FISDAP - ADVANCED EMT - TRAUMA
UNIT EXAM 2026/27 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS (GRADED A+)
What is Beck's triad? - ANSWER-Hypotension, JVD, and muffled heart sounds
A 45-year-old male fell down the stairs and is unresponsive and apneic. When you
ventilate him, you notice his neck is swelling and he has minimal chest rise. What
should you suspect? - ANSWER-Tracheal Disruption
What is the most appropriate treatment for a sucking chest wound? - ANSWER-
Apply an occlusive dressing
A 25 year old male is an unrestrained driver in a car crash. He denies loss of
consciousness. Initial vital signs are BP 100/60, P120, R18, and clear bilaterally. He
suddenly feels dizzy. Secondary vitals are BP 80/40, P131, and R20. What should
you suspect? - ANSWER-
A 46-year-old female was pepper sprayed in the face. What should you do? -
ANSWER-
A 25-year-old male is unresponsive and apneic. His chest was trapped under a car
for 5 minutes. He has petechiae to his face and a weak carotid pulse. What should
you do? - ANSWER-Ventilate him with a bag-valve mask?
Start chest compressions? - ANSWER-
A 24-year-old female was shot in the chest. She is cyanotic and diaphoretic. She has
normal breath sounds with equal rise and is tachycardic. What should you suspect? -
ANSWER-Cardiac Tamponade
What may cause hypertension? - ANSWER-Brain Injury
What phase of blast injuries cause damage to hollow organs? - ANSWER-Primary
A 65-year-old male fell down a flight of concrete steps. He has tingling in both legs
and denies neck or back pain. What should you do? - ANSWER-Hold C-spine and
immobilize the patient
What is a major drawback to the prehospital administration of fluid to a patient
suffering from hemorrhagic shock? - ANSWER-Disseminated intravascular
coagulation
A 64-year-old female has a lower leg laceration. She is prescribed warfarin, and the
wound is bleeding profusely. What should you do? - ANSWER-Apply a pressure
dressing
, A 21-year-old male tripped and fell into a small camp fire. He has partial thickness
burns to his hands, anterior forearms, and upper chest. What percentage of his body
has been burned - ANSWER-15
A 23-year-old male fell from the top story of a two-story building breaking his femur.
There is bright red blood spurting from the wound. What should you do? - ANSWER-
Apply a tourniquet above the wound
A 62-year-old male has a mid-shaft femur deformity with swelling after an MVA. He
has no other injuries, and his vital signs are stable. What should you do? -
ANSWER-Apply a traction splint to his leg
A 35-year-old patient is unresponsive after a motor vehicle collision. You observe
paradoxical movement during respiration. Vital signs are BP 104/72, P 120, R 32
and shallow and SpO2 89%. What should you do? - ANSWER-Assist the patients
ventilations
What is the common cause of pulmonary contusions? - ANSWER-Deceleration
trauma
An alert 22-year-old male fell 15 feet while skateboarding down a flight of stairs. He
cannot move or feel anything from his shoulders down and you notice inadequate
chest rise. Where should you suspect a fracture? - ANSWER-C3
What is a pathognomonic sign of neurogenic shock? - ANSWER-Vasocodilation
A 72-year-old is lying in bed and complains of severe pain in her thigh after falling
the day before. You observe bruising and swelling. The extremity is firm, pale, and
cool distal to the injury. What is the most probable cause? - ANSWER-Compartment
Syndrome
Which of the following is required when splinting a long bone? - ANSWER-
Immobilize the joints above and below
You are ventilating a 23-year-old female. You notice there is JVD and decreased
lung sounds on the left. What should you suspect? - ANSWER-Tension
Pneumothorax
A 44-year-old female is unresponsive after being trapped under heavy debris. Upon
removal, her eyes are bloodshot, and her vital signs are P 38, R 8, and shallow and
inaudible BP. What should you do? - ANSWER-
A 46-year-old male fell from the "4th floor" of a building. He is unconscious,
hypotensive, and you note absent pulses in his left arm. What should you suspect? -
ANSWER-
A patient has ecchymosis around the umbilicus after being hit in the abdomen with a
baseball bat. What should you suspect? - ANSWER-Hemorrhage
UNIT EXAM 2026/27 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS (GRADED A+)
What is Beck's triad? - ANSWER-Hypotension, JVD, and muffled heart sounds
A 45-year-old male fell down the stairs and is unresponsive and apneic. When you
ventilate him, you notice his neck is swelling and he has minimal chest rise. What
should you suspect? - ANSWER-Tracheal Disruption
What is the most appropriate treatment for a sucking chest wound? - ANSWER-
Apply an occlusive dressing
A 25 year old male is an unrestrained driver in a car crash. He denies loss of
consciousness. Initial vital signs are BP 100/60, P120, R18, and clear bilaterally. He
suddenly feels dizzy. Secondary vitals are BP 80/40, P131, and R20. What should
you suspect? - ANSWER-
A 46-year-old female was pepper sprayed in the face. What should you do? -
ANSWER-
A 25-year-old male is unresponsive and apneic. His chest was trapped under a car
for 5 minutes. He has petechiae to his face and a weak carotid pulse. What should
you do? - ANSWER-Ventilate him with a bag-valve mask?
Start chest compressions? - ANSWER-
A 24-year-old female was shot in the chest. She is cyanotic and diaphoretic. She has
normal breath sounds with equal rise and is tachycardic. What should you suspect? -
ANSWER-Cardiac Tamponade
What may cause hypertension? - ANSWER-Brain Injury
What phase of blast injuries cause damage to hollow organs? - ANSWER-Primary
A 65-year-old male fell down a flight of concrete steps. He has tingling in both legs
and denies neck or back pain. What should you do? - ANSWER-Hold C-spine and
immobilize the patient
What is a major drawback to the prehospital administration of fluid to a patient
suffering from hemorrhagic shock? - ANSWER-Disseminated intravascular
coagulation
A 64-year-old female has a lower leg laceration. She is prescribed warfarin, and the
wound is bleeding profusely. What should you do? - ANSWER-Apply a pressure
dressing
, A 21-year-old male tripped and fell into a small camp fire. He has partial thickness
burns to his hands, anterior forearms, and upper chest. What percentage of his body
has been burned - ANSWER-15
A 23-year-old male fell from the top story of a two-story building breaking his femur.
There is bright red blood spurting from the wound. What should you do? - ANSWER-
Apply a tourniquet above the wound
A 62-year-old male has a mid-shaft femur deformity with swelling after an MVA. He
has no other injuries, and his vital signs are stable. What should you do? -
ANSWER-Apply a traction splint to his leg
A 35-year-old patient is unresponsive after a motor vehicle collision. You observe
paradoxical movement during respiration. Vital signs are BP 104/72, P 120, R 32
and shallow and SpO2 89%. What should you do? - ANSWER-Assist the patients
ventilations
What is the common cause of pulmonary contusions? - ANSWER-Deceleration
trauma
An alert 22-year-old male fell 15 feet while skateboarding down a flight of stairs. He
cannot move or feel anything from his shoulders down and you notice inadequate
chest rise. Where should you suspect a fracture? - ANSWER-C3
What is a pathognomonic sign of neurogenic shock? - ANSWER-Vasocodilation
A 72-year-old is lying in bed and complains of severe pain in her thigh after falling
the day before. You observe bruising and swelling. The extremity is firm, pale, and
cool distal to the injury. What is the most probable cause? - ANSWER-Compartment
Syndrome
Which of the following is required when splinting a long bone? - ANSWER-
Immobilize the joints above and below
You are ventilating a 23-year-old female. You notice there is JVD and decreased
lung sounds on the left. What should you suspect? - ANSWER-Tension
Pneumothorax
A 44-year-old female is unresponsive after being trapped under heavy debris. Upon
removal, her eyes are bloodshot, and her vital signs are P 38, R 8, and shallow and
inaudible BP. What should you do? - ANSWER-
A 46-year-old male fell from the "4th floor" of a building. He is unconscious,
hypotensive, and you note absent pulses in his left arm. What should you suspect? -
ANSWER-
A patient has ecchymosis around the umbilicus after being hit in the abdomen with a
baseball bat. What should you suspect? - ANSWER-Hemorrhage
