Paramedic Airway Management FISDAP
BOARD EVALUATION 2026 GUARANTEED
PASS ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Candidates for Nasotracheal Intubation. Answer: Patients w COPD,
asthsma, or pulmonary edema.
● Signs & Symptoms of Pneumothorax (and leak into pleural space).
Answer: - Absent lung sounds on one side or both
- Chest pain upon inhalation
- JV distention
- Hypoxia
- Hypotension
- Cough
- Tracheal deviation
● Tension pneumothorax. Answer: when the air build up creates pressure
affecting nearby organs
● Lower Airway Diseases. Answer: Asthma
COPD
Bronchitis
, Emphysema
Pneumonia
Cystic fribrosis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
● Emphysema S/S. Answer: barrel chest, muscle wasting, pursed lips
breathing, tachypnea, usually not present with hy6poxia and cyanosis
(classified as COPD)
● chronic bronchitis s/s. Answer: sedentary and may be obese;
productive cough; thickened, discolored mucus; wheezing; possible
chest pain and SOB (classified as COPD)
● Asthma S/S. Answer: narrowing of airways, bronchospasms, high risk
for respiratory arrest, wheezing, accessory muscles, entirely inaudible,
exhausted, acidotic and dehydrated
● PaO2. Answer: oxygen dissolved en plasma; partial pressure of arterial
blood
● hypercapnia. Answer: excessive carbon dioxide in the blood; elevated
PaCO2
BOARD EVALUATION 2026 GUARANTEED
PASS ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Candidates for Nasotracheal Intubation. Answer: Patients w COPD,
asthsma, or pulmonary edema.
● Signs & Symptoms of Pneumothorax (and leak into pleural space).
Answer: - Absent lung sounds on one side or both
- Chest pain upon inhalation
- JV distention
- Hypoxia
- Hypotension
- Cough
- Tracheal deviation
● Tension pneumothorax. Answer: when the air build up creates pressure
affecting nearby organs
● Lower Airway Diseases. Answer: Asthma
COPD
Bronchitis
, Emphysema
Pneumonia
Cystic fribrosis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
● Emphysema S/S. Answer: barrel chest, muscle wasting, pursed lips
breathing, tachypnea, usually not present with hy6poxia and cyanosis
(classified as COPD)
● chronic bronchitis s/s. Answer: sedentary and may be obese;
productive cough; thickened, discolored mucus; wheezing; possible
chest pain and SOB (classified as COPD)
● Asthma S/S. Answer: narrowing of airways, bronchospasms, high risk
for respiratory arrest, wheezing, accessory muscles, entirely inaudible,
exhausted, acidotic and dehydrated
● PaO2. Answer: oxygen dissolved en plasma; partial pressure of arterial
blood
● hypercapnia. Answer: excessive carbon dioxide in the blood; elevated
PaCO2
