FISDAP EMT Study guide Questions With
Complete Solutions | Graded A+ | 2025
1. A 24 year old female responds to a sternal rub by opening her eyes
and moaning incomprehensibly. She tries to push your hands away
from her sternum. What is her Glasgow Coma Scale score? -
ANSWER - 9
2. You are at an amusement park when you witness a 19 year old male
being stabbed in the arm. After assuring the scene is safe, you
approach and see that he is experiencing slow, steady bleeding. You
have disposable gloves in your pocket, but no bandages. What should
you do? - ANSWER - Apply direct pressure to the wound using your
gloved hand
3. A 16 year old female has been involved in a 5 mph car crash. What is
your greatest concern? - ANSWER - Patent airway
4. What is NOT included in the management of a minor venous
laceration? - ANSWER - Tourniquet
5. A 20 year old female was involved in a car crash. She complains of
midline neck pain and is unable to move her extremities. What
secondary injury should you suspect? - ANSWER - Vertebral swelling
,6. A 23-year old male motorcyclist was struck by a car that ran a stop
sign. He is pale and diaphoretic, and no external bleeding is noted.
Vital signs are P 136 and R 28. Which of the following is most likely?
- ANSWER - Femur fracture
7. An 80-year-old complains of leg pain. Their left foot is swollen,
painful, discolored, and warm to the touch. What should you suspect?
- ANSWER - Deep vein thrombosis
8. After initial treatments of an arterial bleed in the left forearm are
unsuccessful. What should you do? - ANSWER - Apply a tourniquet
9. A 40 year old male is unresponsive and pale, and you notice a
deformity above his right wrist and bruising around his navel. His
wife tells you that her husband was out drinking the previous evening
and he stumbled while walking up the front steps. What should you
suspect? - ANSWER - Internal bleeding
10. What the minimum systolic blood pressure that will perfuse all
vital organs? - ANSWER - 80 mmHg
11. When protecting the cervical spine of a suspected trauma patient,
what should you do? - ANSWER - Hold the neck in a neutral, in-line
position
,12. A 16 year old female fell while rollerskating and is now confused
and agitated. What should you suspect? - ANSWER - Head and spinal
injuries
13. A 17 year old male has a knife impaled in his left chest. Vital signs
are BP 118/76, R 10, P 97. What should you do? - ANSWER -
Stabilize the knife with dressings
14. A 52 year old male was the unrestrained driver in a frontal impact
car crash. Which of the following injuries would lead you to believe
the patient traveled "up and over" the dashboard instead of "down and
under"? - ANSWER - Ruptured diaphragm
15. A 32 year old male has an open wound on his arm after an
unknown chemical powder was spilled on it. What should you do? -
ANSWER - Brush the powder off the wound
16. A 22 year old female involved in a car accident has a 10 cm
laceration across her abdomen. You see her large intestine protruding.
What should you do? - ANSWER - Apply a moist and occlusive
dressing
17. What will initial compensatory mechanisms do during
hemorrhaging? - ANSWER - Increase stroke volume and increase
cardiac output
, 18. An 18 year old male was struck in the head by a large rock. When
caring for this patient, what should you continually reassess? -
ANSWER - Level of consciousness
19. A 26 year old female complains of chest pain after a motor vehicle
accident. Auscultation of lung sounds reveals distant heart tones. Vital
signs are BP 160/70, P 56, R 22 and she has distended neck veins.
