EMT FISDAP FINAL PRACTICE EXAM Questions and Answers (2022/2023) (Verified Answers)
A 4-Year-old female tracheostomy pt has pulled out her tracheostomy tube. The opening is partially obstructed with skin. You should
A. Use a soft tip catheter and suction until clear
B. Insert a nasal airway in...
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EMT FISDAP FINAL PRACTICE EXAM Questions and
Answers (2022/2023) (Verified Answers)
A 4-Year-old female tracheostomy pt has pulled out her tracheostomy tube. The
opening is partially obstructed with skin. You should
A. Use a soft tip catheter and suction until clear
B. Insert a nasal airway into stoma
C. Wipe the area clean and perform mouth to stoma ventilation
D. Cut the skin away from the stoma
Use a soft tip catheter and suction until clear
To protect yourself from injury when lifting a stretcher you should
A. keep the weight as close to your body as possible
B. use two additional ppl for the lift
C. lean forward toward the stretcher
keep the weight as close to your body as possible
An unresponsive 10 year old male was hit by a car and is bleeding heavily from
an open leg fracture. After securing his airway and manually stabilizing c-spine,
you should:
A. place the patient in Tredelenburg position
B. perform a rapid trauma assessment
C. control bleeding from the leg wound
D. immobilize the extremity using a ladder splint
control bleeding from the leg wound *
The strongest portion of the heart that is responsible for circulating blood to the
entire body is the
A. Left atrium
B. Right atrium
C. Left ventricle
D. Right ventricle
Left ventricle
A 46 y/o female was involved in a bar fight and has an obvious open neck wound.
You should dress this wound with a/ an
A. Occlusive dressing
B. Sterile gauze dressing
C. Pressure dressing
D. Moist gauze dressing
Occlusive dressing *
When assessing a pulse, you are feeling the:
A. relaxation of the atria
B. contraction of the left ventricle
C. contraction of the left atrium
D. relaxation of both ventricles
contraction of the left ventricle*
A 60 y/o female has chest pain. She has not taken her prescribed nitro you should
A. Determine what type of cardiac problem the pt has, and assist her with taking
,the nitro
B. Immediately attached the AED and begin transport to hospital
C. Administer aspirin only and withhold the nitro
D. Consult medical direction with regard to assisting the pt in taking the nitro
Determine what type of cardiac problem the pt has, and assist her with taking the nitro
Which of the following is the best definition of hypoperfusion?
A. Less blood reaching capillary beds
B. Inadequate oxygen delivery to cells
C. Lowered heart rate and BP
D. Blood vessel dilation causing distal pooling
Inadequate oxygen delivery to cells
You are ventilating an apneic asthmatic patient with a BVM, but notice there is
inadequate chest rise. What should you do?
A. reassess the airway for an obstruction
B. increase the ventilation pressure
C. switch to an O2 powered ventilation device
D. increase the rate of the ventilations
reassess the airway for an obstruction *
For which of the following patients would an OPA be most appropriate?
A. A 19 y/o with a mandible fracture who is only responsive to pain
B. Unresponsive 25 y/o with a suspected spinal injury
C. Unresponsive five-year-old with a suspected airway obstruction
D. Semiconscious 76 y.o old who is gasping for air
Unresponsive 25 y/o with a suspected spinal injury
Your patient is pale, diaphoretic, and complains of chest pressure. Her vitals are
R 18 P 58, and BP 88/50. You should suspect
A. Unstable angina
B. A thoracic aneurysm
C. Cardiogenic shock
D. Pulmonary embolism
Cardiogenic shock
A 66 y/o male is confused. He has a history of substance abuse and falls. His
breath smells of alcoholic beverage. He is alert and refusing service. You should
A. Obtain consent from his family and transport
B. Document his refusal and recommend that he see his doctor
C. Speak calmly to him and convince him to accept transport
D. Have the police transport the pt to detox unit
Speak calmly to him and convince him to accept transport
Your 12 yr old patient has a penetrating wound to the abdomen. You may provide
care based on
A. informed consent
B. expressed consent
C. implied consent
implied consent
A victim of smoke inhalation has developed difficulty breathing. He does not like
the smell of the mask you are using to deliver O2. You should
, A. Switch to a NC set to deliver O2 @ 6 LPM
B. Restrain the pt and continue administering O2 via NRB
C. Explain that the mask is very important and continue its use
D. Administer blow-by O2 via Simple mask
Explain that the mask is very important and continue its use
A 23 y/o construction worker twisted his foot climbing up a ladder. He has an
obvious deformity on the right leg just below the knee. The lower leg and foot are
cyanotic and pulseless. You should
A. Apply an air splint and transport
B. Apply spinal immobilization and elevate the leg
C. Pull gentle traction and apply a splint
D. Apply a traction splint and transport
Pull gentle traction and apply a splint
Which of the following is TRUE about the insertion of an OPA?
A. the OPA is always rotated 360 degrees as it is inserted
B. if properly inserted, the OPA will keep the tongue out of the way
C. the OPA should be inserted until the flange rests below the patient's teeth
the OPA should be inserted until the flange rests below the patient's teeth*
While ventilating a near drowning pt, you suddenly feel increased resistance in
the airway. You should
A. Perform abdominal thrust
B. Place pt in lateral recovery position
C. Attempt to reposition the head
D. Apply firm pressure to the abdomen
Attempt to reposition the head
A 28 y/o female who is 12 weeks pregnant has twisted her left knee while walking.
She states the pain is 10/10 in severity. You should
A. Apply a traction splint and immobilize with a long spine board
B. Transport on her left side and hold manual stabilization until she gets the
hospital
C. Splint with the stretcher and straps and transport her on her left side
D. Splint using board splints and cravats and transport sitting
Splint using board splints and cravats and transport sitting
A 20 yr old female complains of severe abdominal pain. She is in the fetal
position. After your primary assessment, you should
A. transport immediately to hospital
B. palpate all 4 quadrants of abdomen
C. obtain baseline vital signs
obtain baseline vital signs*
An intoxicated 33 y/o female was fighting with police. You note some minor
scrapes on the pt's leg and face. The pt is being verbally abusive to you. The
police want your approval to take the pt to jail. You should
A. Ask the officer to transport her to the hospital in a squad car for safety
B. Request that the officers arrest the patient prior to transport
C. If vital signs are within normal limits, release the pt to the police
D. Restrain and transport the pt with police escort
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