FISDAP Trauma Exam & EMT Readiness Final Practice & Review with verified review questions and answers. 2025/2026
Bilateral upper extermity blood pressures
A 56 yr old male complains of tearing chest
pain that radiates to his back. He was the
restrained driver involved in a car-crash at
high-way speeds. What should your
secondary assessment include?
Align with gentle traction until restiance is met.
A 34 yr old male has a fractured left elbow
and his arm is cyanotic and pulse less.
What should you do.
Apply an occlusive dressing
A 23 yr old male was stabbed in the lower
left quadrant. He was minor bleeding from
the wound. What should you do.
Closed tibia fracture.
Which injury is most likely to develop
compartment syndrome.
Apply manual stabilization to her femur.
A 21 yr old female has an open femur
fracture after falling off a horse. What
should you do.
Remove and smoldering clothing
An altered 19 yr old male was musty
extricated from a burning building by the
fire department. He has soot around his
mouth and nose. What should you do?
Cardiac tamponade
A 41 yr old male was kicked in the chest by
a horse. He is short of breath and he has a
contusion to his sternum. Vital signs are
BP 96/78, P 124, R 24 and shallow. What
should you suspect.
Manually stabilize c-spine
A 21 yr old male is semi conscious and
lying kiddywampus at the bottom of 2
flights of stairs. What should you do?
Bleeding within the oral cavity
Which injury or condition should be
managed first in a patient with multi-system
trauma?
Diaphragmatic tear
A 22 yr old male has a knife impaled in the
upper right quadrant of his abdomen. He
complains of the painful when he inhales
and shortness of breathing. What should
you suspect.
Stabilize the glass with a paper cup
A 21 year old male has a large piece of
glass impaled in his eye. What should you
do?
contusion, bruise
What is the the term for the injury in which
the epidermis remains intact, but cells and
blood vessels in the dermis may be
damaged.
Hold c-spine
An unresponsive 49 yer old male is supine
on the road next to a crashed motorcycle.
What should you do?
Crush injury
Wha type of injury results from prolonged
compression forces applied to soft tissue?
,FISDAP Trauma Exam & EMT Readiness Final Practice & Review with verified review questions and answers. 2025/2026
Tension pneumothorax
A 20 yr old male was the unrestrained
driver in a car crash. He is anxious, pale
and has absent lung sounds on the left
side. Vitals signs are BP 80/48, P 132, R
31 and shallow. What should you suspect.
Bubbling wound to the chest
What is most life threatening for an adult
patient?
transporting rapidly
What is the best care for a suspected
hemothorax?
Take c-spine precautions
A 46 yr old female was in a car crash at
highway speeds. She is unconscious,
breathing deep and fast with an abrasion to
the lateral aspect of her neck. What should
you do?
Apply direct pressure
A 23 yr old male was stabbed in the
shoulder and blood is spurting from the
wound. What should do you?
Apply a tourniquet proximal the laceration.
A 25 yr old male has a deep laceration on
his right forearm. You are applying direct
pressure with a trauma dressing, but the
wound continues to bleed. What should
you do?
Head and spine injury
A patient fell while water skiing.
Unconscious. Suspect?
Suction airway
A patient riding a motorcycle traveling 45
mph hit parked car. Not wearing a helmet.
Supine with copious amount of blood
around face. Gurgling and R 4 per min.
Most appropriate should?
Coumadin (which is a blood thinner
A patient at a healthcare facility fell out of
bed. Nurse suspects hip fracture. Which
medication should concern you the most?
assess a carotid pulse and assist ventilations
Liver
Pt stabbed in RUQ. What organ could be
injured?
Realign the injured extremity
A patient has fallen and has a deformed
right lower leg. The extremity is pulseless
and the skin is cool and cyanotic. You
should?
Rapidly extricate onto a long spinal board and transport
You arrive on scene of a car crash. The
driver is alert and complaining of severe
chest and abdominal pain. His radial is
weak and rapid. skin is cool, pale and
moist. The patient has a history of cardiac
problems. You should?
,FISDAP Trauma Exam & EMT Readiness Final Practice & Review with verified review questions and answers. 2025/2026
Spinal cord injury
A patient shot in back has cool and clammy
skin with arm weakness. BP 130/90, P 76,
R 24. You should suspect?
Apply occlusive dressing
A patient is in distress after being stabbed
in the chest. Blood is bubbling from a
laceration to L chest wall. Lung sounds
diminished on L side. You should?
