FLIGHT PARAMEDIC COMPREHENSIVE EXAM UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Diagnostic Signs
Beck's Triad - ✔✔Cardiac Tamponade
Low arterial blood pressure
Distended neck veins
Muffled heart tones
✔✔Diagnostic Signs
Hamman's Crunch - ✔✔Mediastinal Emphysema
Crunching, raspy sound that is synchronous with the heart beat
✔✔Diagnostic Signs
Murphy's Sign - ✔✔Cholecystitis
Pain on taking a deep breath when the examiner's fingers are on the approximate
location of the gallbladder.
✔✔Diagnostic Signs
McBurney's Sign - ✔✔Appendicitis
Palpation of the McBurney's point, midway between the umbilicus and the anterior iliac
crest in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen
✔✔CAMTS
Visual Flight Rules (VFR) means... - ✔✔You can only fly in weather conditions that you
can where you are flying
✔✔CAMTS
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) means... - ✔✔The weather conditions do not allow for
safe flight by sight alone and the pilot must be able to use their instruments.
✔✔CAMTS
Inadvertent Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IIMC) means... - ✔✔The pilot started
flying in VFR and the weather changed unexpectedly requiring the pilot to fly by
instrument.
✔✔CAMTS
Hasty or Unsecured helicopter landing zones - ✔✔Must have coms with the ground
generally 100' x 100'
1 approach and departure heading
, 2 passes required prior to landing
During hours of limited visibility have 2 vehicles cross their headlights to mark HLZ
✔✔CAMTS
Permanent helicopter landing zones - ✔✔2 approach and departure headings
Perimeter lighting
Landing beacon
Windsock
✔✔CAMTS
In-flight emergencies
Land immediately - ✔✔Engine failure
Fire
✔✔CAMTS
In-flight emergencies
Land ASAP - ✔✔Low transmission pressure
Chip light
✔✔CAMTS
In-flight emergencies
Land as soon as practical - ✔✔go to the closest convenient place to "check this thing
out"
✔✔CAMTS
Crash Procedures
Pre-crash sequence - ✔✔Lay the patient flat
Turn off the oxygen
Assume crash position
✔✔CAMTS
Crash Procedures
Crash position - ✔✔Seat belt secured
Sit straight up
Chin strap tight/visor down
Knees together, feet 6" apart, flat on floor, not under seat
Arms crossed on chest
Chin to chest
✔✔CAMTS
Crash Procedures
Post-crash sequence - ✔✔Turn off throttle, fuel, battery
Exit aircraft
Assemble at the 12 o'clock
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Diagnostic Signs
Beck's Triad - ✔✔Cardiac Tamponade
Low arterial blood pressure
Distended neck veins
Muffled heart tones
✔✔Diagnostic Signs
Hamman's Crunch - ✔✔Mediastinal Emphysema
Crunching, raspy sound that is synchronous with the heart beat
✔✔Diagnostic Signs
Murphy's Sign - ✔✔Cholecystitis
Pain on taking a deep breath when the examiner's fingers are on the approximate
location of the gallbladder.
✔✔Diagnostic Signs
McBurney's Sign - ✔✔Appendicitis
Palpation of the McBurney's point, midway between the umbilicus and the anterior iliac
crest in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen
✔✔CAMTS
Visual Flight Rules (VFR) means... - ✔✔You can only fly in weather conditions that you
can where you are flying
✔✔CAMTS
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) means... - ✔✔The weather conditions do not allow for
safe flight by sight alone and the pilot must be able to use their instruments.
✔✔CAMTS
Inadvertent Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IIMC) means... - ✔✔The pilot started
flying in VFR and the weather changed unexpectedly requiring the pilot to fly by
instrument.
✔✔CAMTS
Hasty or Unsecured helicopter landing zones - ✔✔Must have coms with the ground
generally 100' x 100'
1 approach and departure heading
, 2 passes required prior to landing
During hours of limited visibility have 2 vehicles cross their headlights to mark HLZ
✔✔CAMTS
Permanent helicopter landing zones - ✔✔2 approach and departure headings
Perimeter lighting
Landing beacon
Windsock
✔✔CAMTS
In-flight emergencies
Land immediately - ✔✔Engine failure
Fire
✔✔CAMTS
In-flight emergencies
Land ASAP - ✔✔Low transmission pressure
Chip light
✔✔CAMTS
In-flight emergencies
Land as soon as practical - ✔✔go to the closest convenient place to "check this thing
out"
✔✔CAMTS
Crash Procedures
Pre-crash sequence - ✔✔Lay the patient flat
Turn off the oxygen
Assume crash position
✔✔CAMTS
Crash Procedures
Crash position - ✔✔Seat belt secured
Sit straight up
Chin strap tight/visor down
Knees together, feet 6" apart, flat on floor, not under seat
Arms crossed on chest
Chin to chest
✔✔CAMTS
Crash Procedures
Post-crash sequence - ✔✔Turn off throttle, fuel, battery
Exit aircraft
Assemble at the 12 o'clock
