FISDAP AIRWAY FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
✔✔500mL - ✔✔What is the normal tidal volume in an adult male?
✔✔Place a pediatric sized BVM over the stoma and ventilate. - ✔✔An unresponsive 64
year old male has a stoma. He is supine
and apneic. What should you do?
✔✔Visceral Pleura - ✔✔What is the name of the smooth, moist epithelial layer
that covers the lungs?
✔✔It can stimulate the gag reflex and cause vomiting - ✔✔Why is it important to avoid
touching the back of the
throat when suctioning?
✔✔21% - ✔✔Room air contains what percentage of oxygen?
✔✔Open his airway with a jaw-thrust maneuver - ✔✔A 7 year old boy is found supine at
the base of 15 foot high
jungle gym. His teacher is unsure if he fell from the
equipment. Vital signs are BP 100/90, R 0, P 42, SaO2 93%. What
should you do?
✔✔Epiglottitis - ✔✔A 36 year old male complains of a sore throat with drooling.
He is having difficulty breathing with stridor. His skin is pink
and hot to the touch.
What should you suspect?
✔✔Hypoxia - ✔✔What is oxygen deficiency in the body called?
✔✔Stabilize her head and suction her airway - ✔✔An 18 year old female with a
suspected cervical spine
injury has a significant amount of blood in her mouth.
What should you do?
✔✔The tongue - ✔✔Which of the following is the MOST common cause of airway
obstruction
✔✔Perform a head-tilt maneuver - ✔✔A 4 year old male has snoring respirations. What
should you
do?
✔✔Assist ventilations - ✔✔An 8 month old male is unresponsive to painful stimuli. Vital
, signs are P
50 and regular, R 8 and labored, and capillary refill is greater
than 6 seconds. What should you do?
✔✔Assist in administration of his metered dose inhaler - ✔✔A 21 year old male is
having trouble catching his breath
after exercising. He has a history of asthma. Vitals signs are BP
140/90, P 120, R 22. Lung sounds reveal inspiratory wheezes.
What should you do?
✔✔Expose the his chest and palpate while counting breaths - ✔✔A 44 year old male
involved in a car accident is in
respiratory distress. What is the best way to assess his
breathing?
✔✔Sitting up and leaning forward - ✔✔A conscious 18 year old male is bleeding
profusely from
his mouth. How should you position him?
✔✔Epigolottits - ✔✔What is the name of the leaf shaped valve that prevents food
from entering the trachea?
✔✔15 seconds - ✔✔A 36 year old female begins vomiting en route to hospital.
You have rolled her on her side, but she continues to have
secretions in her airway. How long should you suction her?
✔✔Reposition the jaw - ✔✔A 54 year old female is in respiratory arrest and has
inadequate chest rise during ventilations. What should you
do?
✔✔Nasal flaring - ✔✔Which is a sign of respiratory failure for an adult?
✔✔True - ✔✔If you are suctioning emesis out of a mouth that has chunks
that are to large to fit into a yankauer, it is okay to just
use the suction tubing to suction the airway.
✔✔Pneumonia - ✔✔An 18 year old male complains of bilateral chest pain. Lung
sounds reveal coarse ronchi throughout all fields. His skin
color is pale and he is warm to the touch. Vital signs are BP
124/90, P 88, R 16, SpO2 96%. What should you suspect?
✔✔Respiratory failure - ✔✔A lethargic 22 month old male presents with hoarseness and
coughing. He has sternal retractions and his belly and chest
move in opposite directions with each breath. He is breathing
at a rate of 64. What should you suspect?
SOLUTIONS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
✔✔500mL - ✔✔What is the normal tidal volume in an adult male?
✔✔Place a pediatric sized BVM over the stoma and ventilate. - ✔✔An unresponsive 64
year old male has a stoma. He is supine
and apneic. What should you do?
✔✔Visceral Pleura - ✔✔What is the name of the smooth, moist epithelial layer
that covers the lungs?
✔✔It can stimulate the gag reflex and cause vomiting - ✔✔Why is it important to avoid
touching the back of the
throat when suctioning?
✔✔21% - ✔✔Room air contains what percentage of oxygen?
✔✔Open his airway with a jaw-thrust maneuver - ✔✔A 7 year old boy is found supine at
the base of 15 foot high
jungle gym. His teacher is unsure if he fell from the
equipment. Vital signs are BP 100/90, R 0, P 42, SaO2 93%. What
should you do?
✔✔Epiglottitis - ✔✔A 36 year old male complains of a sore throat with drooling.
He is having difficulty breathing with stridor. His skin is pink
and hot to the touch.
What should you suspect?
✔✔Hypoxia - ✔✔What is oxygen deficiency in the body called?
✔✔Stabilize her head and suction her airway - ✔✔An 18 year old female with a
suspected cervical spine
injury has a significant amount of blood in her mouth.
What should you do?
✔✔The tongue - ✔✔Which of the following is the MOST common cause of airway
obstruction
✔✔Perform a head-tilt maneuver - ✔✔A 4 year old male has snoring respirations. What
should you
do?
✔✔Assist ventilations - ✔✔An 8 month old male is unresponsive to painful stimuli. Vital
, signs are P
50 and regular, R 8 and labored, and capillary refill is greater
than 6 seconds. What should you do?
✔✔Assist in administration of his metered dose inhaler - ✔✔A 21 year old male is
having trouble catching his breath
after exercising. He has a history of asthma. Vitals signs are BP
140/90, P 120, R 22. Lung sounds reveal inspiratory wheezes.
What should you do?
✔✔Expose the his chest and palpate while counting breaths - ✔✔A 44 year old male
involved in a car accident is in
respiratory distress. What is the best way to assess his
breathing?
✔✔Sitting up and leaning forward - ✔✔A conscious 18 year old male is bleeding
profusely from
his mouth. How should you position him?
✔✔Epigolottits - ✔✔What is the name of the leaf shaped valve that prevents food
from entering the trachea?
✔✔15 seconds - ✔✔A 36 year old female begins vomiting en route to hospital.
You have rolled her on her side, but she continues to have
secretions in her airway. How long should you suction her?
✔✔Reposition the jaw - ✔✔A 54 year old female is in respiratory arrest and has
inadequate chest rise during ventilations. What should you
do?
✔✔Nasal flaring - ✔✔Which is a sign of respiratory failure for an adult?
✔✔True - ✔✔If you are suctioning emesis out of a mouth that has chunks
that are to large to fit into a yankauer, it is okay to just
use the suction tubing to suction the airway.
✔✔Pneumonia - ✔✔An 18 year old male complains of bilateral chest pain. Lung
sounds reveal coarse ronchi throughout all fields. His skin
color is pale and he is warm to the touch. Vital signs are BP
124/90, P 88, R 16, SpO2 96%. What should you suspect?
✔✔Respiratory failure - ✔✔A lethargic 22 month old male presents with hoarseness and
coughing. He has sternal retractions and his belly and chest
move in opposite directions with each breath. He is breathing
at a rate of 64. What should you suspect?
