FISDAP MEDICAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Epi-Pen Administration - ✔✔Place the orange tip against the middle of the outer
thigh (upper leg) at a right angle (perpendicular) to the thigh. Swing and push the auto-
injector firmly until it "clicks." The click signals that the injection has started. Hold firmly
in place for 3 seconds (count slowly 1, 2, 3).
✔✔Epinephrine Cardiac system - ✔✔Epinephrine causes constriction in many networks
of minute blood vessels but dilates the blood vessels in the skeletal muscles and the
liver. In the heart, it increases the rate and force of contraction, thus increasing the
output of blood and raising blood pressure.
✔✔BSI/PPE - ✔✔Body Substance Isolation and Personal Protective Equipment
✔✔Pathogens - ✔✔disease causing agents
✔✔Salmonella - ✔✔a bacterium that occurs mainly in the intestine, especially a
serotype causing food poisoning.
✔✔Streptococcus - ✔✔berry-shaped (bacterium) in twisted chains
✔✔Pneumonia - ✔✔Bacterial infection of the lungs, alveoli fill with fluid
✔✔N95 respirator - ✔✔Mask with small, tightly woven pores that protects the wearer
from airborne infection.
✔✔hyperglycemia - ✔✔excessive sugar in the blood
✔✔Hypoglycemia - ✔✔abnormally low level of sugar in the blood
✔✔DKA - ✔✔diabetic ketoacidosis
✔✔Treatment of DKA - ✔✔Fluids, insulin, and aggressive replacement of electrolytes
(e.g., K+)
✔✔Treatment of hyperglycemia - ✔✔insulin and fluids
✔✔Treatment of hypoglycemia - ✔✔Oral glucose and transport
✔✔Treatment of hypovolemic shock - ✔✔secure airway, assist ventilations
administer high flow O2, control external bleeding, elevate legs (if no fractured
extremities) keep warm, transport
, ✔✔Signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia - ✔✔cold sweats - weakness - trembling -
nervousness - irritability - pallor - increased heart rate - confusion - altered LOC and
irrational behavior (cerebral glucose defecit)
✔✔Signs and symptoms of hyperglycemia - ✔✔(1) Sweet, fruity, or acetone
(2) Weakness, nausea, vomiting
(3) Rapid and weak pulse
(4) Deep, rapid respirations
✔✔Signs and symptoms of DKA - ✔✔fatigue, polydipsia, polyuria, N/V, change in LOC,
dehydration, fruity breath, hypotension, tachycardia, tachypnea, ketones in urine,
potassium imbalance (high)
✔✔Insulin - ✔✔A protein hormone synthesized in the pancreas that regulates blood
sugar levels by facilitating the uptake of glucose into tissues
✔✔Glucose range - ✔✔70-110
✔✔Paranoid schizophrenia - ✔✔A type of schizophrenia that is dominated by delusions
of persecution along with delusions of grandeur.
✔✔Adult Abuse - ✔✔Senior citizens, institutionalized persons, nursing home residents,
and persons suffering from physical or mental impairments
✔✔Patient neglect - ✔✔Patient abuse or neglect is any action or failure to act which
causes unreasonable suffering, misery or harm to the patient
✔✔Approaching a patient with behavioral health issues - ✔✔Determine scene safety,
contain the crisis, provide appropriate care and transport
✔✔overdose - ✔✔taking an excessive amount of a drug that leads to coma or death
✔✔Hallucinogens - ✔✔psychedelic drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and
evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input
✔✔Black Widow - ✔✔poisonous spider with an "hourglass" on its abdomen, more
venom than male widows. Numbness and muscle spasms, venom can damage nerve
tissue.
✔✔Poisoning: Eyes - ✔✔Mucous membranes and eyes are highly sensitive to toxins,
causing chemical burns, rashes and lesions. Irrigate the eyes quickly and thoroughly.
