FISDAP Operations-EMT Exam |Questions with
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A medical director issues permanent written orders that allow you to treat patients under
certain circumstances. This is known as:
Standing order/ online medical direction/ advance directive/ designated agent - ✔️✔️Standing
order
When approaching unsafe scene, you should:
Park ambulance so that you can easily make a quick retreat/ wear Kevlar vest to reduce threat
of gunshot wound or stabbing/ leave on lights and sirens to scare off perpetrators/ stand clear
view so that you can be identified as medical personal - ✔️✔️Park ambulance so that you can
easily make a quick retreat
Suspect a chemical of mass destruction?
75 people become sick with sudden onset of vomiting and diarrhea at parade/ you smell an
unfamiliar bitter odor at scene of multi vehicle collision/ 20 ppl complain of abdominal
cramping at triathlon/ 100 people evacuated with nausea from office building with a new
furnace - ✔️✔️75 people become sick with sudden onset of vomiting and diarrhea at parade
Pt's wife called for medical emergency. On arrival, pt is upset and refusing care. He wants to go
back to bed. You should:
Evaluate mental status/ treat pt according to wife wishes/ advise that you need his permission
to treat/ let police handle patient - ✔️✔️Evaluate mental status
Pt has several open sores on arm. The pt states that they haven't healed despite taking
antibiotics.
Have pt wear surgical mask/ admin o2 via nasal/ apply a sterile dressing or bandage/ don gloves
and gown immediately - ✔️✔️Don gloves and gown immediately
Upon arrival for shift, what would you do?
, Check ambulance supplies/ repair broken equipment/ decontaminate ambulance/ copy
previous crew checklist - ✔️✔️Check ambulance supplies
2 yo F with flu like symptoms. She is in care of a babysitter and her parents can't be reached by
phone. What should you do?
Treat and release with babysitters consent/ contact law enforcement for temporary custody/
stay on scene until parents can be contacted/ *trans under implied consent - ✔️✔️trans under
implied consent
You need pts agreement in order to share treatment info when you are?
Giving condition info to pts roommate/ speaking to reporting agency about victim of elder
abuse/ providing info to hospital for treatment purposes/ notifying family member of pt
location - ✔️✔️Giving condition info to pts roommate/
14 yo shooting victim is pulseless and apneic. Pupils are fixed and lividity is present. What
should you do?
Protect against scene intrusion/ CPR/ search for pt identification/ search for other victims -
✔️✔️Protect against scene intrusion
Cpr in progress and family member state's pt didn't wish to be revived. You should?
Continue with resuscitation/ call pts physician/ cease resus effort/ contact medical control -
✔️✔️Continue with resuscitation
Pt trapped in vehicle upside down and showing signs of hypoperfusion. You can only access left
arm and head. Medical treatment should begin after?
Scene safety/ get pt GCS/ rapid trauma survey/ pt is freed from vehicle - ✔️✔️pt is freed from
vehicle
scene safety?
2 days after a call you realize you forgot to document that you checked a pts blood glucose
prior to him refusing trans and signing refusal form. You should?
100% Correct Answers
A medical director issues permanent written orders that allow you to treat patients under
certain circumstances. This is known as:
Standing order/ online medical direction/ advance directive/ designated agent - ✔️✔️Standing
order
When approaching unsafe scene, you should:
Park ambulance so that you can easily make a quick retreat/ wear Kevlar vest to reduce threat
of gunshot wound or stabbing/ leave on lights and sirens to scare off perpetrators/ stand clear
view so that you can be identified as medical personal - ✔️✔️Park ambulance so that you can
easily make a quick retreat
Suspect a chemical of mass destruction?
75 people become sick with sudden onset of vomiting and diarrhea at parade/ you smell an
unfamiliar bitter odor at scene of multi vehicle collision/ 20 ppl complain of abdominal
cramping at triathlon/ 100 people evacuated with nausea from office building with a new
furnace - ✔️✔️75 people become sick with sudden onset of vomiting and diarrhea at parade
Pt's wife called for medical emergency. On arrival, pt is upset and refusing care. He wants to go
back to bed. You should:
Evaluate mental status/ treat pt according to wife wishes/ advise that you need his permission
to treat/ let police handle patient - ✔️✔️Evaluate mental status
Pt has several open sores on arm. The pt states that they haven't healed despite taking
antibiotics.
Have pt wear surgical mask/ admin o2 via nasal/ apply a sterile dressing or bandage/ don gloves
and gown immediately - ✔️✔️Don gloves and gown immediately
Upon arrival for shift, what would you do?
, Check ambulance supplies/ repair broken equipment/ decontaminate ambulance/ copy
previous crew checklist - ✔️✔️Check ambulance supplies
2 yo F with flu like symptoms. She is in care of a babysitter and her parents can't be reached by
phone. What should you do?
Treat and release with babysitters consent/ contact law enforcement for temporary custody/
stay on scene until parents can be contacted/ *trans under implied consent - ✔️✔️trans under
implied consent
You need pts agreement in order to share treatment info when you are?
Giving condition info to pts roommate/ speaking to reporting agency about victim of elder
abuse/ providing info to hospital for treatment purposes/ notifying family member of pt
location - ✔️✔️Giving condition info to pts roommate/
14 yo shooting victim is pulseless and apneic. Pupils are fixed and lividity is present. What
should you do?
Protect against scene intrusion/ CPR/ search for pt identification/ search for other victims -
✔️✔️Protect against scene intrusion
Cpr in progress and family member state's pt didn't wish to be revived. You should?
Continue with resuscitation/ call pts physician/ cease resus effort/ contact medical control -
✔️✔️Continue with resuscitation
Pt trapped in vehicle upside down and showing signs of hypoperfusion. You can only access left
arm and head. Medical treatment should begin after?
Scene safety/ get pt GCS/ rapid trauma survey/ pt is freed from vehicle - ✔️✔️pt is freed from
vehicle
scene safety?
2 days after a call you realize you forgot to document that you checked a pts blood glucose
prior to him refusing trans and signing refusal form. You should?
