FISDAP Operations Exam Questions and Correct
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1) You're driving an ambulance up to a red light, some one on the left side. what
should you do?
Cautiously check the intersection and proceed with caution
2) A motor vehicle crash icy intersection, with a patient slumped forward and
not breathing, what is your primary concern?
Safety of the rescuers
3) You pick up someone that fell and she complains of wind knocked out of her
and ankle tenderness, when you get her in the ambulance she says she feels
better and denies transportation, what should you do next?
Explain the complications, implications of treatment
4) During transport for an elderly patient who recently fell, what info is
pertinent to an ER nurse?
If patient is on blood thinners/clopidogrel aka plavix/loss of consciousness
,5) When you're checking trucks in the morning what should you do when you
get to the med bag?
Check for potential meds needed and make sure everything is ready to go
6) When you get to the hospital and take a patient out of the ambulance, what
should you do?
Turn off squad, lock the doors and remove the keys
7) Somebody falls off a ladder when you get there they say they can't walk and
are vomiting blood, what should you do?
transport emergently first/ secondary exam in squad
8) What sector coordinates operations with a staging officer and routes patients
to the hospital?
The transportation officer
9) Industrial accident with dozens of people running away from building, you see
people on the ground in pain and struggling to breathe, what should you do?
Set up the perimeter so no one else enters the area
, 10) You come up upon a 30 yr old female who is hallucinating and making verbal
threats, she says to leave her alone, her friends demand she go to hospital by
private vehicle, what should you do?
Call the police because of the threats( basically pink slip her) and then to control
the crowd of people around her
11) In order to develop problem solving skills, paramedics should do which of
the following?
Expect the unexpected and anticipate you are going to have issues
12) What should you do when you're interviewing a patient with a language
barrier?
try non verbal actions and then possibly contact dispatch for interpretation.
13) What procedure is acceptable for sterilization?
ultraviolet light, Heat. Steam heat.
14) You have someone with an illness, want to take them to hospital but they
are scared of the cost, what should you do?
They are worried because they can't pay for it. And ask them their
concerns/complaints
Answers| Latest
1) You're driving an ambulance up to a red light, some one on the left side. what
should you do?
Cautiously check the intersection and proceed with caution
2) A motor vehicle crash icy intersection, with a patient slumped forward and
not breathing, what is your primary concern?
Safety of the rescuers
3) You pick up someone that fell and she complains of wind knocked out of her
and ankle tenderness, when you get her in the ambulance she says she feels
better and denies transportation, what should you do next?
Explain the complications, implications of treatment
4) During transport for an elderly patient who recently fell, what info is
pertinent to an ER nurse?
If patient is on blood thinners/clopidogrel aka plavix/loss of consciousness
,5) When you're checking trucks in the morning what should you do when you
get to the med bag?
Check for potential meds needed and make sure everything is ready to go
6) When you get to the hospital and take a patient out of the ambulance, what
should you do?
Turn off squad, lock the doors and remove the keys
7) Somebody falls off a ladder when you get there they say they can't walk and
are vomiting blood, what should you do?
transport emergently first/ secondary exam in squad
8) What sector coordinates operations with a staging officer and routes patients
to the hospital?
The transportation officer
9) Industrial accident with dozens of people running away from building, you see
people on the ground in pain and struggling to breathe, what should you do?
Set up the perimeter so no one else enters the area
, 10) You come up upon a 30 yr old female who is hallucinating and making verbal
threats, she says to leave her alone, her friends demand she go to hospital by
private vehicle, what should you do?
Call the police because of the threats( basically pink slip her) and then to control
the crowd of people around her
11) In order to develop problem solving skills, paramedics should do which of
the following?
Expect the unexpected and anticipate you are going to have issues
12) What should you do when you're interviewing a patient with a language
barrier?
try non verbal actions and then possibly contact dispatch for interpretation.
13) What procedure is acceptable for sterilization?
ultraviolet light, Heat. Steam heat.
14) You have someone with an illness, want to take them to hospital but they
are scared of the cost, what should you do?
They are worried because they can't pay for it. And ask them their
concerns/complaints
