FISDAP EMT MEDICAL EXAM 3
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ If this patient recently traveled outside of the country, what
questions would you ask him?
Answer: Where did you recently travel? Did you receive any
vaccinations before your trip? Were you exposed to any infectious
diseases? Is there anyone else in your travel party who is sick? What
was your source of drinking water?
◉ List the eight infectious diseases of concern for EMS personnel.
Answer: HIV, hepatitis B, meningitis, tuberculosis, H1N1, MERS-CoV,
COVID-19, and Ebola
◉ List three routes of infection for hepatitis.
Answer: Fecal-oral, infected food or drink, sexual contact
◉ REST
Answer:
,◉ A seizure patient is having what kind of medical emergency?
A. Respiratory
Rationale: Respiratory emergencies include asthma, emphysema,
and chronic bronchitis.
B. Cardiovascular
Rationale: Cardiovascular emergencies include heart attack and
congestive heart failure.
C. Neurologic
Rationale: Correct answer
D. Immunologic
Rationale: Allergic reactions are a type of immunologic emergency.
Answer: Neurologic
◉ If an injury distracts an EMT from assessing a more serious
underlying illness, the EMT has suffered from:
A. tunnel vision.
Rationale: Correct answer
B. index of suspicion.
Rationale: The index of suspicion is your awareness and concern for
potentially serious underlying and unseen injuries or illness.
C. virulence.
, Rationale: Virulence is the strength or ability of a pathogen to
produce disease.
D. a trauma emergency.
Rationale: Trauma emergencies involve injuries resulting from
physical forces applied to the body.
Answer: tunnel vision
◉ If a "frequent flier" calls 9-1-1 because of a suspected head injury,
you should NEVER:
A. take the call seriously; don't waste your time or resources on such
a caller.
Rationale: Never assume you know the patient's problem before you
arrive; you should treat every patient equally.
B. perform a primary assessment; he called for a head injury last
week, and it wasn't serious.
Rationale: You should perform a primary assessment on every
patient.
C. assume you know what the problem is; every case is different, and
you don't want to miss a potentially serious problem.
Rationale: Correct answer
D. treat the patient with respect; he is probably lying.
Rationale: It is important that you maintain a professional, calm,
nonjudgmental demeanor at all times.
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ If this patient recently traveled outside of the country, what
questions would you ask him?
Answer: Where did you recently travel? Did you receive any
vaccinations before your trip? Were you exposed to any infectious
diseases? Is there anyone else in your travel party who is sick? What
was your source of drinking water?
◉ List the eight infectious diseases of concern for EMS personnel.
Answer: HIV, hepatitis B, meningitis, tuberculosis, H1N1, MERS-CoV,
COVID-19, and Ebola
◉ List three routes of infection for hepatitis.
Answer: Fecal-oral, infected food or drink, sexual contact
◉ REST
Answer:
,◉ A seizure patient is having what kind of medical emergency?
A. Respiratory
Rationale: Respiratory emergencies include asthma, emphysema,
and chronic bronchitis.
B. Cardiovascular
Rationale: Cardiovascular emergencies include heart attack and
congestive heart failure.
C. Neurologic
Rationale: Correct answer
D. Immunologic
Rationale: Allergic reactions are a type of immunologic emergency.
Answer: Neurologic
◉ If an injury distracts an EMT from assessing a more serious
underlying illness, the EMT has suffered from:
A. tunnel vision.
Rationale: Correct answer
B. index of suspicion.
Rationale: The index of suspicion is your awareness and concern for
potentially serious underlying and unseen injuries or illness.
C. virulence.
, Rationale: Virulence is the strength or ability of a pathogen to
produce disease.
D. a trauma emergency.
Rationale: Trauma emergencies involve injuries resulting from
physical forces applied to the body.
Answer: tunnel vision
◉ If a "frequent flier" calls 9-1-1 because of a suspected head injury,
you should NEVER:
A. take the call seriously; don't waste your time or resources on such
a caller.
Rationale: Never assume you know the patient's problem before you
arrive; you should treat every patient equally.
B. perform a primary assessment; he called for a head injury last
week, and it wasn't serious.
Rationale: You should perform a primary assessment on every
patient.
C. assume you know what the problem is; every case is different, and
you don't want to miss a potentially serious problem.
Rationale: Correct answer
D. treat the patient with respect; he is probably lying.
Rationale: It is important that you maintain a professional, calm,
nonjudgmental demeanor at all times.
