2026 PARAMEDIC FISDAP CORRECT EXAMS TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A 65 year old female is unresponsive with gurgling respirations. Vital signs are P 48,
R 6. What should you do? - ✔✔Suction the Airway
✔✔An 81 year old male has breathing difficulties with a nonproductive cough. He has a
history of smoking and barrel shaped chest. Nursing home staff states his dyspnea has
increased over the last 8 hours. Vital signs are BP 136/82, P 122, R28, and SpO2 89%.
What should you suspect? - ✔✔Emphysema
✔✔A 62 year female has frequent respiratory infections. She has a long-term cough
and peripheral cyanosis. Auscultation of the chest reveals rhonchi. What should you
suspect? - ✔✔Chronic Bronchitis
✔✔What structure in the brain controls ventilations? - ✔✔Medulla
✔✔What is the location of the bifurcation in the trachea? - ✔✔Carina
✔✔A 84 year old male is in respiratory arrest after pulling out his tracheostomy tube.
You feel air leaking around the bag-valve mask when ventilating through the stoma. No
chest rise is noted. What should you do? - ✔✔Reposition head and attempt ventilation
, ✔✔A 51 year old male with history of COPD is having difficulty breathing. Vital signs are
BP 158/74, P 100, R 22, SpO2 86%. What should you do? - ✔✔Administer oxygen by
non-rebreather mask
✔✔While transporting an intubated patient, it is becoming increasingly difficult to assist
ventilations. What should you suspect? - ✔✔Deflated cuff
✔✔A 23 year old male was snowmobiling without a helmet when he was hit in the throat
and knocked from his vehicle. He is unresponsive and your partner is unable to ventilate
him with a BVM. You are unable to visualize the vocal chords. What should you do? -
✔✔Perform a needle cricothyrotomy
✔✔A 31 year old female was trampled by a horse. She is unresponsive and you are
unable to ventilate after multiple attempts. Upon direct visualization, the vocal cords are
unrecognizable. What should you do? - ✔✔Perform a needle cricothyrotomy
✔✔A 21 year old female is unresponsive. Her jaw is clenched and she has rapid,
shallow respirations. Her mouth and nose are covered in wet vomitus. What should you
do? - ✔✔Place in a lateral recumbent position
✔✔You find an awake 63 year old thin male with barrel chest and pink skin. What
disease process should you suspect? - ✔✔Emphysema
✔✔Which of the following procedures can lead to aspiration? - ✔✔Bag Mask Ventilation
✔✔What is the name of the tracheal cartilage that sits directly inferior to the larynx? -
✔✔Cricoid
✔✔Which of the following is an objective finding that confirms successful intubation? -
✔✔End tidal carbon dioxide waveform
✔✔A 72 year old female has shortness of breath. She is on 2 lpm nasal cannula and
has had 2 nebulizer treatments for her emphysema. Her initial ETCO2 was 46 mmHg.
During your reassessment, she is unable to follow simple commands and her ETCO2 is
60 mmHg. What should you do? - ✔✔Assist her breathing with a bag-mask device
✔✔An intubated 18 year old male is in respiratory arrest. At what range should you
maintain his EtCO2? - ✔✔35-45 mmHg
✔✔What is the normal tidal volume in an adult male? - ✔✔500mL
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A 65 year old female is unresponsive with gurgling respirations. Vital signs are P 48,
R 6. What should you do? - ✔✔Suction the Airway
✔✔An 81 year old male has breathing difficulties with a nonproductive cough. He has a
history of smoking and barrel shaped chest. Nursing home staff states his dyspnea has
increased over the last 8 hours. Vital signs are BP 136/82, P 122, R28, and SpO2 89%.
What should you suspect? - ✔✔Emphysema
✔✔A 62 year female has frequent respiratory infections. She has a long-term cough
and peripheral cyanosis. Auscultation of the chest reveals rhonchi. What should you
suspect? - ✔✔Chronic Bronchitis
✔✔What structure in the brain controls ventilations? - ✔✔Medulla
✔✔What is the location of the bifurcation in the trachea? - ✔✔Carina
✔✔A 84 year old male is in respiratory arrest after pulling out his tracheostomy tube.
You feel air leaking around the bag-valve mask when ventilating through the stoma. No
chest rise is noted. What should you do? - ✔✔Reposition head and attempt ventilation
, ✔✔A 51 year old male with history of COPD is having difficulty breathing. Vital signs are
BP 158/74, P 100, R 22, SpO2 86%. What should you do? - ✔✔Administer oxygen by
non-rebreather mask
✔✔While transporting an intubated patient, it is becoming increasingly difficult to assist
ventilations. What should you suspect? - ✔✔Deflated cuff
✔✔A 23 year old male was snowmobiling without a helmet when he was hit in the throat
and knocked from his vehicle. He is unresponsive and your partner is unable to ventilate
him with a BVM. You are unable to visualize the vocal chords. What should you do? -
✔✔Perform a needle cricothyrotomy
✔✔A 31 year old female was trampled by a horse. She is unresponsive and you are
unable to ventilate after multiple attempts. Upon direct visualization, the vocal cords are
unrecognizable. What should you do? - ✔✔Perform a needle cricothyrotomy
✔✔A 21 year old female is unresponsive. Her jaw is clenched and she has rapid,
shallow respirations. Her mouth and nose are covered in wet vomitus. What should you
do? - ✔✔Place in a lateral recumbent position
✔✔You find an awake 63 year old thin male with barrel chest and pink skin. What
disease process should you suspect? - ✔✔Emphysema
✔✔Which of the following procedures can lead to aspiration? - ✔✔Bag Mask Ventilation
✔✔What is the name of the tracheal cartilage that sits directly inferior to the larynx? -
✔✔Cricoid
✔✔Which of the following is an objective finding that confirms successful intubation? -
✔✔End tidal carbon dioxide waveform
✔✔A 72 year old female has shortness of breath. She is on 2 lpm nasal cannula and
has had 2 nebulizer treatments for her emphysema. Her initial ETCO2 was 46 mmHg.
During your reassessment, she is unable to follow simple commands and her ETCO2 is
60 mmHg. What should you do? - ✔✔Assist her breathing with a bag-mask device
✔✔An intubated 18 year old male is in respiratory arrest. At what range should you
maintain his EtCO2? - ✔✔35-45 mmHg
✔✔What is the normal tidal volume in an adult male? - ✔✔500mL
