2024 PARAMEDIC TRAUMA
QUESTIONS - FISDAP & JB
LEARNING EXAM WITH ANSWERS
A 23 yo male motorcyclist was struck by a car that ran a stop sign. He is pale
and diaphoretic, and no external bleeding is noted. V/S are P 136 and R 28.
Which of the following is most likely?
a. closed head injury
b. femur fracture
c. pneumothorax
d. neurogenic shock - CORRECT-ANSWERSb. femur fracture
A 40 yo male is unresponsive and pale, and you notice a deformity above his
right wrist and bruising around his navel. His wife tells you her husband was
out drinking the previous evening and he stumbled while walking up the
front steps. What should you suspect?
a. internal bleeding
b. hypoglycemia
c. alcohol poisoning
d. an extremity fracture - CORRECT-ANSWERSa. internal bleeding
A 46 yo male is responsive to verbal stimuli after being stabbed. He has a
bubbling wound to the left chest. His skin is cyanotic and diaphoretic. V/S are
BP 108/76, P 120 and weak, R 10 and shallow. What should you suspect?
a. hemothorax
b, tension pneumothorax
c. open pneumothorax
d. simple pneumothorax - CORRECT-ANSWERSc. open pneumothorax
A factory worker has a 3/4 inch laceration on his forehead that bleeds
through the dressings despite direct pressure. What should you do?
a. apply pressure to the facial artery
b. apply unilateral carotid pressure
c. remover the dressings and apply direct digital pressure
d. continue direct pressure and apply additional dressings. - CORRECT-
ANSWERSd. continue direct pressure and apply additional dressings
How should you treat an impaled object in the abdomen?
a. manual secure the object and inflate the pneumatic antishock garment to
stabilize the object
b. remove the object, apply an occlusive dressing to the wound
QUESTIONS - FISDAP & JB
LEARNING EXAM WITH ANSWERS
A 23 yo male motorcyclist was struck by a car that ran a stop sign. He is pale
and diaphoretic, and no external bleeding is noted. V/S are P 136 and R 28.
Which of the following is most likely?
a. closed head injury
b. femur fracture
c. pneumothorax
d. neurogenic shock - CORRECT-ANSWERSb. femur fracture
A 40 yo male is unresponsive and pale, and you notice a deformity above his
right wrist and bruising around his navel. His wife tells you her husband was
out drinking the previous evening and he stumbled while walking up the
front steps. What should you suspect?
a. internal bleeding
b. hypoglycemia
c. alcohol poisoning
d. an extremity fracture - CORRECT-ANSWERSa. internal bleeding
A 46 yo male is responsive to verbal stimuli after being stabbed. He has a
bubbling wound to the left chest. His skin is cyanotic and diaphoretic. V/S are
BP 108/76, P 120 and weak, R 10 and shallow. What should you suspect?
a. hemothorax
b, tension pneumothorax
c. open pneumothorax
d. simple pneumothorax - CORRECT-ANSWERSc. open pneumothorax
A factory worker has a 3/4 inch laceration on his forehead that bleeds
through the dressings despite direct pressure. What should you do?
a. apply pressure to the facial artery
b. apply unilateral carotid pressure
c. remover the dressings and apply direct digital pressure
d. continue direct pressure and apply additional dressings. - CORRECT-
ANSWERSd. continue direct pressure and apply additional dressings
How should you treat an impaled object in the abdomen?
a. manual secure the object and inflate the pneumatic antishock garment to
stabilize the object
b. remove the object, apply an occlusive dressing to the wound
