AEMT FISDAP ACTUAL Exam Questions with Revised Answers For
2025/2026.
A 42-year-old female presents with jugular vein distention, unequal breath sounds, and
asymmetrical chest rise. What is the most likely cause?
Tension Pneumothorax
A 25-year-old male is unresponsive and apneic. His chest was trapped under a car for 5
minutes. He has petechiae to his face and a weak carotid pulse. What should you do?
Ventilate him with a bag-valve mask
A 65-year-old male fell down a flight of concrete steps. He has tingling in both legs and denies
neck or back pain. What should you do?
Hold C-spine and immobilize
A 45-year-old male fell down the stairs and is unresponsive and apneic. When you ventilate
him, you notice his neck is swelling and he has minimal chest rise. What should you suspect?
Tracheal Disruption
A 30-year-old male was stabbed in the stomach with a knife and has an evisceration. What
should you do?
Apply a moist dressing and cover with an occlusive dressing.
A 39-year-old female was in a car crash and is hemorrhaging from her neck. Vital signs are BP:
72/40, P: 120, R: 24. What should you do?
Establish 2 large bore IVs
You are ventilating a 23-year-old female. You notice there is JVD and decreased lung sounds on
the left. What should you suspect?
Tension Pneumothorax
A 50-year-old male has a blunt chest injury with paradoxical chest wall movement. Vital signs
are BP: 120/62, P: 110, R: 22 and shallow. What should you suspect?
Flail Chest
What is a pathognomonic sign of neurogenic shock?
Vasodilation
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, 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?
Zygomatic
A 26-year-old has been stabbed in the left side of his chest. He presents with pale, cool skin and
JVD. Vital signs are BP: 140/120, P: 140, R 32 breath sounds equal bilateral. What should you
suspect?
Cardiac Tamponade
A 42-year-old male has a sucking chest wound to his right anterior chest. What should you do?
Apply a non-porous dressing
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 a SPO2
of 89%. What should you do?
Assist the patients’ ventilations
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?
Spleen Injury
A 17 year old male was struck in the chest by a baseball. He is apneic and pulseless. What
should you suspect?
Commotio Cordis
A 24 year old female was shot in the chest. She is cyanotic and diaphoretic. She has normal
breath sounds with equal rise and is tachycardia. What should you suspect?
Cardiac Tamponade
A 42 year old female was the restrained passenger in a car crash with passenger side impact.
She complains of shortness of breath with right-sided chest pain. Vital signs are BP 84/60, P
112, R 28 with unequal breath sounds, SpO2 74%. What should you suspect?
Tension Pneumothorax
A 36 vear old male has a fractured tibia. After splinting you are unable to palpate a distal pulse.
What should you do?
Loosen the splint and reassess for circulation
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2025/2026.
A 42-year-old female presents with jugular vein distention, unequal breath sounds, and
asymmetrical chest rise. What is the most likely cause?
Tension Pneumothorax
A 25-year-old male is unresponsive and apneic. His chest was trapped under a car for 5
minutes. He has petechiae to his face and a weak carotid pulse. What should you do?
Ventilate him with a bag-valve mask
A 65-year-old male fell down a flight of concrete steps. He has tingling in both legs and denies
neck or back pain. What should you do?
Hold C-spine and immobilize
A 45-year-old male fell down the stairs and is unresponsive and apneic. When you ventilate
him, you notice his neck is swelling and he has minimal chest rise. What should you suspect?
Tracheal Disruption
A 30-year-old male was stabbed in the stomach with a knife and has an evisceration. What
should you do?
Apply a moist dressing and cover with an occlusive dressing.
A 39-year-old female was in a car crash and is hemorrhaging from her neck. Vital signs are BP:
72/40, P: 120, R: 24. What should you do?
Establish 2 large bore IVs
You are ventilating a 23-year-old female. You notice there is JVD and decreased lung sounds on
the left. What should you suspect?
Tension Pneumothorax
A 50-year-old male has a blunt chest injury with paradoxical chest wall movement. Vital signs
are BP: 120/62, P: 110, R: 22 and shallow. What should you suspect?
Flail Chest
What is a pathognomonic sign of neurogenic shock?
Vasodilation
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, 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?
Zygomatic
A 26-year-old has been stabbed in the left side of his chest. He presents with pale, cool skin and
JVD. Vital signs are BP: 140/120, P: 140, R 32 breath sounds equal bilateral. What should you
suspect?
Cardiac Tamponade
A 42-year-old male has a sucking chest wound to his right anterior chest. What should you do?
Apply a non-porous dressing
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 a SPO2
of 89%. What should you do?
Assist the patients’ ventilations
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?
Spleen Injury
A 17 year old male was struck in the chest by a baseball. He is apneic and pulseless. What
should you suspect?
Commotio Cordis
A 24 year old female was shot in the chest. She is cyanotic and diaphoretic. She has normal
breath sounds with equal rise and is tachycardia. What should you suspect?
Cardiac Tamponade
A 42 year old female was the restrained passenger in a car crash with passenger side impact.
She complains of shortness of breath with right-sided chest pain. Vital signs are BP 84/60, P
112, R 28 with unequal breath sounds, SpO2 74%. What should you suspect?
Tension Pneumothorax
A 36 vear old male has a fractured tibia. After splinting you are unable to palpate a distal pulse.
What should you do?
Loosen the splint and reassess for circulation
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