EMT FISDAP Trauma Exam 2026/2027 UPDATED
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• Ecchymosis -✓✓ a discoloration of the skin resulting from bleeding underneath,
typically caused by bruising.
• AMS
drug of alcohol intoxication
inability to communicate
spinal pain or tenderness
complaints of numbness or motor function
deformity of spine
distracting injuries -✓✓ indications for spinal immobilization
• life threatening extremity hemorrhage that can't be controlled by direct pressure or
pressure dressings -✓✓ indications for tourniquet use
• Cushing's reflex -✓✓ A response to elevations of ICP. results in cushing's triad which
is bradycardia, irregular respirations, and widening pulse pressure (high bp)
• an opening in the chest, about the size of a coin.
hissing or sucking sounds when the person inhales and exhales.
heavy bleeding from the wound.
bright red or pinkish, foaming blood around the wound.
coughing up blood. -✓✓ signs and symptoms of sucking chest wounds
• diminished or absent breath sounds
severe dyspnea
narrowing pulse pressure
tachycardia and restlessness
shock -✓✓ signs and symptoms of tension pneumothorax
• patient will collapse and be unresponsive following a blow to the chest.
no pulse and no breathing
Sometimes there will be jerking movements in the arms and legs
immediate cardiac arrest -✓✓ signs and symptoms of commitio cordis
• a referred pain in the left shoulder may indicate? -✓✓ splenic injury may be present
with this pain
• a referred pain to the right shoulder may indicate? -✓✓ liver injury could be present
• subcutaneous emphysema -✓✓ A characteristic crackling sensation felt on palpation
of the skin, caused by the presence of air in soft tissues.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• Ecchymosis -✓✓ a discoloration of the skin resulting from bleeding underneath,
typically caused by bruising.
• AMS
drug of alcohol intoxication
inability to communicate
spinal pain or tenderness
complaints of numbness or motor function
deformity of spine
distracting injuries -✓✓ indications for spinal immobilization
• life threatening extremity hemorrhage that can't be controlled by direct pressure or
pressure dressings -✓✓ indications for tourniquet use
• Cushing's reflex -✓✓ A response to elevations of ICP. results in cushing's triad which
is bradycardia, irregular respirations, and widening pulse pressure (high bp)
• an opening in the chest, about the size of a coin.
hissing or sucking sounds when the person inhales and exhales.
heavy bleeding from the wound.
bright red or pinkish, foaming blood around the wound.
coughing up blood. -✓✓ signs and symptoms of sucking chest wounds
• diminished or absent breath sounds
severe dyspnea
narrowing pulse pressure
tachycardia and restlessness
shock -✓✓ signs and symptoms of tension pneumothorax
• patient will collapse and be unresponsive following a blow to the chest.
no pulse and no breathing
Sometimes there will be jerking movements in the arms and legs
immediate cardiac arrest -✓✓ signs and symptoms of commitio cordis
• a referred pain in the left shoulder may indicate? -✓✓ splenic injury may be present
with this pain
• a referred pain to the right shoulder may indicate? -✓✓ liver injury could be present
• subcutaneous emphysema -✓✓ A characteristic crackling sensation felt on palpation
of the skin, caused by the presence of air in soft tissues.