✔✔Poisoning: Toxins-power, liquids - ✔✔Household cleaners, drugs etc Signs and sx
may be AMS or cardiac dysrhythmia,
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Epi-Pen Administration - ✔✔Place the orange tip against the middle of the outer
thigh (upper leg) at a right angle (perpendicular) to the thigh. Swing and push the auto-
injector firmly until it "clicks." The click signals that the injection has started. Hold firmly
in place for 3 seconds (count slowly 1, 2, 3).
✔✔Epinephrine Cardiac system - ✔✔Epinephrine causes constriction in many networks
of minute blood vessels but dilates the blood vessels in the skeletal muscles and the
liver. In the heart, it increases the rate and force of contraction, thus increasing the
output of blood and raising blood pressure.
✔✔BSI/PPE - ✔✔Body Substance Isolation and Personal Protective Equipment
✔✔Pathogens - ✔✔disease causing agents
✔✔Salmonella - ✔✔a bacterium that occurs mainly in the intestine, especially a
serotype causing food poisoning.
✔✔Streptococcus - ✔✔berry-shaped (bacterium) in twisted chains
✔✔Pneumonia - ✔✔Bacterial infection of the lungs, alveoli fill with fluid
✔✔N95 respirator - ✔✔Mask with small, tightly woven pores that protects the wearer
from airborne infection.
✔✔hyperglycemia - ✔✔excessive sugar in the blood
✔✔Hypoglycemia - ✔✔abnormally low level of sugar in the blood
✔✔DKA - ✔✔diabetic ketoacidosis
✔✔Treatment of DKA - ✔✔Fluids, insulin, and aggressive replacement of electrolytes
(e.g., K+)
✔✔Treatment of hyperglycemia - ✔✔insulin and fluids
✔✔Treatment of hypoglycemia - ✔✔Oral glucose and transport
✔✔Treatment of hypovolemic shock - ✔✔secure airway, assist ventilations
administer high flow O2, control external bleeding, elevate legs (if no fractured
extremities) keep warm, transport
, ✔✔Signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia - ✔✔cold sweats - weakness - trembling -
nervousness - irritability - pallor - increased heart rate - confusion - altered LOC and
irrational behavior (cerebral glucose defecit)
✔✔Signs and symptoms of hyperglycemia - ✔✔(1) Sweet, fruity, or acetone
(2) Weakness, nausea, vomiting
(3) Rapid and weak pulse
(4) Deep, rapid respirations
✔✔Signs and symptoms of DKA - ✔✔fatigue, polydipsia, polyuria, N/V, change in LOC,
dehydration, fruity breath, hypotension, tachycardia, tachypnea, ketones in urine,
potassium imbalance (high)
✔✔Insulin - ✔✔A protein hormone synthesized in the pancreas that regulates blood
sugar levels by facilitating the uptake of glucose into tissues
✔✔Glucose range - ✔✔70-110
✔✔Paranoid schizophrenia - ✔✔A type of schizophrenia that is dominated by delusions
of persecution along with delusions of grandeur.
✔✔Adult Abuse - ✔✔Senior citizens, institutionalized persons, nursing home residents,
and persons suffering from physical or mental impairments
✔✔Patient neglect - ✔✔Patient abuse or neglect is any action or failure to act which
causes unreasonable suffering, misery or harm to the patient
✔✔Approaching a patient with behavioral health issues - ✔✔Determine scene safety,
contain the crisis, provide appropriate care and transport
✔✔overdose - ✔✔taking an excessive amount of a drug that leads to coma or death
✔✔Hallucinogens - ✔✔psychedelic drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and
evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input
✔✔Black Widow - ✔✔poisonous spider with an "hourglass" on its abdomen, more
venom than male widows. Numbness and muscle spasms, venom can damage nerve
tissue.
✔✔Poisoning: Eyes - ✔✔Mucous membranes and eyes are highly sensitive to toxins,
causing chemical burns, rashes and lesions. Irrigate the eyes quickly and thoroughly.
✔✔Poisoning: Toxins-power, liquids - ✔✔Household cleaners, drugs etc Signs and sx
may be AMS or cardiac dysrhythmia,
