Paramedic FISDAP Airway Final Review Exam Questions and Answers
(Verified Answers) Most Recent exam COMPLETE (2026) (Latest Update
2026) UPDATE!!
Indications for Nasotracheal Intubation - (ANSWER)Responsive PTs with AMS, gag reflex, respiratory
failure due to COPD, asthma, pulmonary edema
Indications for Suctioning lower airway - (ANSWER)PTs mouth becomes filled with secretions; to be able
to ventilate properly without pushing material into the airway obstructing it
Signs and Symptoms of Lower airway injury - (ANSWER)Tachypnea, dyspnea, cough, wheezing, rales,
rhonchi, retractions, hypoxia, stridor
Signs and Symptoms of Tension Pneumothorax - (ANSWER)hypotension, hypoxia, absent breath sounds
to affected side, trachea deviation, JVD, tachycardia, LOC, AMS
Physiological Effects of COPD - (ANSWER)slows the process of dilation and disruption of the airways and
alveoli caused by chronic bronchial obstruction
Signs and Symptoms of Spontaneous Pneumothorax - (ANSWER)dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, sharp,
stabbing pain to one side that worsens during expiration or inspiration or certain chest movement;
sudden dyspnea
Signs and Symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis - (ANSWER)Sinus congestion, wheezing, asthma like, chronic
cough, thick heavy discolored mucus, dyspnea
Signs and Symptoms of Emphysema - (ANSWER)Barrel chest, pursed lip breathing, dyspnea on exertion,
cyanosis, wheezing and decreased breath sounds
Signs and symptoms of Pulmonary edema - (ANSWER)Crackles at lung base, crackles get higher as it
worsens, pink foamy sputum
Treating PT with Asthma - (ANSWER)Bronchodilators, nebulizer albuterol, Beta 2 agonists
(Verified Answers) Most Recent exam COMPLETE (2026) (Latest Update
2026) UPDATE!!
Indications for Nasotracheal Intubation - (ANSWER)Responsive PTs with AMS, gag reflex, respiratory
failure due to COPD, asthma, pulmonary edema
Indications for Suctioning lower airway - (ANSWER)PTs mouth becomes filled with secretions; to be able
to ventilate properly without pushing material into the airway obstructing it
Signs and Symptoms of Lower airway injury - (ANSWER)Tachypnea, dyspnea, cough, wheezing, rales,
rhonchi, retractions, hypoxia, stridor
Signs and Symptoms of Tension Pneumothorax - (ANSWER)hypotension, hypoxia, absent breath sounds
to affected side, trachea deviation, JVD, tachycardia, LOC, AMS
Physiological Effects of COPD - (ANSWER)slows the process of dilation and disruption of the airways and
alveoli caused by chronic bronchial obstruction
Signs and Symptoms of Spontaneous Pneumothorax - (ANSWER)dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, sharp,
stabbing pain to one side that worsens during expiration or inspiration or certain chest movement;
sudden dyspnea
Signs and Symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis - (ANSWER)Sinus congestion, wheezing, asthma like, chronic
cough, thick heavy discolored mucus, dyspnea
Signs and Symptoms of Emphysema - (ANSWER)Barrel chest, pursed lip breathing, dyspnea on exertion,
cyanosis, wheezing and decreased breath sounds
Signs and symptoms of Pulmonary edema - (ANSWER)Crackles at lung base, crackles get higher as it
worsens, pink foamy sputum
Treating PT with Asthma - (ANSWER)Bronchodilators, nebulizer albuterol, Beta 2 agonists