Cold and clammy extremities; a feeble or absent peripheral pulse; server
What is an early sign of decompensated
tachycardia.
shock?
Remove the contact lenses
A patient with chemical burn on eye and is
wearing contact lenses. You should?
Leave helmet is place where she is stable
A patient had an accident on moped. She
is lying on ground, breathing well. Still
wearing helmet. You should?
Infection
A patient who was fleeing from police and
sustained a laceration shallow on forearm
while climbing a rusted chain link fence.
Refusing transport. What should you be
concerned with?
Basilar skull fracture
A patient who was fleeing from police and
sustained a laceration shallow on forearm
while climbing a rusted chain link fence.
Refusing transport. What should you be
concerned with?
Speed of the ball
Most important factor with person struck in
chest with baseball?
Stabilize the object before transporting
A patient has metal impaled in lower right
leg. Obvious open fracture and no pulse in
R foot, what should you do?
Cut shoelace and remove shoes
A patient has received burns to feet while
stomping fire. He is still wearing the shoes.
The rubber soles and laces melted
together. What do you do?
Remove the knife from the chest
A MAN HAS A KNIFE IMPALED AT THE
FOURTH INTERCOSTAL SPACE, LEFT
STERNAL BORDER. HE IS PULSELESS
AND NOT BREATHING. YOU SHOULD:
, FISDAP Trauma Exam & EMT Readiness Final Practice & Review with verified review questions and answers. 2025/2026
Pericardial tamponade
AN ADULT WAS PINNED BETWEEN TWO
VEHICLES. HE IS CONSCIOUS BUT
CONFUSED AND UNABLE TO FOLLOW
COMMANDS. HE HAS BRUISING ON
BOTH SIDES OF HIS ANTERIOR CHEST.
HE HAS A WEAK CAROTID PULSE, NO
PERIPHERAL PULSES, CLEAR BREATH
SOUNDS IN ALL FIELDS, AND
DISTENDED NECK VEINS. YOU
SHOULD SUSPECT:
Apply a dry sterile dressing.
A PATIENT RECEIVED A SEVERE
STEAM BURN TO HIS HAND AND
WRIST. YOU SHOULD:
PACKING THE WOUND WITH DRESSING
PROPER MANAGEMENT FOR AN
AVULSION OF THE EAR INCLUDES:
pancreas
A PATIENT HAS A STAB WOUND TO THE
UPPER LEFT QUADRANT. WHICH
ORGAN WOULD MOST LIKELY BE
INJURED?
spinal cord injury
A 47 YEAR OLD MALE WAS SHOT IN
THE BACK. HE IS COOL AND CLAMMY
AND HAS ARM WEAKNESS. VITAL
SIGNS ARE BP 130/90, P 76, R 24. YOU
SHOULD SUSPECT:
A 32 YEAR OLD MALE SUSTAINED Perform a modified jaw-thrust
FACIAL TRAUMA AFTER FALLING FROM
A ROOF. HE HAS SNORING
RESPIRATION. WHAT SHOULD YOU
DO?
Realign and splint the leg
A 50 YEAR OLD MALE HAS AN
OBVIOUSLY DEFORMED RIGHT LOWER
LEG AFTER FALLING OFF A ROOF. AS
YOU APPROACH YOU NOTICE A TEAR
IN THE SKIN OVER THE DEFORMITY.
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
RAPIDLY TRANSPORT TO THE NEAREST EMERGENCY ROOM
A 53 YEAR OLD FEMALE WAS HIT BY A
CAR. SHE IS UNRESPONSIVE WITH
DEFORMITY TO THE LEFT FEMUR AND
PELVIC INSTABILITY WITH DEFORMITY
TO THE LEFT FEMUR AND PELVIC
INSTABILITY. SHE HAS DIMINISHED
LUNG SOUNDS ON THE LEFT SIDE.
YOU SHOULD:
A semi-conscious 34 year old with decerebrate posturing
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TRAUMA
PATIENT IS SUFFERING FROM THE
MOST SEVERE BRAIN INJURY?
Ask him if you can perform a detail assessment
A SNOWMOBILE RIDER WAS THROWN
15 FEET FROM HIS VEHICLE. FINGER
IS DEFORMED AND HIS STERNUM IS
TENDER TO PALPATION. HE SAYS, "I
THINK I"LL BE OKAY", AND REFUSES
TRANSPORT. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
Stabilize the stick with gauze, place a paper cup over the affected eye, and dress
A PATIENT HAS A 4 INCH STICK
the unaffected eye.
