Paramedic FISDAP Operations Exam with verified review questions & answers. 2025/2026
Government agencies at the state level
What are the agencies responsible for
EMS certification?
Sulfonylureas, Biguanide, Alpha-glucosidase, Thiazolidinediones
What are the commonly prescribed
medications for Type 1 diabetes?
Who established the EMS Program? Department of Transportation (DOT)
To provide guidance for responding to hazardous material incidents
What is the purpose of the Emergency
Response Guide (ERG)?
C-FLOP: Command, Finance/Administration, Logistics, Operations, Planning
What are the elements of the Incident
Command System (ICS)?
Various scenarios involving entrapment or life-threatening situations
What are the evaluation criteria for rapid
extrication?
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle, proper PPE usage, immunizations
What are the health and wellness practices
for EMS providers?
Identify problem, review existing knowledge, design study, collect data, analyze
What are the steps involved in developing
results, evaluate against hypothesis, publish
EMS research?
Comprehensive IMS adopted by DHS
What is the National Incident Management
System (NIMS)?
Incident management system, Training, Qualifications and certification system,
What are the subsystems of NIMS? Publications management, Supporting technologies
To provide information for subsequent healthcare professionals, billing, and legal
What is the purpose of a Patient Care
record
Report (PCR)?
By using color codes, hazard class, and specific symbols
How is hazardous material identified using
placards?
What are the techniques for disease Proper handwashing and standard precautions
prevention?
What are the types of extrication devices Airbag, Come-along, Cribbing, Hydraulic cutter, Hydraulic arm, Hydraulic spreader,
and tools? Jack, Step chock, Wedge, Winch
How do you assess a patient's pain level Using a numeric scale or visual representations
with a language barrier?
What are the different types of radio Simplex, Duplex, Multiplex, Trunking, Digital communications, Software-defined
systems used in EMS? radio
On-line medical direction, Off-line medical oversight
What are the different types of protocols in
EMS?
Caution at intersections, awareness of hazards, proper parking, approaching
What are the principles for safe ambulance vehicles with unconscious patients, using emergency lights and sirens, maintaining
driving? patient compartment safety
Quality assurance, Continuous quality improvement
What are the types of Quality Improvement
(QI) programs in EMS?
Using seat belt style straps across ankles, mid-thigh, hips, and shoulders
How do you restrain a patient for
transport?
Decontamination, irrigation, administration of specific medications
How do you treat a patient with exposure
to a toxic substance?
System for triaging patients based on ability to walk, respiratory effort,
What is the START triage method? pulses/perfusion, and neurologic status
What are advanced directives/DNRs? Legal documents for honoring patient's medical preferences
Simplex, Duplex, Multiplex, Trunking, Digital communications, Software-defined
What are the different types of radio
radio
communication systems used in EMS?
Government agencies at the state level
What are the agencies responsible for
EMS certification?
Sulfonylureas, Biguanide, Alpha-glucosidase, Thiazolidinediones
What are the commonly prescribed
medications for Type 1 diabetes?
Who established the EMS Program? Department of Transportation (DOT)
To provide guidance for responding to hazardous material incidents
What is the purpose of the Emergency
Response Guide (ERG)?
C-FLOP: Command, Finance/Administration, Logistics, Operations, Planning
What are the elements of the Incident
Command System (ICS)?
Various scenarios involving entrapment or life-threatening situations
What are the evaluation criteria for rapid
extrication?
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle, proper PPE usage, immunizations
What are the health and wellness practices
for EMS providers?
Identify problem, review existing knowledge, design study, collect data, analyze
What are the steps involved in developing
results, evaluate against hypothesis, publish
EMS research?
Comprehensive IMS adopted by DHS
What is the National Incident Management
System (NIMS)?
Incident management system, Training, Qualifications and certification system,
What are the subsystems of NIMS? Publications management, Supporting technologies
To provide information for subsequent healthcare professionals, billing, and legal
What is the purpose of a Patient Care
record
Report (PCR)?
By using color codes, hazard class, and specific symbols
How is hazardous material identified using
placards?
What are the techniques for disease Proper handwashing and standard precautions
prevention?
What are the types of extrication devices Airbag, Come-along, Cribbing, Hydraulic cutter, Hydraulic arm, Hydraulic spreader,
and tools? Jack, Step chock, Wedge, Winch
How do you assess a patient's pain level Using a numeric scale or visual representations
with a language barrier?
What are the different types of radio Simplex, Duplex, Multiplex, Trunking, Digital communications, Software-defined
systems used in EMS? radio
On-line medical direction, Off-line medical oversight
What are the different types of protocols in
EMS?
Caution at intersections, awareness of hazards, proper parking, approaching
What are the principles for safe ambulance vehicles with unconscious patients, using emergency lights and sirens, maintaining
driving? patient compartment safety
Quality assurance, Continuous quality improvement
What are the types of Quality Improvement
(QI) programs in EMS?
Using seat belt style straps across ankles, mid-thigh, hips, and shoulders
How do you restrain a patient for
transport?
Decontamination, irrigation, administration of specific medications
How do you treat a patient with exposure
to a toxic substance?
System for triaging patients based on ability to walk, respiratory effort,
What is the START triage method? pulses/perfusion, and neurologic status
What are advanced directives/DNRs? Legal documents for honoring patient's medical preferences
Simplex, Duplex, Multiplex, Trunking, Digital communications, Software-defined
What are the different types of radio
radio
communication systems used in EMS?
