✅EMT FISDAP Final Exam – Verified
Questions and Answers – 100% Correct –
A+ Graded – 2025/2026 Edition
1. You find a patient unresponsive with slow, shallow
breathing. What is the MOST appropriate first action?
a. Insert an OPA and ventilate with a BVM
b. Administer high-flow oxygen via NRB
c. Begin chest compressions
d. Place the patient in the recovery position
Answer: a
Rationale: Slow, inadequate respirations require assisted ventilations, not just oxygen.
2. Which sign best indicates compensated shock?
a. Falling blood pressure
b. Weak, rapid pulses
c. Absent radial pulses
d. Altered mental status
Answer: b
Rationale: Tachycardia and weak pulses appear before BP drops.
3. A patient with chest pain has a nitroglycerin
prescription but systolic BP is 86 mmHg. You should:
,a. Administer nitroglycerin
b. Withhold nitroglycerin
c. Give aspirin instead
d. Apply CPAP
Answer: b
Rationale: Nitro is contraindicated below 90–100 systolic.
4. Which condition MOST commonly causes wheezing?
a. Congestive heart failure
b. An asthma exacerbation
c. Pneumonia
d. Pulmonary embolism
Answer: b
5. A diabetic patient is confused and diaphoretic. You
suspect:
a. Hyperglycemia
b. Hypoglycemia
c. DKA
d. Stroke
Answer: b
Rationale: Hypoglycemia presents rapidly with AMS + sweating.
6. A 2-year-old with a fever has a seizure lasting 1 minute.
The priority is:
a. Apply ice packs
b. Protect the child from injury
c. Immediately insert an airway
d. Begin CPR
, Answer: b
7. A trauma patient has slow capillary refill, cool skin, and
tachycardia. These findings suggest:
a. Septic shock
b. Hypovolemic shock
c. Neurogenic shock
d. Cardiogenic shock
Answer: b
8. The MOST important part of managing anaphylaxis is:
a. Oxygen
b. Rapid transport
c. Epinephrine
d. Positioning
Answer: c
Rationale: Epi reverses airway swelling and vasodilation.
9. Which patient should receive a cervical collar?
a. Low-speed MVC with no pain
b. Fall from standing height
c. Patient with neck pain after diving accident
d. Elderly patient with dizziness
Answer: c
10. You find an adult not breathing but with a carotid
pulse. Ventilation rate should be:
Questions and Answers – 100% Correct –
A+ Graded – 2025/2026 Edition
1. You find a patient unresponsive with slow, shallow
breathing. What is the MOST appropriate first action?
a. Insert an OPA and ventilate with a BVM
b. Administer high-flow oxygen via NRB
c. Begin chest compressions
d. Place the patient in the recovery position
Answer: a
Rationale: Slow, inadequate respirations require assisted ventilations, not just oxygen.
2. Which sign best indicates compensated shock?
a. Falling blood pressure
b. Weak, rapid pulses
c. Absent radial pulses
d. Altered mental status
Answer: b
Rationale: Tachycardia and weak pulses appear before BP drops.
3. A patient with chest pain has a nitroglycerin
prescription but systolic BP is 86 mmHg. You should:
,a. Administer nitroglycerin
b. Withhold nitroglycerin
c. Give aspirin instead
d. Apply CPAP
Answer: b
Rationale: Nitro is contraindicated below 90–100 systolic.
4. Which condition MOST commonly causes wheezing?
a. Congestive heart failure
b. An asthma exacerbation
c. Pneumonia
d. Pulmonary embolism
Answer: b
5. A diabetic patient is confused and diaphoretic. You
suspect:
a. Hyperglycemia
b. Hypoglycemia
c. DKA
d. Stroke
Answer: b
Rationale: Hypoglycemia presents rapidly with AMS + sweating.
6. A 2-year-old with a fever has a seizure lasting 1 minute.
The priority is:
a. Apply ice packs
b. Protect the child from injury
c. Immediately insert an airway
d. Begin CPR
, Answer: b
7. A trauma patient has slow capillary refill, cool skin, and
tachycardia. These findings suggest:
a. Septic shock
b. Hypovolemic shock
c. Neurogenic shock
d. Cardiogenic shock
Answer: b
8. The MOST important part of managing anaphylaxis is:
a. Oxygen
b. Rapid transport
c. Epinephrine
d. Positioning
Answer: c
Rationale: Epi reverses airway swelling and vasodilation.
9. Which patient should receive a cervical collar?
a. Low-speed MVC with no pain
b. Fall from standing height
c. Patient with neck pain after diving accident
d. Elderly patient with dizziness
Answer: c
10. You find an adult not breathing but with a carotid
pulse. Ventilation rate should be:
