FISDAP TRAUMA PRACTICE SET
2026 TESTED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
◉ A 23-year-old soccer player was kicked in the chest, alert with rapid,
shallow respirations, pale, cool, and wet skin, and complains of chest
pain. What should you do? Answer: Oxygenate via a non-rebreather
mask
◉ A 34 yr old male has a fractured left elbow and his arm is cyanotic
and pulse less. What should you do. Answer: Align with gentle traction
until restiance is met.
◉ A 42 year old male has a piece of metal impaled in his lower right leg.
He has an obvious open fracture and no pulse in his right foot. What
should you do? Answer: Stabilize with bulky dressings prior to transport
◉ A 23 yr old male was stabbed in the lower left quadrant. He was
minor bleeding from the wound. What should you do. Answer: Apply an
occlusive dressing
◉ A 25 year old male is in respiratory distress after being stabbed in the
chest. Blood is bubbling from a 2 cm laceration to his left chest wall.
Lung sounds are diminished on the left side. You should Answer: Apply
an occlusive dressing
,◉ Which injury is most likely to develop compartment syndrome.
Answer: Closed tibia fracture.
◉ A 21 yr old female has an open femur fracture after falling off a
horse. What should you do. Answer: Apply manual stabilization to her
femur.
◉ An altered 19 yr old male was musty extricated from a burning
building by the fire department. He has soot around his mouth and nose.
What should you do? Answer: Remove and smoldering clothing
◉ 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 sternum. Vital signs are BP 96/78, P
124, R 24 and shallow. What should you suspect. Answer: Cardiac
tamponade
◉ A 21 yr old male is semi conscious and lying kiddywampus at the
bottom of 2 flights of stairs. What should you do? Answer: Manually
stabilize c-spine
◉ Which injury or condition should be managed first in a patient with
multi-system trauma? Answer: Bleeding within the oral cavity
◉ A 22 yr old male has a knife impaled in the upper right quadrant of
his abdomen. He complains of the painful when he inhales and shortness
of breathing. What should you suspect. Answer: Diaphragmatic tear
, ◉ A 21 year old male has a large piece of glass impaled in his eye. What
should you do? Answer: Stabilize the glass with a paper cup
◉ What is the the term for the injury in which the epidermis remains
intact, but cells and blood vessels in the dermis may be damaged.
Answer: contusion, bruise
◉ An unresponsive 49 yer old male is supine on the road next to a
crashed motorcycle. What should you do? Answer: Hold c-spine
◉ You arrive at a motor vehicle collision and find that your patient has
extricated herself from the vehicle and is walking around. She complains
of neck pain. You should Answer: Apply a c-collar
◉ Wha type of injury results from prolonged compression forces applied
to soft tissue? Answer: Crush injury
◉ A 20 yr old male was the unrestrained driver in a car crash. He is
anxious, pale and has absent lung sounds on the left side. Vitals signs are
BP 80/48, P 132, R 31 and shallow. What should you suspect. Answer:
Tension pneumothorax
◉ What is most life threatening for an adult patient? Answer: Bubbling
wound to the chest
2026 TESTED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
◉ A 23-year-old soccer player was kicked in the chest, alert with rapid,
shallow respirations, pale, cool, and wet skin, and complains of chest
pain. What should you do? Answer: Oxygenate via a non-rebreather
mask
◉ A 34 yr old male has a fractured left elbow and his arm is cyanotic
and pulse less. What should you do. Answer: Align with gentle traction
until restiance is met.
◉ A 42 year old male has a piece of metal impaled in his lower right leg.
He has an obvious open fracture and no pulse in his right foot. What
should you do? Answer: Stabilize with bulky dressings prior to transport
◉ A 23 yr old male was stabbed in the lower left quadrant. He was
minor bleeding from the wound. What should you do. Answer: Apply an
occlusive dressing
◉ A 25 year old male is in respiratory distress after being stabbed in the
chest. Blood is bubbling from a 2 cm laceration to his left chest wall.
Lung sounds are diminished on the left side. You should Answer: Apply
an occlusive dressing
,◉ Which injury is most likely to develop compartment syndrome.
Answer: Closed tibia fracture.
◉ A 21 yr old female has an open femur fracture after falling off a
horse. What should you do. Answer: Apply manual stabilization to her
femur.
◉ An altered 19 yr old male was musty extricated from a burning
building by the fire department. He has soot around his mouth and nose.
What should you do? Answer: Remove and smoldering clothing
◉ 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 sternum. Vital signs are BP 96/78, P
124, R 24 and shallow. What should you suspect. Answer: Cardiac
tamponade
◉ A 21 yr old male is semi conscious and lying kiddywampus at the
bottom of 2 flights of stairs. What should you do? Answer: Manually
stabilize c-spine
◉ Which injury or condition should be managed first in a patient with
multi-system trauma? Answer: Bleeding within the oral cavity
◉ A 22 yr old male has a knife impaled in the upper right quadrant of
his abdomen. He complains of the painful when he inhales and shortness
of breathing. What should you suspect. Answer: Diaphragmatic tear
, ◉ A 21 year old male has a large piece of glass impaled in his eye. What
should you do? Answer: Stabilize the glass with a paper cup
◉ What is the the term for the injury in which the epidermis remains
intact, but cells and blood vessels in the dermis may be damaged.
Answer: contusion, bruise
◉ An unresponsive 49 yer old male is supine on the road next to a
crashed motorcycle. What should you do? Answer: Hold c-spine
◉ You arrive at a motor vehicle collision and find that your patient has
extricated herself from the vehicle and is walking around. She complains
of neck pain. You should Answer: Apply a c-collar
◉ Wha type of injury results from prolonged compression forces applied
to soft tissue? Answer: Crush injury
◉ A 20 yr old male was the unrestrained driver in a car crash. He is
anxious, pale and has absent lung sounds on the left side. Vitals signs are
BP 80/48, P 132, R 31 and shallow. What should you suspect. Answer:
Tension pneumothorax
◉ What is most life threatening for an adult patient? Answer: Bubbling
wound to the chest
