2025|FISDAP Trauma Exam |2025-2026
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1. A 16 year old male was freed from entanglement in a motor vehicle crash. His right arm
is amputated below the elbow. What should you do with the amputation?
A. Place it into its anatomical position and wrap it with dry gauze.
B. Wrap it in a dry gauze and keep it warm during transport.
C. Place it in a bag packed with ice and transport with patient.
D. Wrap it in moistened gauze, place it in a bag, and keep it cool. - ANS -D
2. An 18 year old male is hypotensive and bradycardic. His skin is warm and dry. He was
hit during a football game and lost consciousness. What should you suspect?
A. Hypovolemic
B. Neurogenic
C. Septic
D. Cardiogenic - ANS -B
3. A 20 year old female has burns on her chest, abdomen, and on the anterior side of her
right arm. What percentage of body is burned?
A. 27%
B. 40.5%
C. 18%
D. 22.5% - ANS -D
4. What patient would NOT be triaged as a red?
A. A patient with a 4 inch thigh laceration.
,B. A patient with a sucking chest wound.
C. A patient with an obstructed airway.
D. A patient in decompensated shock. - ANS -A
5. A 10 year old boy fell off his bicycle and is now experiencing slow, even bleeding from
his left elbow. Which of the following would be the most likely complication resulting
from the injury?
A. Major blood loss.
B. Locating the child's legal guardian.
C. Contamination and infection.
D. Air embolism interfering with heart rhythm. - ANS -C
6. A 21 year old female involved in a car crash has a bruise to the right side of her chest
with paradoxical motion. What should you suspect?
A. Traumatic asphyxia
B. Flail chest segment
C. Tension pneumothorax
D. Cardiac tamponade - ANS -B
7. A 34 year old male was involved in a car accident. He has significant facial trauma and
is bleeding profusely from his mouth and nose. When performing your assessment, what
findings are most indicative of neurological disorders?
A. Head trauma
B. Tachycardia and hypotension
C. Changes in level of consciousness
D. Narrowing pulse pressure - ANS -C
8. An 18 year old male is unconscious after being struck in the chest by a baseball. What
should you suspect?
A. Commotio cordis
B. Flail chest
C. Cardiac tamponade
D. Hemothorax - ANS -A
9. An alert 18 year old female is trapped in her car after a single car
crash. She complains of hip and left leg pain. When she is finally extricated from the
car,her vital signs decrease. What stages of shock is she transitioning from?
A. Compensated to decompensated
B. Neurogenic to hypovolemic
, C. Decompensated to compensated
D. Decompensated to hypovolemic - ANS -A
Scenario:
10. A 20 year old male struck his head on a diving board and is unconscious and apneic.
Vital signs are BP 88/70, P 80. He has a large amount of swelling and deformity in the
cervical spine area. What should you suspect?
A. Hypovolemic shock
B. Cervical spine injury
C. Increased intracranial pressure
D. Cerebral contusion - ANS -B
11. Unequal pupils are a result of pressure on which structure?
A.Vagus nerve
B. Trochlear membrane
C. Central medulla
D. Occulomotor nerve - ANS -D
12. A 28 year old female has full thickness burns to her hands and arms after being
shocked by an electrical outlet. Vital signs are BP 150/90, R 20, P 84. What should you
do?
A. Apply dry sterile dressings to her wounds.
B. Administer ice to her burns.
C. Irrigate her burns with normal saline.
D. Cover her wounds with moist sterile dressings. - ANS -A
13. A 34 year old male involved in a motorcycle crash presents with
tachycardia, hypotension and muffled heart tones. What should you suspect?
A. Pericardial tamponade
B. Tension pneumothorax
C. Hemopneumothorax
D. Traumatic asphyxia - ANS -A
Scenario:
14. A 38 year old male has been struck with a brick. His words are
incomprehensible, and he has no eye opening or motor response. He has unequal pupils
and has blood draining from his left ear. Vital signs are BP 178/110,P 58, R 8. What should
you suspect?
