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FISDAP CARDIOLOGY EMT ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
Your partner has applied the AED to a cardiac arrest patient and
has received a shock advised message. While the AED is
charging, you should:
A) continue chest compressions until your partner tells you to
stand clear.
B) perform rescue breathing only until the AED is charged and
ready to shock.
C) cease all contact with the patient until the AED has delivered
the shock.
D) retrieve the airway equipment and prepare to ventilate the
patient. - ANSWER-A
It is important to minimize interruptions in CPR, especially chest
compressions, when at all possible. All contact with the patient
must cease while the AED is analyzing. However, if the AED
gives a shock advised message and begins charging, you should
resume chest compressions until the AED is charged and ready
to deliver the shock; at this point, you should cease contact with
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the patient. As soon as the AED delivers the shock, immediately
resume CPR starting with chest compressions.
Because of the property of automaticity, cardiac muscle cells are
able to:
A) contract spontaneously without a stimulus from a nerve source.
B) rest for up to 2 minutes before initiating another electrical
impulse.
C) survive for long periods of time if oxygen does not reach the
heart.
D) generate an electrical impulse from the same pacemaker every
time. - ANSWER-A
Automaticity refers to the ability of the cardiac cells to
spontaneously generate an electrical impulse without being
stimulated by an outside nerve source. When cardiac muscle cells
contract, so does the muscle. Clearly, the heart cannot rest for 2
minutes before initiating another impulse; extended "rest" of the
heart is called cardiac arrest. Automaticity does not enable the
heart to survive for any length of time without oxygen. The
property of automaticity is present in every cardiac cell; it does not
dictate where the common pacemaker site is located.
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Switching compressors during two-rescuer CPR:
A) should take no more than 15 seconds to accomplish.
B) should occur every 2 minutes throughout the arrest.
C) is necessary only if the compressor becomes fatigued.
D) is performed after every 10 to 20 cycles of adult CPR. -
ANSWER-B
Rescuer fatigue leads to inadequate chest compression rate
and/or depth. Fatigue is common after 1 minute of CPR, although
the rescuer may not recognize it for 5 minutes or longer.
Therefore, compressors should be changed every 2 minutes
(after 5 cycles of CPR at a 30:2 ratio) throughout the resuscitation
attempt. If the compressor is not switched until he or she
recognizes the fatigue, the patient has likely been without
effective chest compressions for at least 4 or 5 minutes. In
general, interruptions in CPR should be infrequent and should not
exceed 10 seconds. However, every effort should be made to
switch compressors in less than 5 seconds
A patient reports pain in the upper midabdominal area. This
region of the abdomen is called the:
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A) peritoneum.
B) epigastrium.
C) mediastinum.
D) retroperitoneum. - ANSWER-B
The mid-upper region of the abdomen is referred to as the
epigastrium because of its location over the stomach (epi = upon,
gastric = stomach). This is a common site of pain or discomfort in
patients experiencing a cardiac problem, which frequently causes
them to attribute their pain or discomfort to indigestion.
When the vital organs of an 85-year-old patient need additional
blood flow, the heart may not be able to meet the increased need
because:
A) stroke volume increases as a person ages.
B) blood pressure decreases as a person ages.
C) the reserve capacity of the heart is reduced as a person ages.
D) the blood vessels become more elastic as a person ages. -
ANSWER-C
Like other body systems, the cardiovascular system undergoes
changes as we get older. As the heart's muscle mass and tone
FISDAP CARDIOLOGY EMT ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
Your partner has applied the AED to a cardiac arrest patient and
has received a shock advised message. While the AED is
charging, you should:
A) continue chest compressions until your partner tells you to
stand clear.
B) perform rescue breathing only until the AED is charged and
ready to shock.
C) cease all contact with the patient until the AED has delivered
the shock.
D) retrieve the airway equipment and prepare to ventilate the
patient. - ANSWER-A
It is important to minimize interruptions in CPR, especially chest
compressions, when at all possible. All contact with the patient
must cease while the AED is analyzing. However, if the AED
gives a shock advised message and begins charging, you should
resume chest compressions until the AED is charged and ready
to deliver the shock; at this point, you should cease contact with
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the patient. As soon as the AED delivers the shock, immediately
resume CPR starting with chest compressions.
Because of the property of automaticity, cardiac muscle cells are
able to:
A) contract spontaneously without a stimulus from a nerve source.
B) rest for up to 2 minutes before initiating another electrical
impulse.
C) survive for long periods of time if oxygen does not reach the
heart.
D) generate an electrical impulse from the same pacemaker every
time. - ANSWER-A
Automaticity refers to the ability of the cardiac cells to
spontaneously generate an electrical impulse without being
stimulated by an outside nerve source. When cardiac muscle cells
contract, so does the muscle. Clearly, the heart cannot rest for 2
minutes before initiating another impulse; extended "rest" of the
heart is called cardiac arrest. Automaticity does not enable the
heart to survive for any length of time without oxygen. The
property of automaticity is present in every cardiac cell; it does not
dictate where the common pacemaker site is located.
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Switching compressors during two-rescuer CPR:
A) should take no more than 15 seconds to accomplish.
B) should occur every 2 minutes throughout the arrest.
C) is necessary only if the compressor becomes fatigued.
D) is performed after every 10 to 20 cycles of adult CPR. -
ANSWER-B
Rescuer fatigue leads to inadequate chest compression rate
and/or depth. Fatigue is common after 1 minute of CPR, although
the rescuer may not recognize it for 5 minutes or longer.
Therefore, compressors should be changed every 2 minutes
(after 5 cycles of CPR at a 30:2 ratio) throughout the resuscitation
attempt. If the compressor is not switched until he or she
recognizes the fatigue, the patient has likely been without
effective chest compressions for at least 4 or 5 minutes. In
general, interruptions in CPR should be infrequent and should not
exceed 10 seconds. However, every effort should be made to
switch compressors in less than 5 seconds
A patient reports pain in the upper midabdominal area. This
region of the abdomen is called the:
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A) peritoneum.
B) epigastrium.
C) mediastinum.
D) retroperitoneum. - ANSWER-B
The mid-upper region of the abdomen is referred to as the
epigastrium because of its location over the stomach (epi = upon,
gastric = stomach). This is a common site of pain or discomfort in
patients experiencing a cardiac problem, which frequently causes
them to attribute their pain or discomfort to indigestion.
When the vital organs of an 85-year-old patient need additional
blood flow, the heart may not be able to meet the increased need
because:
A) stroke volume increases as a person ages.
B) blood pressure decreases as a person ages.
C) the reserve capacity of the heart is reduced as a person ages.
D) the blood vessels become more elastic as a person ages. -
ANSWER-C
Like other body systems, the cardiovascular system undergoes
changes as we get older. As the heart's muscle mass and tone
