PARAMEDIC FISDAP TRAUMA COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026 FULL SOLUTION STUDY GUIDE

PARAMEDIC FISDAP TRAUMA
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026 FULL
SOLUTION STUDY GUIDE

● What are occlusive dressings used for?. Answer: 1. Sucking chest
wounds
2. Open neck wounds


● What are the goals for occlusive dressings?. Answer: Stop air entering
pleural space or cardiovascular system (Prevent air embolism).


● Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation. Answer: - Abnormal blood
clotting throughout the body's blood vessels.
-Body's normal blood clotting process becomes overactive using up all
platelets and clotting factors.


● What is Cardiogenic Shock?. Answer: Heart can NOT circulate blood
to maintain o2 delivery.


Example: 40% or more blood loss or myocardial infarction.


● What is Obstructive shock?. Answer: Blood flow becomes blocked in
heart or great vessels.

, Example: Tension pneumothorax, pulmonary embolism, aortic
dissection.


● What is hypovolemic shock? What are the 2 types?. Answer: Blood
volume too low to deliver o2 and nutrients to body.
Exogenous (outside body) and endogenous (Inside of body).


● Aside from bleeding, what else can cause hypovolemic shock?.
Answer: Diarrhea
Vomiting
Dehydration
Excessive urine output.


● What is distributive shock?. Answer: Systemic vasodilation of blood
vessels


● what are 3 types of distributive shock?. Answer: 1.Anaphylactic
shock
2.Septic shock
3.Neurogenic shock


● What is a late sign of shock?. Answer: Hypotension, especially in
pediatrics.