LODGED IN HER EYE. YOU SHOULD:
Bilateral upper extermity blood pressures
A 56 yr old male complains of tearing chest
pain that radiates to his back. He was the
restrained driver involved in a car-crash at
high-way speeds. What should your
secondary assessment include?
Align with gentle traction until restiance is met.
A 34 yr old male has a fractured left elbow
and his arm is cyanotic and pulse less.
What should you do.
Apply an occlusive dressing
A 23 yr old male was stabbed in the lower
left quadrant. He was minor bleeding from
the wound. What should you do.
Closed tibia fracture.
Which injury is most likely to develop
compartment syndrome.
Apply manual stabilization to her femur.
A 21 yr old female has an open femur
fracture after falling off a horse. What
should you do.
Remove and smoldering clothing
An altered 19 yr old male was musty
extricated from a burning building by the
fire department. He has soot around his
mouth and nose. What should you do?
Cardiac tamponade
A 41 yr old male was kicked in the chest by
a horse. He is short of breath and he has a
contusion to his sternum. Vital signs are
BP 96/78, P 124, R 24 and shallow. What
should you suspect.
Manually stabilize c-spine
A 21 yr old male is semi conscious and
lying kiddywampus at the bottom of 2
flights of stairs. What should you do?
Bleeding within the oral cavity
Which injury or condition should be
managed first in a patient with multi-system
trauma?
Diaphragmatic tear
A 22 yr old male has a knife impaled in the
upper right quadrant of his abdomen. He
complains of the painful when he inhales
and shortness of breathing. What should
you suspect.
Stabilize the glass with a paper cup
A 21 year old male has a large piece of
glass impaled in his eye. What should you
do?
contusion, bruise
What is the the term for the injury in which
the epidermis remains intact, but cells and
blood vessels in the dermis may be
damaged.
Hold c-spine
An unresponsive 49 yer old male is supine
on the road next to a crashed motorcycle.
What should you do?
Crush injury
Wha type of injury results from prolonged
compression forces applied to soft tissue?
,FISDAP Trauma Exam & EMT Readiness Final Practice & Review with verified review questions and answers. 2025/2026
Tension pneumothorax
A 20 yr old male was the unrestrained
driver in a car crash. He is anxious, pale
and has absent lung sounds on the left
side. Vitals signs are BP 80/48, P 132, R
31 and shallow. What should you suspect.
Bubbling wound to the chest
What is most life threatening for an adult
patient?
transporting rapidly
What is the best care for a suspected
hemothorax?
Take c-spine precautions
A 46 yr old female was in a car crash at
highway speeds. She is unconscious,
breathing deep and fast with an abrasion to
the lateral aspect of her neck. What should
you do?
Apply direct pressure
A 23 yr old male was stabbed in the
shoulder and blood is spurting from the
wound. What should do you?
Apply a tourniquet proximal the laceration.
A 25 yr old male has a deep laceration on
his right forearm. You are applying direct
pressure with a trauma dressing, but the
wound continues to bleed. What should
you do?
Head and spine injury
A patient fell while water skiing.
Unconscious. Suspect?
Suction airway
A patient riding a motorcycle traveling 45
mph hit parked car. Not wearing a helmet.
Supine with copious amount of blood
around face. Gurgling and R 4 per min.
Most appropriate should?
Coumadin (which is a blood thinner
A patient at a healthcare facility fell out of
bed. Nurse suspects hip fracture. Which
medication should concern you the most?
assess a carotid pulse and assist ventilations
Liver
Pt stabbed in RUQ. What organ could be
injured?
Realign the injured extremity
A patient has fallen and has a deformed
right lower leg. The extremity is pulseless
and the skin is cool and cyanotic. You
should?
Rapidly extricate onto a long spinal board and transport
You arrive on scene of a car crash. The
driver is alert and complaining of severe
chest and abdominal pain. His radial is
weak and rapid. skin is cool, pale and
moist. The patient has a history of cardiac
problems. You should?
,FISDAP Trauma Exam & EMT Readiness Final Practice & Review with verified review questions and answers. 2025/2026
Spinal cord injury
A patient shot in back has cool and clammy
skin with arm weakness. BP 130/90, P 76,
R 24. You should suspect?
Apply occlusive dressing
A patient is in distress after being stabbed
in the chest. Blood is bubbling from a
laceration to L chest wall. Lung sounds
diminished on L side. You should?
Cold and clammy extremities; a feeble or absent peripheral pulse; server
What is an early sign of decompensated
tachycardia.
shock?
Remove the contact lenses
A patient with chemical burn on eye and is
wearing contact lenses. You should?
Leave helmet is place where she is stable
A patient had an accident on moped. She
is lying on ground, breathing well. Still
wearing helmet. You should?
Infection
A patient who was fleeing from police and
sustained a laceration shallow on forearm
while climbing a rusted chain link fence.
Refusing transport. What should you be
concerned with?
Basilar skull fracture
A patient who was fleeing from police and
sustained a laceration shallow on forearm
while climbing a rusted chain link fence.
Refusing transport. What should you be
concerned with?
Speed of the ball
Most important factor with person struck in
chest with baseball?
Stabilize the object before transporting
A patient has metal impaled in lower right
leg. Obvious open fracture and no pulse in
R foot, what should you do?
Cut shoelace and remove shoes
A patient has received burns to feet while
stomping fire. He is still wearing the shoes.
The rubber soles and laces melted
together. What do you do?
Remove the knife from the chest
A MAN HAS A KNIFE IMPALED AT THE
FOURTH INTERCOSTAL SPACE, LEFT
STERNAL BORDER. HE IS PULSELESS
AND NOT BREATHING. YOU SHOULD:
, FISDAP Trauma Exam & EMT Readiness Final Practice & Review with verified review questions and answers. 2025/2026
Pericardial tamponade
AN ADULT WAS PINNED BETWEEN TWO
VEHICLES. HE IS CONSCIOUS BUT
CONFUSED AND UNABLE TO FOLLOW
COMMANDS. HE HAS BRUISING ON
BOTH SIDES OF HIS ANTERIOR CHEST.
HE HAS A WEAK CAROTID PULSE, NO
PERIPHERAL PULSES, CLEAR BREATH
SOUNDS IN ALL FIELDS, AND
DISTENDED NECK VEINS. YOU
SHOULD SUSPECT:
Apply a dry sterile dressing.
A PATIENT RECEIVED A SEVERE
STEAM BURN TO HIS HAND AND
WRIST. YOU SHOULD:
PACKING THE WOUND WITH DRESSING
PROPER MANAGEMENT FOR AN
AVULSION OF THE EAR INCLUDES:
pancreas
A PATIENT HAS A STAB WOUND TO THE
UPPER LEFT QUADRANT. WHICH
ORGAN WOULD MOST LIKELY BE
INJURED?
spinal cord injury
A 47 YEAR OLD MALE WAS SHOT IN
THE BACK. HE IS COOL AND CLAMMY
AND HAS ARM WEAKNESS. VITAL
SIGNS ARE BP 130/90, P 76, R 24. YOU
SHOULD SUSPECT:
A 32 YEAR OLD MALE SUSTAINED Perform a modified jaw-thrust
FACIAL TRAUMA AFTER FALLING FROM
A ROOF. HE HAS SNORING
RESPIRATION. WHAT SHOULD YOU
DO?
Realign and splint the leg
A 50 YEAR OLD MALE HAS AN
OBVIOUSLY DEFORMED RIGHT LOWER
LEG AFTER FALLING OFF A ROOF. AS
YOU APPROACH YOU NOTICE A TEAR
IN THE SKIN OVER THE DEFORMITY.
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
RAPIDLY TRANSPORT TO THE NEAREST EMERGENCY ROOM
A 53 YEAR OLD FEMALE WAS HIT BY A
CAR. SHE IS UNRESPONSIVE WITH
DEFORMITY TO THE LEFT FEMUR AND
PELVIC INSTABILITY WITH DEFORMITY
TO THE LEFT FEMUR AND PELVIC
INSTABILITY. SHE HAS DIMINISHED
LUNG SOUNDS ON THE LEFT SIDE.
YOU SHOULD:
A semi-conscious 34 year old with decerebrate posturing
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TRAUMA
PATIENT IS SUFFERING FROM THE
MOST SEVERE BRAIN INJURY?
Ask him if you can perform a detail assessment
A SNOWMOBILE RIDER WAS THROWN
15 FEET FROM HIS VEHICLE. FINGER
IS DEFORMED AND HIS STERNUM IS
TENDER TO PALPATION. HE SAYS, "I
THINK I"LL BE OKAY", AND REFUSES
TRANSPORT. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
Stabilize the stick with gauze, place a paper cup over the affected eye, and dress
A PATIENT HAS A 4 INCH STICK
the unaffected eye.
LODGED IN HER EYE. YOU SHOULD:
