WFA CERTIFICATION QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS DESIGNED TO SIMULATE THE REAL
TEST EXPERIENCE
vital signs in shock - ANSWER pale, cool, clammy, rapid pulse, not A&Ox3,
effort to breathe, rapid short breaths
modes of transmission - ANSWER direct contact, indirect contact, airborne,
vector, waterborne
primary - ANSWER ______ survey:
- approach and evaluate
- airway
- breathing
- circulation
- deformity / disability
- environment
- everyone else
secondary - ANSWER __________ survey:
- what did happen?
- how are they doing? vital signs
- what are their injuries?
- patient exam
- AMPLE background
- SOAPnote
approach and evaluate - ANSWER observe look: are they aware? are their eyes
open? what is their position?
, listen: speak with them, do they have a sound?
feel: wat is your general impression of the scenario
airway - ANSWER observe look: is there something in their airway?
listen: can you hear air entering and leaving the airway?
feel: can you feel air entering and leaving the airway?
breathing (are they breathing?) - ANSWER look: is their chest wall rising and
falling as they breathe?
listen: can you hear breath sounds?
feel: can you feel air rushing in and out of their mouth?
breathing (how well are they breathing?) - ANSWER look: what color is their
skin? (pale, blue, ashen)
listen: can you hear any adventitious breath sounds like wheezing, gurgling,
snoring, etc.
feel: is their chest wall moving up and down with respirations.
circulation (do they have a pulse) - ANSWER look: is their skin pale?
are they cyanotic (blueish)?
listen: can you hear a heartbeat?
feel: can you feel a carotid pulse?
circulation (are they bleeding) - ANSWER look: is there active bleeding?
listen: can you hear a heartbeat?
feel: can you feel a carotid pulse?
deformity (do they exhibit obvious deformities or injuries?) - ANSWER look:
do you see any obvious deformities or injuries?
listen: where are they hurting?
feel: where hurts? as you're looking at them, where can you hurt them?
deformity (is their back or neck at risk?) - ANSWER look: what was the
mechanism of injury (MOI)? can they move their extremities?
listen: are they complaining of back or neck pain?
feel: do they have good feeling in their extremities?
ANSWERS DESIGNED TO SIMULATE THE REAL
TEST EXPERIENCE
vital signs in shock - ANSWER pale, cool, clammy, rapid pulse, not A&Ox3,
effort to breathe, rapid short breaths
modes of transmission - ANSWER direct contact, indirect contact, airborne,
vector, waterborne
primary - ANSWER ______ survey:
- approach and evaluate
- airway
- breathing
- circulation
- deformity / disability
- environment
- everyone else
secondary - ANSWER __________ survey:
- what did happen?
- how are they doing? vital signs
- what are their injuries?
- patient exam
- AMPLE background
- SOAPnote
approach and evaluate - ANSWER observe look: are they aware? are their eyes
open? what is their position?
, listen: speak with them, do they have a sound?
feel: wat is your general impression of the scenario
airway - ANSWER observe look: is there something in their airway?
listen: can you hear air entering and leaving the airway?
feel: can you feel air entering and leaving the airway?
breathing (are they breathing?) - ANSWER look: is their chest wall rising and
falling as they breathe?
listen: can you hear breath sounds?
feel: can you feel air rushing in and out of their mouth?
breathing (how well are they breathing?) - ANSWER look: what color is their
skin? (pale, blue, ashen)
listen: can you hear any adventitious breath sounds like wheezing, gurgling,
snoring, etc.
feel: is their chest wall moving up and down with respirations.
circulation (do they have a pulse) - ANSWER look: is their skin pale?
are they cyanotic (blueish)?
listen: can you hear a heartbeat?
feel: can you feel a carotid pulse?
circulation (are they bleeding) - ANSWER look: is there active bleeding?
listen: can you hear a heartbeat?
feel: can you feel a carotid pulse?
deformity (do they exhibit obvious deformities or injuries?) - ANSWER look:
do you see any obvious deformities or injuries?
listen: where are they hurting?
feel: where hurts? as you're looking at them, where can you hurt them?
deformity (is their back or neck at risk?) - ANSWER look: what was the
mechanism of injury (MOI)? can they move their extremities?
listen: are they complaining of back or neck pain?
feel: do they have good feeling in their extremities?