What should you
20. suspect? - ANSWER - Pericardial tamponade
21. A 72 year old female was in a motor vehicle collision. She has a
right ulnar fracture with no distal circulation. What should you do? -
ANSWER - Attempt to realign the fracture
What are the general principles for the management of a dislocation? -
ANSWER - Splinting in the position found
A 19 year old male struck his head against the platform while doing a
reverse flip. Vital signs are BP 88/70, P 96, R 8 What type of shock is he
in? - ANSWER - Distributive
A 19 year old male has a deformity to his right arm with uncontrolled
bleeding. The patient states his car collided with a tree. You notice
spidering of the windshield on the driver's side. What should you do? -
ANSWER - Determine the patient's GCS score
Complete Solutions | Graded A+ | 2025
1. A 24 year old female responds to a sternal rub by opening her eyes
and moaning incomprehensibly. She tries to push your hands away
from her sternum. What is her Glasgow Coma Scale score? -
ANSWER - 9
2. You are at an amusement park when you witness a 19 year old male
being stabbed in the arm. After assuring the scene is safe, you
approach and see that he is experiencing slow, steady bleeding. You
have disposable gloves in your pocket, but no bandages. What should
you do? - ANSWER - Apply direct pressure to the wound using your
gloved hand
3. A 16 year old female has been involved in a 5 mph car crash. What is
your greatest concern? - ANSWER - Patent airway
4. What is NOT included in the management of a minor venous
laceration? - ANSWER - Tourniquet
5. A 20 year old female was involved in a car crash. She complains of
midline neck pain and is unable to move her extremities. What
secondary injury should you suspect? - ANSWER - Vertebral swelling
,6. A 23-year old male motorcyclist was struck by a car that ran a stop
sign. He is pale and diaphoretic, and no external bleeding is noted.
Vital signs are P 136 and R 28. Which of the following is most likely?
- ANSWER - Femur fracture
7. An 80-year-old complains of leg pain. Their left foot is swollen,
painful, discolored, and warm to the touch. What should you suspect?
- ANSWER - Deep vein thrombosis
8. After initial treatments of an arterial bleed in the left forearm are
unsuccessful. What should you do? - ANSWER - Apply a tourniquet
9. A 40 year old male is unresponsive and pale, and you notice a
deformity above his right wrist and bruising around his navel. His
wife tells you that her husband was out drinking the previous evening
and he stumbled while walking up the front steps. What should you
suspect? - ANSWER - Internal bleeding
10. What the minimum systolic blood pressure that will perfuse all
vital organs? - ANSWER - 80 mmHg
11. When protecting the cervical spine of a suspected trauma patient,
what should you do? - ANSWER - Hold the neck in a neutral, in-line
position
,12. A 16 year old female fell while rollerskating and is now confused
and agitated. What should you suspect? - ANSWER - Head and spinal
injuries
13. A 17 year old male has a knife impaled in his left chest. Vital signs
are BP 118/76, R 10, P 97. What should you do? - ANSWER -
Stabilize the knife with dressings
14. A 52 year old male was the unrestrained driver in a frontal impact
car crash. Which of the following injuries would lead you to believe
the patient traveled "up and over" the dashboard instead of "down and
under"? - ANSWER - Ruptured diaphragm
15. A 32 year old male has an open wound on his arm after an
unknown chemical powder was spilled on it. What should you do? -
ANSWER - Brush the powder off the wound
16. A 22 year old female involved in a car accident has a 10 cm
laceration across her abdomen. You see her large intestine protruding.
What should you do? - ANSWER - Apply a moist and occlusive
dressing
17. What will initial compensatory mechanisms do during
hemorrhaging? - ANSWER - Increase stroke volume and increase
cardiac output
, 18. An 18 year old male was struck in the head by a large rock. When
caring for this patient, what should you continually reassess? -
ANSWER - Level of consciousness
19. A 26 year old female complains of chest pain after a motor vehicle
accident. Auscultation of lung sounds reveals distant heart tones. Vital
signs are BP 160/70, P 56, R 22 and she has distended neck veins.
What should you
20. suspect? - ANSWER - Pericardial tamponade
21. A 72 year old female was in a motor vehicle collision. She has a
right ulnar fracture with no distal circulation. What should you do? -
ANSWER - Attempt to realign the fracture
What are the general principles for the management of a dislocation? -
ANSWER - Splinting in the position found
A 19 year old male struck his head against the platform while doing a
reverse flip. Vital signs are BP 88/70, P 96, R 8 What type of shock is he
in? - ANSWER - Distributive
A 19 year old male has a deformity to his right arm with uncontrolled
bleeding. The patient states his car collided with a tree. You notice
spidering of the windshield on the driver's side. What should you do? -
ANSWER - Determine the patient's GCS score
