TRAUMA FISDAP ACTUAL 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔You are transporting an unconscious patient. How often should you check their
vitals?
a)5 minutes
b)2-3 minutes
c)10 minutes
d)15 minutes - ✔✔a)5 minutes
✔✔What is the mnemonic for determining level of consciousness?
a)OPQRST
b)AVPU
c)SAMPLE
d)ABC - ✔✔b)AVPU
✔✔Your patient is a 16-year old male, who fell approximately 15 feet. This call should
be considered:
a)Not a traumatic emergency
b)A traumatic emergency, that requires airlifting the patient to the nearest level 1 trauma
center
c)A significant mechanism of injury
d)Not a significant mechanism of injury - ✔✔d)Not a significant mechanism of injury
✔✔A fall greater than ______ would be considered a significant mechanism of injury in
a patient under the age of 8.
a)The height of the patient
b)5 feet
c)Double the patient's height
d)10 feet - ✔✔d)10 feet
✔✔You are called to the scene of pedestrian that's been struck by a car. Upon
examination, you notice clear fluid leaking from the patient's ear, that you believe to be
cerebral spinal fluid. This tells you the patient may have suffered a:
a)Severe head injury
b)Basilar skull fracture
c)Ruptured eardrum
d)Cervical spine injury - ✔✔a)Severe head injury
✔✔What does PMS stand for during your assessment of a patient's lower extremity?
a)Pedial , Motion, Sensation
b)Pain, Motion, Severity
c)Pulse, Motor function, Sensation
d)Pulse, Motor sensation, Severity - ✔✔c)Pulse, Motor function, Sensation
,✔✔A 34 year old male has a fractured left elbow, and his arm is cyanotic and pulseless.
What should you do?
a)Stabilize the elbow with a sling and swathe
b)Immobilize the arm with a traction splint
c)Align with gentle traction until resistance is met
d)Immobilize the arm as it was found - ✔✔c)Align with gentle traction until resistance is
met
✔✔What is the term for the injury in which the epidermis remains intact, but cells and
blood vessels in the dermis may be damaged?
a)Contusion
b)Evisceration
c)Hematoma
d)Avulsion - ✔✔a)Contusion
✔✔A 41 year 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, and shallow. What
should you suspect?
a)Congestive heart failure
b)Cardiac tamponade
c)Pulmonary embolism
d)Pulmonary edema - ✔✔b)Cardiac tamponade
✔✔A 21 year old male is semi-conscious and lying kiddywampus at the bottom of 2
flights of stairs. What should you do?
a)Perform a sternal rub
b)Assess for distal pulses
c)Open the airway with jaw thrust maneuver
d)Manually stabilize c-spine - ✔✔d)Manually stabilize c-spine
✔✔A 21 year old female has an open femur fracture after falling off a horse. What
should you do?
a)Check for a distal circulation
b)Apply manual stabilization to her femur
c)Apply a traction splint
d)Immobilize her on a long back board - ✔✔b)Apply manual stabilization to her femur
✔✔What is most life threatening for an adult patient?
a)Bubbling wound to the chest
b)Bowel evisceration
c)Active bleeding from the forehead
d)Compound tibia fracture - ✔✔a)Bubbling wound to the chest
, ✔✔What type of injury results from prolonged compression forces applied to soft
tissue?
a)Avulsion
b)Crush injury
c)Concussion
d)Convolution - ✔✔b)Crush injury
✔✔Which injury or condition should be managed first in a patient with multi-system
trauma?
a)Fluid drainage from both ears
b)Bleeding within the oral cavity
c)A large open abdominal wound
d)Bilateral fracture to the femur - ✔✔b)Bleeding within the oral cavity
✔✔A 25 year 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?
a)Tension pneumothorax
b)Apply a tourniquet proximal the laceration
c)Align with gentle traction until resistance is met
d)Transporting rapidly - ✔✔b)Apply a tourniquet proximal the laceration
✔✔A 46 year 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?
a)Take c-spine precautions
b)Open the airway
c)Perform a rapid extrication
d)Apply an occlusive dressing - ✔✔a)Take c-spine precautions
✔✔A 56 year 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?
a)Bilateral upper extremity blood pressures
b)A deep palpation of the abdomen
c)Auscultation for abnormal breath sounds
d)A review of the medication list - ✔✔a)Bilateral upper extremity blood pressures
✔✔A 23 year old male was stabbed in the shoulder and blood is spurting from the
wound. What should you do?
a)Manually stabilize c-spine
b)Expedite transport
c)Administer oxygen
d)Apply direct pressure - ✔✔d)Apply direct pressure
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔You are transporting an unconscious patient. How often should you check their
vitals?
