EMT FISDAP Trauma Exam SCRIPT 2026/2027
WITH EXPERT-VERIFIED ANSWERS RATED A+
• Level 1 Trauma Center -✓✓ Regional Trauma Center, All types of specialty surgical
care 24/7, (Surgical suites, Surgeons, Blood, CT, X-Ray ... all in house), Tertiary - all
levels of care. Often contains a pediatrics and ICU burn unit.
• Level 2 Trauma Center -✓✓ Can manage most trauma with surgical capabilities 24
hours a day 7 days a week. capable of stabilizing more specialized trauma patients
(cardiac surgery, hemodialysis etc.) and then transferring to a level 1 center.
• Level 3 Trauma Center -✓✓ 1. has some surgical capabilities and specially trained
emergency department personal to manage trauma.
2. focuses on stabilizing the seriously injured trauma patient and then transferring to a
higher level center.
• Level 4 Trauma Center -✓✓ Small community Hospitals
Stabilize and transfer with no surgical capacity at all
• hypoperfusion is otherwise known as? -✓✓ shock is otherwise known as
• hemorrhagic bleeding -✓✓ escape of blood from blood vessels (epistaxis, open
wounds, etc.)
• epistaxis -✓✓ nosebleed
• the adult body contains about how many liters of blood? -✓✓ 6L
• a broken femur can result in how much blood loss in the adult body? -✓✓ 1L
• ecchymosis is also known as? -✓✓ bruising is also known as?
• a referred pain in the left shoulder may indicate? -✓✓ splenic injury may be present
with this pain
• a referred pain in the right shoulder may indicate? -✓✓ liver injury may be present with
this pain
• hemoptysis -✓✓ coughing up blood
• hematuria -✓✓ blood in the urine
• sign and symptoms that a closed fracture is bleeding.. -✓✓ -guarding
, -bruising
-pain
-tenderness
-swelling
• signs and symptoms of a lacerated liver or spleen -✓✓ -broken ribs
-bruises over lower portion of chest
-rigid, distended chest
• first sign of hypovolemic shock -✓✓ change in mental status, restlessness, anxiety
• a SBP of ___ (in adults) with weak, rapid pulse and cool, moist skin that is pale or grey
is indicative of hypoperfusion? -✓✓ 100mmHg
• hypovolemic shock refers to? -✓✓ loss of blood of bodily fluids
• what should not be done for cases of internal bleeding? -✓✓ administration of fluids to
patients
• signs and symptoms of internal bleeding -✓✓ -hematemesis
-melena
-hemoptysis
-distended abdomen
-broken ribs
• hematoma -✓✓ a solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues.
• Is this a severe burn in an adult?
Full thickness burns involving hands, feet, face, upper airway, or genitalia or
circumferential burns of others area (T/F) -✓✓ True, this is a severe burn in an adult.
• Which of the following is a severe burn in an adult?
A) Superficial burns covering more than 50% of the body's surface area
B) Partial thickness burns covering 15%-30% of the body's total surface area
C) Full thickness burns covering more than 10% of the body's total surface area -✓✓ C)
Full thickness burns covering more than 10% of the body's total surface area
• Which of the following is NOT a moderate burn in an adult?
A) Full thickness burns involving 2% to 10% of the body's total surface area (excluding
hands, feet, face, genitalia, upper airway)
B) Superficial burns covering more than 50% of the body's surface area
C) Partial thickness burns covering 30% more of the body's total surface area -✓✓ C)
Partial thickness burns covering 30% more of the body's total surface area
• Which of the following is NOT a minor burn in an adult?
WITH EXPERT-VERIFIED ANSWERS RATED A+
• Level 1 Trauma Center -✓✓ Regional Trauma Center, All types of specialty surgical
care 24/7, (Surgical suites, Surgeons, Blood, CT, X-Ray ... all in house), Tertiary - all
levels of care. Often contains a pediatrics and ICU burn unit.
• Level 2 Trauma Center -✓✓ Can manage most trauma with surgical capabilities 24
hours a day 7 days a week. capable of stabilizing more specialized trauma patients
(cardiac surgery, hemodialysis etc.) and then transferring to a level 1 center.
• Level 3 Trauma Center -✓✓ 1. has some surgical capabilities and specially trained
emergency department personal to manage trauma.
2. focuses on stabilizing the seriously injured trauma patient and then transferring to a
higher level center.
• Level 4 Trauma Center -✓✓ Small community Hospitals
Stabilize and transfer with no surgical capacity at all
• hypoperfusion is otherwise known as? -✓✓ shock is otherwise known as
• hemorrhagic bleeding -✓✓ escape of blood from blood vessels (epistaxis, open
wounds, etc.)
• epistaxis -✓✓ nosebleed
• the adult body contains about how many liters of blood? -✓✓ 6L
• a broken femur can result in how much blood loss in the adult body? -✓✓ 1L
• ecchymosis is also known as? -✓✓ bruising is also known as?
• a referred pain in the left shoulder may indicate? -✓✓ splenic injury may be present
with this pain
• a referred pain in the right shoulder may indicate? -✓✓ liver injury may be present with
this pain
• hemoptysis -✓✓ coughing up blood
• hematuria -✓✓ blood in the urine
• sign and symptoms that a closed fracture is bleeding.. -✓✓ -guarding
, -bruising
-pain
-tenderness
-swelling
• signs and symptoms of a lacerated liver or spleen -✓✓ -broken ribs
-bruises over lower portion of chest
-rigid, distended chest
• first sign of hypovolemic shock -✓✓ change in mental status, restlessness, anxiety
• a SBP of ___ (in adults) with weak, rapid pulse and cool, moist skin that is pale or grey
is indicative of hypoperfusion? -✓✓ 100mmHg
• hypovolemic shock refers to? -✓✓ loss of blood of bodily fluids
• what should not be done for cases of internal bleeding? -✓✓ administration of fluids to
patients
• signs and symptoms of internal bleeding -✓✓ -hematemesis
-melena
-hemoptysis
-distended abdomen
-broken ribs
• hematoma -✓✓ a solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues.
• Is this a severe burn in an adult?
Full thickness burns involving hands, feet, face, upper airway, or genitalia or
circumferential burns of others area (T/F) -✓✓ True, this is a severe burn in an adult.
• Which of the following is a severe burn in an adult?
A) Superficial burns covering more than 50% of the body's surface area
B) Partial thickness burns covering 15%-30% of the body's total surface area
C) Full thickness burns covering more than 10% of the body's total surface area -✓✓ C)
Full thickness burns covering more than 10% of the body's total surface area
• Which of the following is NOT a moderate burn in an adult?
A) Full thickness burns involving 2% to 10% of the body's total surface area (excluding
hands, feet, face, genitalia, upper airway)
B) Superficial burns covering more than 50% of the body's surface area
C) Partial thickness burns covering 30% more of the body's total surface area -✓✓ C)
Partial thickness burns covering 30% more of the body's total surface area
• Which of the following is NOT a minor burn in an adult?
