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FISDAP OBGYN / PEDIATRICS &
OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
APGAR scoring - correct answer- A= appearance (color all
pink, body pink and blue extremities, blue [pale])
P= pulse (>100, < 100, absent)
G= grimace (cries, grimace, no response)
A= activity (active motion, flaccid, limp)
R= respirations (strong cry, weak cry, absent)
Newborn Resuscitation (Inverted Pyramid) - correct answer- •
Most distressed newborns respond to relatively simple
maneuvers.
Drying, warming, positioning, suctioning, stimulating
Oxygen
Bag-Mask Ventilation
Chest Compressions
Intubation
Medications
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Methods of heat loss for a newborn - correct answer-
evaporation
convection
conduction
radiation
Tube Size for peds - correct answer- Size Depth Weight Wks
2.5 6.5-7 <1000 <28
3.0 7-8 1000-2000 28-34
3.5 8-9 2000-3000 34-38
3.5-4.0 >9 >3000 >38
Formula for correct tube size in pediatrics - correct answer-
(patient's age in years +16/4= tube size)
DOPE - correct answer- Displacement
Obstruction
Pneumothorax
Equipment failure
rule of nines - correct answer- a method used in calculating
body surface area affected by burns
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croup - correct answer- viral infection: barking cough, slow
onset; fever; nasal flaring or tracheal tugging possible.
Epiglottitis - correct answer- bacterial infection; characterized
by: brassy cough and high temperature then pain often
associated with swelling, sore throat, shallow breathing.
Epiglottis is cherry red and swollen;
Croup treatment - correct answer- Airway maintenance with
oxygen and Racemic Epi or albuterol; Steriods
Epiglottitis treatment - correct answer- Transport seated upright
with personnel who can manage the airway; oxygen, Nebulized
racemic epinephrine; intubation;
Asthma treatment - correct answer- establish airway, administer
oxygen humidified, give albeuterol, metaproterenol, or
levalbuterol
FISDAP OBGYN / PEDIATRICS &
OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
APGAR scoring - correct answer- A= appearance (color all
pink, body pink and blue extremities, blue [pale])
P= pulse (>100, < 100, absent)
G= grimace (cries, grimace, no response)
A= activity (active motion, flaccid, limp)
R= respirations (strong cry, weak cry, absent)
Newborn Resuscitation (Inverted Pyramid) - correct answer- •
Most distressed newborns respond to relatively simple
maneuvers.
Drying, warming, positioning, suctioning, stimulating
Oxygen
Bag-Mask Ventilation
Chest Compressions
Intubation
Medications
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Methods of heat loss for a newborn - correct answer-
evaporation
convection
conduction
radiation
Tube Size for peds - correct answer- Size Depth Weight Wks
2.5 6.5-7 <1000 <28
3.0 7-8 1000-2000 28-34
3.5 8-9 2000-3000 34-38
3.5-4.0 >9 >3000 >38
Formula for correct tube size in pediatrics - correct answer-
(patient's age in years +16/4= tube size)
DOPE - correct answer- Displacement
Obstruction
Pneumothorax
Equipment failure
rule of nines - correct answer- a method used in calculating
body surface area affected by burns
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croup - correct answer- viral infection: barking cough, slow
onset; fever; nasal flaring or tracheal tugging possible.
Epiglottitis - correct answer- bacterial infection; characterized
by: brassy cough and high temperature then pain often
associated with swelling, sore throat, shallow breathing.
Epiglottis is cherry red and swollen;
Croup treatment - correct answer- Airway maintenance with
oxygen and Racemic Epi or albuterol; Steriods
Epiglottitis treatment - correct answer- Transport seated upright
with personnel who can manage the airway; oxygen, Nebulized
racemic epinephrine; intubation;
Asthma treatment - correct answer- establish airway, administer
oxygen humidified, give albeuterol, metaproterenol, or
levalbuterol