a)5 minutes
b)2-3 minutes
c)10 minutes
d)15 minutes - ✔✔a)5 minutes
✔✔What is the mnemonic for determining level of consciousness?
a)OPQRST
b)AVPU
c)SAMPLE
d)ABC - ✔✔b)AVPU
✔✔Your patient is a 16-year old male, who fell approximately 15 feet. This call should
be considered:
a)Not a traumatic emergency
b)A traumatic emergency, that requires airlifting the patient to the nearest level 1 trauma
center
c)A significant mechanism of injury
d)Not a significant mechanism of injury - ✔✔d)Not a significant mechanism of injury
✔✔A fall greater than ______ would be considered a significant mechanism of injury in
a patient under the age of 8.
a)The height of the patient
b)5 feet
c)Double the patient's height
d)10 feet - ✔✔d)10 feet
✔✔You are called to the scene of pedestrian that's been struck by a car. Upon
examination, you notice clear fluid leaking from the patient's ear, that you believe to be
cerebral spinal fluid. This tells you the patient may have suffered a:
a)Severe head injury
b)Basilar skull fracture
c)Ruptured eardrum
d)Cervical spine injury - ✔✔a)Severe head injury
✔✔What does PMS stand for during your assessment of a patient's lower extremity?
a)Pedial , Motion, Sensation
b)Pain, Motion, Severity
c)Pulse, Motor function, Sensation
d)Pulse, Motor sensation, Severity - ✔✔c)Pulse, Motor function, Sensation
,✔✔A 34 year old male has a fractured left elbow, and his arm is cyanotic and pulseless.
What should you do?
a)Stabilize the elbow with a sling and swathe
b)Immobilize the arm with a traction splint
c)Align with gentle traction until resistance is met
d)Immobilize the arm as it was found - ✔✔c)Align with gentle traction until resistance is
met
✔✔What is the term for the injury in which the epidermis remains intact, but cells and
blood vessels in the dermis may be damaged?
a)Contusion
b)Evisceration
c)Hematoma
d)Avulsion - ✔✔a)Contusion
✔✔A 41 year 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, and shallow. What
should you suspect?
a)Congestive heart failure
b)Cardiac tamponade
c)Pulmonary embolism
d)Pulmonary edema - ✔✔b)Cardiac tamponade
✔✔A 21 year old male is semi-conscious and lying kiddywampus at the bottom of 2
flights of stairs. What should you do?
a)Perform a sternal rub
b)Assess for distal pulses
c)Open the airway with jaw thrust maneuver
d)Manually stabilize c-spine - ✔✔d)Manually stabilize c-spine
✔✔A 21 year old female has an open femur fracture after falling off a horse. What
should you do?
a)Check for a distal circulation
b)Apply manual stabilization to her femur
c)Apply a traction splint
d)Immobilize her on a long back board - ✔✔b)Apply manual stabilization to her femur
✔✔What is most life threatening for an adult patient?
a)Bubbling wound to the chest
b)Bowel evisceration
c)Active bleeding from the forehead
d)Compound tibia fracture - ✔✔a)Bubbling wound to the chest
, ✔✔What type of injury results from prolonged compression forces applied to soft
tissue?
a)Avulsion
b)Crush injury
c)Concussion
d)Convolution - ✔✔b)Crush injury
✔✔Which injury or condition should be managed first in a patient with multi-system
trauma?
a)Fluid drainage from both ears
b)Bleeding within the oral cavity
c)A large open abdominal wound
d)Bilateral fracture to the femur - ✔✔b)Bleeding within the oral cavity
✔✔A 25 year 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?
a)Tension pneumothorax
b)Apply a tourniquet proximal the laceration
c)Align with gentle traction until resistance is met
d)Transporting rapidly - ✔✔b)Apply a tourniquet proximal the laceration
✔✔A 46 year 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?
a)Take c-spine precautions
b)Open the airway
c)Perform a rapid extrication
d)Apply an occlusive dressing - ✔✔a)Take c-spine precautions
✔✔A 56 year 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?
a)Bilateral upper extremity blood pressures
b)A deep palpation of the abdomen
c)Auscultation for abnormal breath sounds
d)A review of the medication list - ✔✔a)Bilateral upper extremity blood pressures
✔✔A 23 year old male was stabbed in the shoulder and blood is spurting from the
wound. What should you do?
a)Manually stabilize c-spine
b)Expedite transport
c)Administer oxygen
d)Apply direct pressure - ✔✔d)Apply direct pressure
