EMT FISDAP EXAM 2 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
2026 QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ Best way to ventilate with single recuer? Answer: pocket mask
◉ best way to ventilate with 2 rescuers? Answer: BVM hooked up to
O2
◉ If PT is slow to respond, little chest rise and fall and retraction?
Answer: Need to use BVM
◉ If ventilating, and chest doesn't rise, what's the next step? Answer:
Reposition head
◉ Where does stridor sounds come from? Answer: High pitch,
blockage in larynx/trachea (tongue/item)
◉ Where does wheezing sounds come from? Answer: high pitch,
constriction in smaller air passages (asthma)
◉ Where does Rhonchi sounds come from? Answer: low pitch,
raddling in the lungs (COPD, emphysema, pneumonia)
, ◉ Where do rales sounds come from? Answer: crackles/popping
(fluid in lungs, pulmonary edema secondary to left-sided CHF)
◉ O2 levels for NC Answer: 2-6
◉ O2 levels for NRB Answer: 10-15
◉ O2 levels for BVM Answer: 15-25
◉ O2 levels for NEB Answer: 6-8
◉ Proper suctioning technique and what to do if they keep
vomiting? Answer: 10-15 sec, suction on no more than 200mLHg,
roll to side if need be
◉ What to do if choking victim Answer: are you choking,
nonresponsive/apneic start chest compressions, responsive ab
thrust, pregnant woman
◉ Seizure PTs Answer: Keep safe, open airway, suction airway, use
NPA of needed POST Seizure
◉ s/s of pulmonary embolism Answer: recent travel/surgery, skin
discoloration, leg pain/swelling
2026 QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ Best way to ventilate with single recuer? Answer: pocket mask
◉ best way to ventilate with 2 rescuers? Answer: BVM hooked up to
O2
◉ If PT is slow to respond, little chest rise and fall and retraction?
Answer: Need to use BVM
◉ If ventilating, and chest doesn't rise, what's the next step? Answer:
Reposition head
◉ Where does stridor sounds come from? Answer: High pitch,
blockage in larynx/trachea (tongue/item)
◉ Where does wheezing sounds come from? Answer: high pitch,
constriction in smaller air passages (asthma)
◉ Where does Rhonchi sounds come from? Answer: low pitch,
raddling in the lungs (COPD, emphysema, pneumonia)
, ◉ Where do rales sounds come from? Answer: crackles/popping
(fluid in lungs, pulmonary edema secondary to left-sided CHF)
◉ O2 levels for NC Answer: 2-6
◉ O2 levels for NRB Answer: 10-15
◉ O2 levels for BVM Answer: 15-25
◉ O2 levels for NEB Answer: 6-8
◉ Proper suctioning technique and what to do if they keep
vomiting? Answer: 10-15 sec, suction on no more than 200mLHg,
roll to side if need be
◉ What to do if choking victim Answer: are you choking,
nonresponsive/apneic start chest compressions, responsive ab
thrust, pregnant woman
◉ Seizure PTs Answer: Keep safe, open airway, suction airway, use
NPA of needed POST Seizure
◉ s/s of pulmonary embolism Answer: recent travel/surgery, skin
discoloration, leg pain/swelling
