EMT FISDAP READINESS LATEST EXAM TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔You just assisted a mother delivering a baby who is blue and flaccid. You should
Position and warm him
Apply blow by oxygen
Perform tactile stimulation
Ventilate by BVM - ✔✔Ventilate by BVM
✔✔A pt is pulseless and apneic. You should
Contact medical control for permission to assist nitroglycerine
Begin chest compressions and apply the automated external defibrillator
Immediately apply the automated external defibrillator
Open the airway, insert an OPA, begin ventilations - ✔✔Begin chest compressions and
apply the automated external defibrillator
✔✔Which of the following diabetic patients should receive oral glucose?
A 73 year old male who is unresponsive
A 25 year old female who is acting inappropriately
A 12 year old male who responds to pain by moaning
A 34 year old female who is alert and complains of abdominal pain - ✔✔A 25 year old
female who is acting inappropriately
✔✔A 28 year old female pt with a history of asthma has stopped breathing. You initiate
positive pressure ventilations with BVM mask. Which ventilation rate would be most
appropriate?
24 breaths per min
10 breaths per min
20 breaths per min
30 breaths per min - ✔✔10 breaths per min
✔✔An immobilization trauma patient starts vomiting en route to hospital. You should
Use a yankauer catheter to suction vigorously
Have your partner pull over and help you
Turn the long spine board on its side
Rapidly suction with a 12 french catheter - ✔✔Use a yankauer catheter to suction
vigorously
✔✔A trauma patient's injured limb is pale and pulseless. You should suspect
An acute hypoxemia
Hypothermia
Muscular alkalosis
Compromised circulation - ✔✔Compromised circulation
,✔✔A pt becomes unresponsive after administration of oral glucose. You should
Open and inspect the airway
Administer oxygen via non-rebreather
Suction the airway
Reassess his vital signs - ✔✔Open and inspect the airway
✔✔A 34 year old male was found unconscious at the bottom of a flight of stairs. You
note dark blue, purple, and yellowish brown bruising across his back and a minor
laceration of his chest. You should first be concerned with
Wound to the chest
Injury to the head
Injury to the neck
Assault to the back - ✔✔Wound to the chest
✔✔What of the following is the leading causes of death in infants and children?
Complications of birth and growth
Poisonings
Respiratory problems
Cardiovascular diseases - ✔✔Respiratory problems
✔✔You are treating a pt in cardiac arrest at a loud outdoor concert. You are awaiting
transport and have shocked your pt five times. The AED is recommending another
shock, you should
Move the pt outdoors
Reanalyze in two min
Administer the shock
Continue chest compressions - ✔✔Administer the shock
✔✔An adult is suffering a cardiac arrest. What should you do to restore circulation?
Defibrillation
Administer oxygen
Ventilate artificially
Begin chest compressions - ✔✔Begin chest compressions
✔✔A 42 year old male was in a house fire. The anterior portion of his lower legs has
been burned. The area is charred black but your states he has a little pain. This burn
would be classified as
Superficial
Circumferential
Partial thickness
Full thickness - ✔✔Full thickness
✔✔You are entering a controlled intersection with emergency lights and siren activated.
The signal light is red. Your emergency vehicle
, Has the right of way againsts vehicles entering from the right
Should come to a complete stop prior to proceeding
Has the right of way against all vehicles entering the intersection
May proceed through the intersection as long as cross traffic is slowing down -
✔✔Should come to a complete stop prior to proceeding
✔✔A 24 year old trauma patient is holding pressure on a laceration to his right leg. He
keeps complaining: "i just can't get it to stop". His respirations are 10 times per min,
amd he has no radial pulses. You should
Open his airway
Initiate high flow oxygen
Apply a tourniquet
Take over manual stabilization of his leg - ✔✔Apply a tourniquet
✔✔Your patient is in cardiac arrest. After administering a shock and two min of cpr, you
detect a faint pulse. Vital signs are BP 90/50, P58, R6, Spo2 88%. What should you do?
Assist respirations via bvm
Resume chest compressions
Apply oxygen via non-rebreather mask
Press the analyze button on the AED - ✔✔Assist respirations via bvm
✔✔A 19 year old has swallowed lighter fluid. You should
Administer syrup of ipecac
Contact a poison control center
Administer activated charcoal
Contact the closest hospital - ✔✔Contact a poison control center
✔✔You should rapidly extricate a motor vehicle collision patient who is awake and
complains of:
Pain to both thighs with obvious deformity to his left ankle
Bleeding from a laceration on his face and breathing at 24/min
A fractured left forearm and a rapid pulse
Numbness to lower extremities and abnormal respirations - ✔✔Numbness to lower
extremities and abnormal respirations
✔✔A three year old exhibits inspiratory stridor, fever, and agitation. You should
Transport immediately
Hold him in a seated position
Visualize the airway and remove and obstruction
Apply high flow oxygen - ✔✔Transport immediately
✔✔While transporting an oxygen dependent pt on 4 lpm oxygen, his respiratory rate
decreases to 8 breaths per min. You should
Ventilation via bvm and continue to transport
Ensure that his oxygen cylinder has adequate pressure
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔You just assisted a mother delivering a baby who is blue and flaccid. You should
Position and warm him
Apply blow by oxygen
Perform tactile stimulation
Ventilate by BVM - ✔✔Ventilate by BVM
✔✔A pt is pulseless and apneic. You should
Contact medical control for permission to assist nitroglycerine
Begin chest compressions and apply the automated external defibrillator
Immediately apply the automated external defibrillator
Open the airway, insert an OPA, begin ventilations - ✔✔Begin chest compressions and
apply the automated external defibrillator
✔✔Which of the following diabetic patients should receive oral glucose?
