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EMT FINAL PRACTICE FISDAP WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

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EMT FINAL PRACTICE FISDAP WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 1. A 4-Year-old female tracheostomy pt has pulled out her tracheostomy tube. The opening is partially ob- structed 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 cl...

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EMT FINAL PRACTICE FISDAP WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

1. A 4-Year-old female tracheostomy pt has pulled out Use a soft tip
her tracheostomy tube. The opening is partially ob- catheter and suc-
structed with skin. You should tion until clear
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

2. To protect yourself from injury when lifting a stretcher keep the weight as
you should close to your body
A. keep the weight as close to your body as possible as possible
B. use two additional ppl for the lift
C. lean forward toward the stretcher

3. An unresponsive 10 year old male was hit by a car and control bleeding
is bleeding heavily from an open leg fracture. After from the leg
securing his airway and manually stabilizing c-spine, wound *
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

4. The strongest portion of the heart that is responsible Left ventricle
for circulating blood to the entire body is the
A. Left atrium
B. Right atrium
C. Left ventricle
D. Right ventricle

5. A 46 y/o female was involved in a bar fight and has Occlusive dress-
an obvious open neck wound. You should dress this ing *
wound with a/ an
A. Occlusive dressing
B. Sterile gauze dressing
C. Pressure dressing
D. Moist gauze dressing

, EMT FINAL PRACTICE FISDAP WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

6. When assessing a pulse, you are feeling the: contraction of the
A. relaxation of the atria left ventricle*
B. contraction of the left ventricle
C. contraction of the left atrium
D. relaxation of both ventricles

7. A 60 y/o female has chest pain. She has not taken her Determine what
prescribed nitro you should type of cardiac
A. Determine what type of cardiac problem the pt has, problem the pt
and assist her with taking the nitro has, and assist her
B. Immediately attached the AED and begin transport with taking the ni-
to hospital tro
C. Administer aspirin only and withhold the nitro
D. Consult medical direction with regard to assisting
the pt in taking the nitro

8. Which of the following is the best definition of hypop- Inadequate oxy-
erfusion? gen delivery to
A. Less blood reaching capillary beds cells
B. Inadequate oxygen delivery to cells
C. Lowered heart rate and BP
D. Blood vessel dilation causing distal pooling

9. You are ventilating an apneic asthmatic patient with a reassess the air-
BVM, but notice there is inadequate chest rise. What way for an ob-
should you do? struction *
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

10. For which of the following patients would an OPA be Unresponsive 25
most appropriate? y/o with a suspect-
A. A 19 y/o with a mandible fracture who is only ed spinal injury
responsive to pain
B. Unresponsive 25 y/o with a suspected spinal injury
C. Unresponsive five-year-old with a suspected air-
way obstruction
D. Semiconscious 76 y.o old who is gasping for air

, EMT FINAL PRACTICE FISDAP WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

11. Your patient is pale, diaphoretic, and complains of Cardiogenic
chest pressure. Her vitals are R 18 P 58, and BP 88/50. shock
You should suspect
A. Unstable angina
B. A thoracic aneurysm
C. Cardiogenic shock
D. Pulmonary embolism

12. A 66 y/o male is confused. He has a history of sub- Speak calmly to
stance abuse and falls. His breath smells of alcoholic him and convince
beverage. He is alert and refusing service.You should him to accept
A. Obtain consent from his family and transport 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

13. Your 12 yr old patient has a penetrating wound to the implied consent
abdomen. You may provide care based on
A. informed consent
B. expressed consent
C. implied consent

14. A victim of smoke inhalation has developed difficulty Explain that the
breathing. He does not like the smell of the mask you mask is very im-
are using to deliver O2. You should portant and con-
A. Switch to a NC set to deliver O2 @ 6 LPM tinue its use
B. Restrain the pt and continue administering O2
viaNRB
C. Explain that the mask is very important and contin-
ue its use
D. Administer blow-by O2 via Simple mask

15. A 23 y/o construction worker twisted his foot climbing Pull gentle traction
up a ladder. He has an obvious deformity on the right and apply a splint
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

, EMT FINAL PRACTICE FISDAP WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

C. Pull gentle traction and apply a splint
D. Apply a traction splint and transport

16. Which of the following is TRUE about the insertion of the OPA should be
an OPA? inserted until the
A. the OPA is always rotated 360 degrees as it is flange rests below
inserted the patient's teeth*
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

17. While ventilating a near drowning pt, you suddenly Attempt to reposi-
feel increased resistance in the airway. You should tion the head
A. Perform abdominal thrust
B. Place pt in lateral recovery position
C. Attempt to reposition the head
D. Apply firm pressure to the abdomen

18. A 28 y/o female who is 12 weeks pregnant has twisted Splint using board
her left knee while walking. She states the pain is splints and cravats
10/10 in severity. You should and transport sit-
A. Apply a traction splint and immobilize with a long ting
spine board
B. Transport on her left side and hold manual stabi-
lization 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 trans-
port sitting

19. A 20 yr old female complains of severe abdominal obtain baseline vi-
pain. She is in the fetal position. After your primary tal signs*
assessment, you should
A. transport immediately to hospital
B. palpate all 4 quadrants of abdomen
C. obtain baseline vital signs

20. An intoxicated 33 y/o female was fighting with police.
You note some minor scrapes on the pt's leg and face.

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