FISDAP EMT MEDICAL EXAM REVIEW 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
100% CORRECT
⩥ 9. a worker at a fertilizer plant has spilled lye all over his upper body.
you should. Answer: brush the powder off the pt.
⩥ 11. a pt was stung by a bee. you should. Answer: apply ice cold
compress to the affected area
⩥ 12. 72 yo male has weak hand grips, blurred vision, and is unable to
tell you the day of the week. he is a type 2 diabetic. what should you do.
Answer: evaluate for facial droop
⩥ 15. where would you expect to find pain in a pt with suspected
appendicitis. Answer: right lower quadrant
⩥ 18. you are assessing an unresponsive medical patient. what should be
your primary focus. Answer: chief complaint
⩥ 19. a patient has a headache. how should you position him on the cot.
Answer: 90 degree fowler
, ⩥ 27. A 32-year-old patient is found unconscious in the snow. You
cannot detect a pulse or respiration rate within 10 seconds. What should
you do?. Answer: assess her pulse for 30-45 seconds
⩥ 28. An 80 y/o male complains of a headache and nausea. He is
confused with hot, dry skin. His house is hot and humid. VS are BP
90/55, P 96, R 18, SpO2 88% and BGA 88 mg/dL. What should you do?.
Answer: Begin active cooling measures (signs of heat stroke, also think
of fluid replacement due to dehydration)
⩥ 30. While spraying pesticide on his crops, a 51 y/o male started to feel
lightheaded and had trouble breathing with excessive saliva production.
What should you administer?. Answer: Atropine (cholinergic response
with the signs of SLUDGE, need to use a anticholinergic drug which is
atropine, which blocks the effects of the accumulating acetylcholine)
⩥ 36. a 19-year-old female is unresponsive after taking a whole bottle of
her sleeping medicine about 4 hours ago. you should?. Answer: apply
high-flow oxygen
⩥ 40. A patient is having a tonic-clonic seizure and is not breathing. you
should:. Answer: prevent patient from further injury
⩥ 43. a patient has flank pain, pain on urination, and diaphoretic with no
fever. what do you suspect?. Answer: kidney stones
FULL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
100% CORRECT
⩥ 9. a worker at a fertilizer plant has spilled lye all over his upper body.
you should. Answer: brush the powder off the pt.
⩥ 11. a pt was stung by a bee. you should. Answer: apply ice cold
compress to the affected area
⩥ 12. 72 yo male has weak hand grips, blurred vision, and is unable to
tell you the day of the week. he is a type 2 diabetic. what should you do.
Answer: evaluate for facial droop
⩥ 15. where would you expect to find pain in a pt with suspected
appendicitis. Answer: right lower quadrant
⩥ 18. you are assessing an unresponsive medical patient. what should be
your primary focus. Answer: chief complaint
⩥ 19. a patient has a headache. how should you position him on the cot.
Answer: 90 degree fowler
, ⩥ 27. A 32-year-old patient is found unconscious in the snow. You
cannot detect a pulse or respiration rate within 10 seconds. What should
you do?. Answer: assess her pulse for 30-45 seconds
⩥ 28. An 80 y/o male complains of a headache and nausea. He is
confused with hot, dry skin. His house is hot and humid. VS are BP
90/55, P 96, R 18, SpO2 88% and BGA 88 mg/dL. What should you do?.
Answer: Begin active cooling measures (signs of heat stroke, also think
of fluid replacement due to dehydration)
⩥ 30. While spraying pesticide on his crops, a 51 y/o male started to feel
lightheaded and had trouble breathing with excessive saliva production.
What should you administer?. Answer: Atropine (cholinergic response
with the signs of SLUDGE, need to use a anticholinergic drug which is
atropine, which blocks the effects of the accumulating acetylcholine)
⩥ 36. a 19-year-old female is unresponsive after taking a whole bottle of
her sleeping medicine about 4 hours ago. you should?. Answer: apply
high-flow oxygen
⩥ 40. A patient is having a tonic-clonic seizure and is not breathing. you
should:. Answer: prevent patient from further injury
⩥ 43. a patient has flank pain, pain on urination, and diaphoretic with no
fever. what do you suspect?. Answer: kidney stones