A 73 year old male who is unresponsive
A 25 year old female who is acting inappropriately
A 12 year old male who responds to pain by moaning
A 34 year old female who is alert and complains of abdominal pain - ✔✔A 25 year old
female who is acting inappropriately
✔✔A 28 year old female pt with a history of asthma has stopped breathing. You initiate
positive pressure ventilations with BVM mask. Which ventilation rate would be most
appropriate?
24 breaths per min
10 breaths per min
20 breaths per min
30 breaths per min - ✔✔10 breaths per min
✔✔An immobilization trauma patient starts vomiting en route to hospital. You should
Use a yankauer catheter to suction vigorously
Have your partner pull over and help you
Turn the long spine board on its side
Rapidly suction with a 12 french catheter - ✔✔Use a yankauer catheter to suction
vigorously
✔✔A trauma patient's injured limb is pale and pulseless. You should suspect
An acute hypoxemia
Hypothermia
Muscular alkalosis
Compromised circulation - ✔✔Compromised circulation
,✔✔A pt becomes unresponsive after administration of oral glucose. You should
Open and inspect the airway
Administer oxygen via non-rebreather
Suction the airway
Reassess his vital signs - ✔✔Open and inspect the airway
✔✔A 34 year old male was found unconscious at the bottom of a flight of stairs. You
note dark blue, purple, and yellowish brown bruising across his back and a minor
laceration of his chest. You should first be concerned with
Wound to the chest
Injury to the head
Injury to the neck
Assault to the back - ✔✔Wound to the chest
✔✔What of the following is the leading causes of death in infants and children?
Complications of birth and growth
Poisonings
Respiratory problems
Cardiovascular diseases - ✔✔Respiratory problems
✔✔You are treating a pt in cardiac arrest at a loud outdoor concert. You are awaiting
transport and have shocked your pt five times. The AED is recommending another
shock, you should
Move the pt outdoors
Reanalyze in two min
Administer the shock
Continue chest compressions - ✔✔Administer the shock
✔✔An adult is suffering a cardiac arrest. What should you do to restore circulation?
Defibrillation
Administer oxygen
Ventilate artificially
Begin chest compressions - ✔✔Begin chest compressions
✔✔A 42 year old male was in a house fire. The anterior portion of his lower legs has
been burned. The area is charred black but your states he has a little pain. This burn
would be classified as
Superficial
Circumferential
Partial thickness
Full thickness - ✔✔Full thickness
✔✔You are entering a controlled intersection with emergency lights and siren activated.
The signal light is red. Your emergency vehicle
, Has the right of way againsts vehicles entering from the right
Should come to a complete stop prior to proceeding
Has the right of way against all vehicles entering the intersection
May proceed through the intersection as long as cross traffic is slowing down -
✔✔Should come to a complete stop prior to proceeding
✔✔A 24 year old trauma patient is holding pressure on a laceration to his right leg. He
keeps complaining: "i just can't get it to stop". His respirations are 10 times per min,
amd he has no radial pulses. You should
Open his airway
Initiate high flow oxygen
Apply a tourniquet
Take over manual stabilization of his leg - ✔✔Apply a tourniquet
✔✔Your patient is in cardiac arrest. After administering a shock and two min of cpr, you
detect a faint pulse. Vital signs are BP 90/50, P58, R6, Spo2 88%. What should you do?
Assist respirations via bvm
Resume chest compressions
Apply oxygen via non-rebreather mask
Press the analyze button on the AED - ✔✔Assist respirations via bvm
✔✔A 19 year old has swallowed lighter fluid. You should
Administer syrup of ipecac
Contact a poison control center
Administer activated charcoal
Contact the closest hospital - ✔✔Contact a poison control center
✔✔You should rapidly extricate a motor vehicle collision patient who is awake and
complains of:
Pain to both thighs with obvious deformity to his left ankle
Bleeding from a laceration on his face and breathing at 24/min
A fractured left forearm and a rapid pulse
Numbness to lower extremities and abnormal respirations - ✔✔Numbness to lower
extremities and abnormal respirations
✔✔A three year old exhibits inspiratory stridor, fever, and agitation. You should
Transport immediately
Hold him in a seated position
Visualize the airway and remove and obstruction
Apply high flow oxygen - ✔✔Transport immediately
✔✔While transporting an oxygen dependent pt on 4 lpm oxygen, his respiratory rate
decreases to 8 breaths per min. You should
Ventilation via bvm and continue to transport
Ensure that his oxygen cylinder has adequate pressure
