1. A 36-year-old female is unresponsive following a motor vehicle accident. Fol- lowing insertion of a supraglottic airway, you note diminished breath sounds on the right. What should you do?
a. insert the supraglottic airway further
b. assess for a cardiac tamponade
c. assess for a pneumothorax...
TRAUMA FISDAP AEMT 2024 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ 1. A 36-year-old female is unresponsive following a motor vehicle accident. Fol- lowing insertion of a supraglottic airway, you note diminished breath sounds on the right. What should you do? a. insert the supraglottic airway further b. assess for a cardiac tamponade c. assess for a pneumothorax d. withdraw the supraglottic airway: d. withdraw the supraglottic airway 2. A 19-year-old female was a restrained passenger in a car crash. She has a laceration to her head, bubbling from an upper chest wound, an abrasion to the abdomen, and a deformed arm. What should you do? a. splint the arm with a board splint b. place an occlusive dressing to the chest c. apply a hemostatic agent to the head d. place a trauma dressing on the abdomen: b. place an occlusive dressing to the chest 3. An 18 year old male was kicked in the left side of his face. He tells you that he cannot look up or feel his cheek, nose or upper lip. Which type of fracture should you suspect? a. zygomatic b. mandibular c. maxillary d. orbital: A. zygomatic 4. A 23 year old male fell from the top of a two story building breaking his femur. There is bright red blood spurting from the wound. What should you do? TRAUMA FISDAP AEMT 2024 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ a. establish intravascular access b. apply a tourniquet above the wound c. splint his left with a traction splint d. initiate immediate transport: b. apply a tourniquet above the wound 5. What sound would you expect to hear during chest percussion on a patient with a suspected pneumothorax? a. hyperresonance b. dull c. normal d. hyporesonance: A. hyperresonance 6. A 26 year old male has been stabbed in the left side of his chest. He presents with pale, cool skin and JVD. Vital signs are a BP 140/120, P 140, R 32 breath sounds equal bilateral. What should you suspect? a. hemopneumothorax b. cardiac contusion c. cardiac tamponade d. tension pneumothorax: C. cardiac tamponade 7. What is the most appropriate treatment for a sucking chest wound? a. apply an occlusive dressing b. assist ventilations with bag-valve mask c. tape a saline bag over the wound d. apply a bulky dressing to the wound: A. apply an occlusive dressing 8. A 50 year old male has a long piece of wood impaled in his left anterior chest and protrudes out his back. He is pale and diaphoretic with a weak radial pulse. What should TRAUMA FISDAP AEMT 2024 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ you do? a. establish vascular access b. initiate rapid transport c. cut down the piece of wood d. provide high-flow oxygen: b. initiate rapid transport 9. A patient was attacked by a large animal. He is in severe respiratory distress. He has a large avulsion on his thigh and several puncture wounds on his chest. What should you do? a. apply occlusive dressings to the chest wounds b. assess his vital signs and package the patient c. administer high concentration oxygen via nasal cannula d. control external bleeding with tourniquets: a. apply occlusive dressing 10. A 35 year old patient is unresponsive after a motor vehicle collision. You observe paradoxical movement during respiration. Vital signs are BP 104/72, P 120, R 32 and shallow and SpO2 89%. What should you do? a. assist the patient's ventilations b. stabilize the flail segment with a bulky dressing c. administer oxygen via nonrebreather mask d. position the patient on their effected side: a. assist the patient's ventilations 11. A 19 year old female was hit in her left flank with a baseball bat. She has bruising to her left upper quadrant and complains of left shoulder pain. Vital signs are BP 84/50, P 130, R 22 and labored. What should you suspect? a. aortic dissection
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