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A 36 year old female is unresponsive following a motor vehicle
accident. Following insertion of a supraglottic airway, you note
diminished breath sounds on the right. What should you do?
a. insert the supraglottic airway further
b. assess for a cardiac tamponade
c. assess for a pneumothorax
d. withdraw the supraglottic airway
d. withdraw the supraglottic airway
A 19 year old female was a restrained passenger in a car crash.
She has a laceration to her head, bubbling from an upper chest
wound, an abrasion to the abdomen, and a deformed arm.
What should you do?
a. splint the arm with a board splint
b. place an occlusive dressing to the chest
c. apply a hemostatic agent to the head
d. place a trauma dressing on the abdomen
b. place an occlusive dressing to the chest
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An 18 year old male was kicked in the left side of his face. He
tells you that he cannot look up or feel his cheek, nose or upper
lip. Which type of fracture should you suspect?
a. zygomatic
b. mandibular
c. maxillary
d. orbital
A. zygomatic
A 23 year old male fell from the top of a two story building
breaking his femur. There is bright red blood spurting from the
wound. What should you do?
a. establish intravascular access
b. apply a tourniquet above the wound
c. splint his left with a traction splint
d. initiate immediate transport
b. apply a tourniquet above the wound
What sound would you expect to hear during chest percussion
on a patient with a suspected pneumothorax?
a. hyperresonance
b. dull
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c. normal
d. hyporesonance
A. hyperresonance
A 26 year old male has been stabbed in the left side of his chest.
He presents with pale, cool skin and JVD. Vital signs are a BP
140/120, P 140, R 32 breath sounds equal bilateral. What
should you suspect?
a. hemopneumothorax
b. cardiac contusion
c. cardiac tamponade
d. tension pneumothorax
C. cardiac tamponade
What is the most appropriate treatment for a sucking chest
wound?
a. apply an occlusive dressing
b. assist ventilations with bag-valve mask
c. tape a saline bag over the wound
d. apply a bulky dressing to the wound
A. apply an occlusive dressing
A 50 year old male has a long piece of wood impaled in his left
anterior chest and protrudes out his back. He is pale and
Trauma Fisdap AEMT Questions and Answers with 100%
Complete Solutions UPDATED!!!
A 36 year old female is unresponsive following a motor vehicle
accident. Following insertion of a supraglottic airway, you note
diminished breath sounds on the right. What should you do?
a. insert the supraglottic airway further
b. assess for a cardiac tamponade
c. assess for a pneumothorax
d. withdraw the supraglottic airway
d. withdraw the supraglottic airway
A 19 year old female was a restrained passenger in a car crash.
She has a laceration to her head, bubbling from an upper chest
wound, an abrasion to the abdomen, and a deformed arm.
What should you do?
a. splint the arm with a board splint
b. place an occlusive dressing to the chest
c. apply a hemostatic agent to the head
d. place a trauma dressing on the abdomen
b. place an occlusive dressing to the chest
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An 18 year old male was kicked in the left side of his face. He
tells you that he cannot look up or feel his cheek, nose or upper
lip. Which type of fracture should you suspect?
a. zygomatic
b. mandibular
c. maxillary
d. orbital
A. zygomatic
A 23 year old male fell from the top of a two story building
breaking his femur. There is bright red blood spurting from the
wound. What should you do?
a. establish intravascular access
b. apply a tourniquet above the wound
c. splint his left with a traction splint
d. initiate immediate transport
b. apply a tourniquet above the wound
What sound would you expect to hear during chest percussion
on a patient with a suspected pneumothorax?
a. hyperresonance
b. dull
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c. normal
d. hyporesonance
A. hyperresonance
A 26 year old male has been stabbed in the left side of his chest.
He presents with pale, cool skin and JVD. Vital signs are a BP
140/120, P 140, R 32 breath sounds equal bilateral. What
should you suspect?
a. hemopneumothorax
b. cardiac contusion
c. cardiac tamponade
d. tension pneumothorax
C. cardiac tamponade
What is the most appropriate treatment for a sucking chest
wound?
a. apply an occlusive dressing
b. assist ventilations with bag-valve mask
c. tape a saline bag over the wound
d. apply a bulky dressing to the wound
A. apply an occlusive dressing
A 50 year old male has a long piece of wood impaled in his left
anterior chest and protrudes out his back. He is pale and
