FISDAP TRAUMA EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS WITH 100%
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CORRECT ANSWERS
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A 56 yr old male complains of tearing chest pain that radiates to his back. He was the restrained driver
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involved in a car-crash at high-way speeds. What should your secondary assessment include? - (correct
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answer) -Bilateral upper extermity blood pressures
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A 34 yr old male has a fractured left elbow and his arm is cyanotic and pulse less. What should you do. -
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(correct answer) -Align with gentle traction until restiance is met.
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A 23 yr old male was stabbed in the lower left quadrant. He was minor bleeding from the wound. What
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should you do. - (correct answer) -Apply an occlusive dressing
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Which injury is most likely to develop compartment syndrome. - (correct answer) -Closed tibia fracture.
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A 21 yr old female has an open femur fracture after falling off a horse. What should you do. - (correct
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answer) -Apply manual stabilization to her femur.
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An altered 19 yr old male was musty extricated from a burning building by the fire department. He has
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soot around his mouth and nose. What should you do? - (correct answer) -Remove and smoldering
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clothing
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A 41 yr old male was kicked in the chest by a horse. He is short of breath and he has a contusion to his
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sternum. Vital signs are BP 96/78, P 124, R 24 and shallow. What should you suspect. - (correct
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answer) -Cardiac tamponade
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A 21 yr old male is semi conscious and lying kiddywampus at the bottom of 2 flights of stairs. What
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should you do? - (correct answer) -Manually stabilize c-spine
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Which injury or condition should be managed first in a patient with multi-system trauma? - (correct
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answer) -Bleeding within the oral cavity
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A 22 yr old male has a knife impaled in the upper right quadrant of his abdomen. He complains of the
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painful when he inhales and shortness of breathing. What should you suspect. - (correct answer) -
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Diaphragmatic tear |;,
A 21 year old male has a large piece of glass impaled in his eye. What should you do? - (correct answer)
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-Stabilize the glass with a paper cup
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What is the the term for the injury in which the epidermis remains intact, but cells and blood vessels in
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the dermis may be damaged. - (correct answer) -contusion, bruise
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An unresponsive 49 yer old male is supine on the road next to a crashed motorcycle. What should you
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do? - (correct answer) -Hold c-spine
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Wha type of injury results from prolonged compression forces applied to soft tissue? - (correct answer) -
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Crush injury |;,
A 20 yr old male was the unrestrained driver in a car crash. He is anxious, pale and has absent lung
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sounds on the left side. Vitals signs are BP 80/48, P 132, R 31 and shallow. What should you suspect. -
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(correct answer) -Tension pneumothorax
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What is most life threatening for an adult patient? - (correct answer) -Bubbling wound to the chest
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, What is the best care for a suspected hemothorax? - (correct answer) -transporting rapidly
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A 46 yr old female was in a car crash at highway speeds. She is unconscious, breathing deep and fast
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with an abrasion to the lateral aspect of her neck. What should you do? - (correct answer) -Take c-spine
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precautions
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A 23 yr old male was stabbed in the shoulder and blood is spurting from the wound. What should do
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you? - (correct answer) -Apply direct pressure
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A 25 yr old male has a deep laceration on his right forearm. You are applying direct pressure with a
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trauma dressing, but the wound continues to bleed. What should you do? - (correct answer) -Apply a
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tourniquet proximal the laceration.
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A patient fell while water skiing. Unconscious. Suspect? - (correct answer) -Head and spine injury
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A patient riding a motorcycle traveling 45 mph hit parked car. Not wearing a helmet. Supine with
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copious amount of blood around face. Gurgling and R 4 per min. Most appropriate should? - (correct
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answer) -Suction airway
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A patient at a healthcare facility fell out of bed. Nurse suspects hip fracture. Which medication should
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concern you the most? - (correct answer) -Coumadin (which is a blood thinner
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|;, - (correct answer) -assess a carotid pulse and assist ventilations
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Pt stabbed in RUQ. What organ could be injured? - (correct answer) -Liver
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A patient has fallen and has a deformed right lower leg. The extremity is pulseless and the skin is cool
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and cyanotic. You should? - (correct answer) -Realign the injured extremity
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You arrive on scene of a car crash. The driver is alert and complaining of severe chest and abdominal
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pain. His radial is weak and rapid. skin is cool, pale and moist. The patient has a history of cardiac
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problems. You should? - (correct answer) -Rapidly extricate onto a long spinal board and transport
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A patient shot in back has cool and clammy skin with arm weakness. BP 130/90, P 76, R 24. You should
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suspect? - (correct answer) -Spinal cord injury
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A patient is in distress after being stabbed in the chest. Blood is bubbling from a laceration to L chest
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wall. Lung sounds diminished on L side. You should? - (correct answer) -Apply occlusive dressing
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What is an early sign of decompensated shock? - (correct answer) -Cold and clammy extremities; a
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feeble or absent peripheral pulse; server tachycardia.
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A patient with chemical burn on eye and is wearing contact lenses. You should? - (correct answer) -
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Remove the contact lenses |;, |;, |;,
A patient had an accident on moped. She is lying on ground, breathing well. Still wearing helmet. You
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should? - (correct answer) -Leave helmet is place where she is stable
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A patient who was fleeing from police and sustained a laceration shallow on forearm while climbing a
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rusted chain link fence. Refusing transport. What should you be concerned with? - (correct answer) -
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Infection
A patient who was fleeing from police and sustained a laceration shallow on forearm while climbing a
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rusted chain link fence. Refusing transport. What should you be concerned with? - (correct answer) -
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Basilar skull fracture |;, |;,
Most important factor with person struck in chest with baseball? - (correct answer) -Speed of the ball
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A patient has metal impaled in lower right leg. Obvious open fracture and no pulse in R foot, what
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should you do? - (correct answer) -Stabilize the object before transporting
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