FISDAP TRAUMA STUDY GUIDE
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ 2. An 18 year old male is hypotensive and bradycardic. His skin is
warm and dry. He was hit during a football game and lost consciousness.
What should you suspect?
A. Hypovolemic
B. Neurogenic
C. Septic
D. Cardiogenic Answer: B
◉ 3. A 20 year old female has burns on her chest, abdomen, and on the
anterior side of her right arm. What percentage of body is burned?
A. 27%
B. 40.5%
C. 18%
D. 22.5% Answer: D
◉ 4. What patient would NOT be triaged as a red?
,A. A patient with a 4 inch thigh laceration.
B. A patient with a sucking chest wound.
C. A patient with an obstructed airway.
D. A patient in decompensated shock. Answer: A
◉ 5. A 10 year old boy fell off his bicycle and is now experiencing slow,
even bleeding from his left elbow. Which of the following would be the
most likely complication resulting from the injury?
A. Major blood loss.
B. Locating the child's legal guardian.
C. Contamination and infection.
D. Air embolism interfering with heart rhythm. Answer: C
◉ 6. A 21 year old female involved in a car crash has a bruise to the
right side of her chest with paradoxical motion. What should you
suspect?
A. Traumatic asphyxia
B. Flail chest segment
C. Tension pneumothorax
D. Cardiac tamponade Answer: B
,◉ 7. A 34 year old male was involved in a car accident. He has
significant facial trauma and is bleeding profusely from his mouth and
nose. When performing your assessment, what findings are most
indicative of neurological disorders?
A. Head trauma
B. Tachycardia and hypotension
C. Changes in level of consciousness
D. Narrowing pulse pressure Answer: C
◉ 8. An 18 year old male is unconscious after being struck in the chest
by a baseball. What should you suspect?
A. Commotio cordis
B. Flail chest
C. Cardiac tamponade
D. Hemothorax Answer: A
◉ 9. An alert 18 year old female is trapped in her car after a single car
crash. She complains of hip and left leg pain. When she is finally
extricated from the car,her vital signs decrease. What stages of shock is
she transitioning from?
A. Compensated to decompensated
B. Neurogenic to hypovolemic
, C. Decompensated to compensated
D. Decompensated to hypovolemic Answer: A
◉ Scenario:
10. A 20 year old male struck his head on a diving board and is
unconscious and apneic. Vital signs are BP 88/70, P 80. He has a large
amount of swelling and deformity in the cervical spine area. What
should you suspect?
A. Hypovolemic shock
B. Cervical spine injury
C. Increased intracranial pressure
D. Cerebral contusion Answer: B
◉ 11. Unequal pupils are a result of pressure on which structure?
A.Vagus nerve
B. Trochlear membrane
C. Central medulla
D. Occulomotor nerve Answer: D
◉ 12. A 28 year old female has full thickness burns to her hands and
arms after being shocked by an electrical outlet. Vital signs are BP
150/90, R 20, P 84. What should you do?
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ 2. An 18 year old male is hypotensive and bradycardic. His skin is
warm and dry. He was hit during a football game and lost consciousness.
What should you suspect?
A. Hypovolemic
B. Neurogenic
C. Septic
D. Cardiogenic Answer: B
◉ 3. A 20 year old female has burns on her chest, abdomen, and on the
anterior side of her right arm. What percentage of body is burned?
A. 27%
B. 40.5%
C. 18%
D. 22.5% Answer: D
◉ 4. What patient would NOT be triaged as a red?
,A. A patient with a 4 inch thigh laceration.
B. A patient with a sucking chest wound.
C. A patient with an obstructed airway.
D. A patient in decompensated shock. Answer: A
◉ 5. A 10 year old boy fell off his bicycle and is now experiencing slow,
even bleeding from his left elbow. Which of the following would be the
most likely complication resulting from the injury?
A. Major blood loss.
B. Locating the child's legal guardian.
C. Contamination and infection.
D. Air embolism interfering with heart rhythm. Answer: C
◉ 6. A 21 year old female involved in a car crash has a bruise to the
right side of her chest with paradoxical motion. What should you
suspect?
A. Traumatic asphyxia
B. Flail chest segment
C. Tension pneumothorax
D. Cardiac tamponade Answer: B
,◉ 7. A 34 year old male was involved in a car accident. He has
significant facial trauma and is bleeding profusely from his mouth and
nose. When performing your assessment, what findings are most
indicative of neurological disorders?
A. Head trauma
B. Tachycardia and hypotension
C. Changes in level of consciousness
D. Narrowing pulse pressure Answer: C
◉ 8. An 18 year old male is unconscious after being struck in the chest
by a baseball. What should you suspect?
A. Commotio cordis
B. Flail chest
C. Cardiac tamponade
D. Hemothorax Answer: A
◉ 9. An alert 18 year old female is trapped in her car after a single car
crash. She complains of hip and left leg pain. When she is finally
extricated from the car,her vital signs decrease. What stages of shock is
she transitioning from?
A. Compensated to decompensated
B. Neurogenic to hypovolemic
, C. Decompensated to compensated
D. Decompensated to hypovolemic Answer: A
◉ Scenario:
10. A 20 year old male struck his head on a diving board and is
unconscious and apneic. Vital signs are BP 88/70, P 80. He has a large
amount of swelling and deformity in the cervical spine area. What
should you suspect?
A. Hypovolemic shock
B. Cervical spine injury
C. Increased intracranial pressure
D. Cerebral contusion Answer: B
◉ 11. Unequal pupils are a result of pressure on which structure?
A.Vagus nerve
B. Trochlear membrane
C. Central medulla
D. Occulomotor nerve Answer: D
◉ 12. A 28 year old female has full thickness burns to her hands and
arms after being shocked by an electrical outlet. Vital signs are BP
150/90, R 20, P 84. What should you do?