A. A basal skull fracture
most recent version|Comprehensive
questions and verified answers/accurate
solutions|Already graded A+|Get it 100%
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1. A 16 year old male was freed from entanglement in a motor vehicle crash. His right arm
is amputated below the elbow. What should you do with the amputation?
A. Place it into its anatomical position and wrap it with dry gauze.
B. Wrap it in a dry gauze and keep it warm during transport.
C. Place it in a bag packed with ice and transport with patient.
D. Wrap it in moistened gauze, place it in a bag, and keep it cool. - ANS -D
2. An 18 year old male is hypotensive and bradycardic. His skin is warm and dry. He was
hit during a football game and lost consciousness. What should you suspect?
A. Hypovolemic
B. Neurogenic
C. Septic
D. Cardiogenic - ANS -B
3. A 20 year old female has burns on her chest, abdomen, and on the anterior side of her
right arm. What percentage of body is burned?
A. 27%
B. 40.5%
C. 18%
D. 22.5% - ANS -D
4. What patient would NOT be triaged as a red?
A. A patient with a 4 inch thigh laceration.
,B. A patient with a sucking chest wound.
C. A patient with an obstructed airway.
D. A patient in decompensated shock. - ANS -A
5. A 10 year old boy fell off his bicycle and is now experiencing slow, even bleeding from
his left elbow. Which of the following would be the most likely complication resulting
from the injury?
A. Major blood loss.
B. Locating the child's legal guardian.
C. Contamination and infection.
D. Air embolism interfering with heart rhythm. - ANS -C
6. A 21 year old female involved in a car crash has a bruise to the right side of her chest
with paradoxical motion. What should you suspect?
A. Traumatic asphyxia
B. Flail chest segment
C. Tension pneumothorax
D. Cardiac tamponade - ANS -B
7. A 34 year old male was involved in a car accident. He has significant facial trauma and
is bleeding profusely from his mouth and nose. When performing your assessment, what
findings are most indicative of neurological disorders?
A. Head trauma
B. Tachycardia and hypotension
C. Changes in level of consciousness
D. Narrowing pulse pressure - ANS -C
8. An 18 year old male is unconscious after being struck in the chest by a baseball. What
should you suspect?
A. Commotio cordis
B. Flail chest
C. Cardiac tamponade
D. Hemothorax - ANS -A
9. An alert 18 year old female is trapped in her car after a single car
crash. She complains of hip and left leg pain. When she is finally extricated from the
car,her vital signs decrease. What stages of shock is she transitioning from?
A. Compensated to decompensated
B. Neurogenic to hypovolemic
, C. Decompensated to compensated
D. Decompensated to hypovolemic - ANS -A
Scenario:
10. A 20 year old male struck his head on a diving board and is unconscious and apneic.
Vital signs are BP 88/70, P 80. He has a large amount of swelling and deformity in the
cervical spine area. What should you suspect?
A. Hypovolemic shock
B. Cervical spine injury
C. Increased intracranial pressure
D. Cerebral contusion - ANS -B
11. Unequal pupils are a result of pressure on which structure?
A.Vagus nerve
B. Trochlear membrane
C. Central medulla
D. Occulomotor nerve - ANS -D
12. A 28 year old female has full thickness burns to her hands and arms after being
shocked by an electrical outlet. Vital signs are BP 150/90, R 20, P 84. What should you
do?
A. Apply dry sterile dressings to her wounds.
B. Administer ice to her burns.
C. Irrigate her burns with normal saline.
D. Cover her wounds with moist sterile dressings. - ANS -A
13. A 34 year old male involved in a motorcycle crash presents with
tachycardia, hypotension and muffled heart tones. What should you suspect?
A. Pericardial tamponade
B. Tension pneumothorax
C. Hemopneumothorax
D. Traumatic asphyxia - ANS -A
Scenario:
14. A 38 year old male has been struck with a brick. His words are
incomprehensible, and he has no eye opening or motor response. He has unequal pupils
and has blood draining from his left ear. Vital signs are BP 178/110,P 58, R 8. What should
you suspect?
A. A basal skull fracture
