Paramedic Airway Management FISDAP
STUDY GUIDE 2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Indications for Suctioning lower airway. Answer: PTs mouth becomes
filled with secretions; to be able to ventilate properly without pushing
material into the airway obstructing it
● Signs and Symptoms of Lower airway injury. Answer: Tachypnea,
dyspnea, cough, wheezing, rales, rhonchi, retractions, hypoxia, stridor
● Signs and Symptoms of Tension Pneumothorax. Answer: hypotension,
hypoxia, absent breath sounds to affected side, trachea deviation, JVD,
tachycardia, LOC, AMS
● Physiological Effects of COPD. Answer: slows the process of dilation
and disruption of the airways and alveoli caused by chronic bronchial
obstruction
● Signs and Symptoms of Spontaneous Pneumothorax. Answer:
dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, sharp, stabbing pain to one side that
worsens during expiration or inspiration or certain chest movement;
sudden dyspnea
STUDY GUIDE 2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Indications for Suctioning lower airway. Answer: PTs mouth becomes
filled with secretions; to be able to ventilate properly without pushing
material into the airway obstructing it
● Signs and Symptoms of Lower airway injury. Answer: Tachypnea,
dyspnea, cough, wheezing, rales, rhonchi, retractions, hypoxia, stridor
● Signs and Symptoms of Tension Pneumothorax. Answer: hypotension,
hypoxia, absent breath sounds to affected side, trachea deviation, JVD,
tachycardia, LOC, AMS
● Physiological Effects of COPD. Answer: slows the process of dilation
and disruption of the airways and alveoli caused by chronic bronchial
obstruction
● Signs and Symptoms of Spontaneous Pneumothorax. Answer:
dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, sharp, stabbing pain to one side that
worsens during expiration or inspiration or certain chest movement;
sudden dyspnea
