resume CPR
6. Begin compressions and continue resuscitation according to protocol
You are dispatched to a 60YOM with chest pain and SOB. The patient has
angina and is taking NTG, furosemide, and atorvastatin. You hear crackles
when listening to his breath sounds. The patient's difficulty breathing and
crackles are due to blood backing up in which part of the body? - Correct Answers -
The lungs
What is the most effective way to assist a person with CHF to breathe
effectively and avoid the use of an invasive airway management technique?
- Correct Answers -CPAP
You are treating a 50 YOF who has just finished a 10K run. She is
complaining of crushing pain in the chest radiating down her left arm and
nausea, which came on suddenly. She is sweating profusely. What condition
should you suspect? - Correct Answers -Angina pectoris
, Which dysrhythmia is the most common cause of sudden death? - Correct
Answers -Vfib
You are treating a 63YOM male with the following vital signs: P 140BPM
and irregular, RR 28, BP 90/50mmHg. He is complaining of chest pain.
Given this information, why would NTG be contraindicated? - Correct Answers -
His blood pressure is too low
You are transporting a patient with angina, and he loses consciousness on
the way to the hospital. When you check, you cannot feel a pulse. What
should you do? - Correct Answers -Have your partner pull over the ambulance
Cardiogenic shock following AMI is caused by: - Correct Answers -Decreased
pumping force of the heart muscle
Most patients are instructed to take up to ____ doses of NTG before calling
EMS. - Correct Answers -Three
A 60YOM is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. You should: -
Correct Answers -Begin CPR until an AED is available
Why would an EMT give aspirin to a patient? - Correct Answers -Aspirin reduces
the blood's ability to clot and works to prevent further clot formation in
patients with chest pain
What is the first medication that should be administered to a patient who's
experiencing chest pain with difficulty breathing? - Correct Answers -Oxygen
AND CORRECT ANSWERS (RECENTLY
TESTED 2025/2026).
If you are en route with a conscious adult patient who is having chest pain
and becomes unconscious: - Correct Answers -1. Check for a pulse
2. Stop the vehicle
3. Perform CPR until the AED is ready
4. Analyze the rhythm
5. Deliver one shock (if indicated) and resume CPR
6. Begin compressions and continue resuscitation according to protocol
You are dispatched to a 60YOM with chest pain and SOB. The patient has
angina and is taking NTG, furosemide, and atorvastatin. You hear crackles
when listening to his breath sounds. The patient's difficulty breathing and
crackles are due to blood backing up in which part of the body? - Correct Answers -
The lungs
What is the most effective way to assist a person with CHF to breathe
effectively and avoid the use of an invasive airway management technique?
- Correct Answers -CPAP
You are treating a 50 YOF who has just finished a 10K run. She is
complaining of crushing pain in the chest radiating down her left arm and
nausea, which came on suddenly. She is sweating profusely. What condition
should you suspect? - Correct Answers -Angina pectoris
, Which dysrhythmia is the most common cause of sudden death? - Correct
Answers -Vfib
You are treating a 63YOM male with the following vital signs: P 140BPM
and irregular, RR 28, BP 90/50mmHg. He is complaining of chest pain.
Given this information, why would NTG be contraindicated? - Correct Answers -
His blood pressure is too low
You are transporting a patient with angina, and he loses consciousness on
the way to the hospital. When you check, you cannot feel a pulse. What
should you do? - Correct Answers -Have your partner pull over the ambulance
Cardiogenic shock following AMI is caused by: - Correct Answers -Decreased
pumping force of the heart muscle
Most patients are instructed to take up to ____ doses of NTG before calling
EMS. - Correct Answers -Three
A 60YOM is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. You should: -
Correct Answers -Begin CPR until an AED is available
Why would an EMT give aspirin to a patient? - Correct Answers -Aspirin reduces
the blood's ability to clot and works to prevent further clot formation in
patients with chest pain
What is the first medication that should be administered to a patient who's
experiencing chest pain with difficulty breathing? - Correct Answers -Oxygen
