EMT FISDAP TRAUMA | 2026 Update | Study
Guide with Questions and Answers | Question
and Answer | A+ Verified
• Which injury is most likely to develop compartment syndrome. -✓✓Closed tibia
fracture.
• A 21 yr old female has an open femur fracture after falling off a horse. What should
you do. -✓✓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? -
✓✓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. -✓✓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? -✓✓Manually stabilize c-spine
• Which injury or condition should be managed first in a patient with multi-system
trauma? -✓✓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. -✓✓Diaphragmatic tear
• A 21 year old male has a large piece of glass impaled in his eye. What should you do?
-✓✓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. -✓✓contusion, bruise
• An unresponsive 49 yer old male is supine on the road next to a crashed motorcycle.
What should you do? -✓✓Hold c-spine
• Wha type of injury results from prolonged compression forces applied to soft tissue? -
✓✓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. -✓✓Tension pneumothorax
• What is most life threatening for an adult patient? -✓✓Bubbling wound to the chest
• What is the best care for a suspected hemothorax? -✓✓transporting rapidly
• A 46 yr old female was in a car crash at highway speeds. She is unconscious,
breathing deep and fast with an abrasion to the lateral aspect of her neck. What should
you do? -✓✓Take c-spine precautions
• A 23 yr old male was stabbed in the shoulder and blood is spurting from the wound.
What should do you? -✓✓Apply direct pressure
• A 25 yr old male has a deep laceration on his right forearm. You are applying direct
pressure with a trauma dressing, but the wound continues to bleed. What should you
do? -✓✓Apply a tourniquet proximal the laceration.
• A patient fell while water skiing. Unconscious. Suspect? -✓✓Head and spine injury
• A patient riding a motorcycle traveling 45 mph hit parked car. Not wearing a helmet.
Supine with copious amount of blood around face. Gurgling and R 4 per min. Most
appropriate should? -✓✓Suction airway
• A patient at a healthcare facility fell out of bed. Nurse suspects hip fracture. Which
medication should concern you the most? -✓✓Coumadin (which is a blood thinner
• -✓✓assess a carotid pulse and assist ventilations
• Pt stabbed in RUQ. What organ could be injured? -✓✓Liver
• A patient has fallen and has a deformed right lower leg. The extremity is pulseless and
the skin is cool and cyanotic. You should? -✓✓Realign the injured extremity
• You arrive on scene of a car crash. The driver is alert and complaining of severe chest
and abdominal pain. His radial is weak and rapid. skin is cool, pale and moist. The
patient has a history of cardiac problems. You should? -✓✓Rapidly extricate onto a long
spinal board and transport
• A patient shot in back has cool and clammy skin with arm weakness. BP 130/90, P 76,
R 24. You should suspect? -✓✓Spinal cord injury
,• A patient is in distress after being stabbed in the chest. Blood is bubbling from a
laceration to L chest wall. Lung sounds diminished on L side. You should? -✓✓Apply
occlusive dressing
• What is an early sign of decompensated shock? -✓✓Cold and clammy extremities; a
feeble or absent peripheral pulse; server tachycardia.
• A patient with chemical burn on eye and is wearing contact lenses. You should? -
✓✓Remove the contact lenses
• A patient had an accident on moped. She is lying on ground, breathing well. Still
wearing helmet. You should? -✓✓Leave helmet is place where she is stable
• A patient who was fleeing from police and sustained a laceration shallow on forearm
while climbing a rusted chain link fence. Refusing transport. What should you be
concerned with? -✓✓Infection
• A patient who was fleeing from police and sustained a laceration shallow on forearm
while climbing a rusted chain link fence. Refusing transport. What should you be
concerned with? -✓✓Basilar skull fracture
• Most important factor with person struck in chest with baseball? -✓✓Speed of the ball
• A patient has metal impaled in lower right leg. Obvious open fracture and no pulse in R
foot, what should you do? -✓✓Stabilize the object before transporting
• A patient has received burns to feet while stomping fire. He is still wearing the shoes.
The rubber soles and laces melted together. What do you do? -✓✓Cut shoelace and
remove shoes
• A MAN HAS A KNIFE IMPALED AT THE FOURTH INTERCOSTAL SPACE, LEFT
STERNAL BORDER. HE IS PULSELESS AND NOT BREATHING. YOU SHOULD: -
✓✓Remove the knife from the chest
• AN ADULT WAS PINNED BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES. HE IS CONSCIOUS BUT
CONFUSED AND UNABLE TO FOLLOW COMMANDS. HE HAS BRUISING ON BOTH
SIDES OF HIS ANTERIOR CHEST. HE HAS A WEAK CAROTID PULSE, NO
PERIPHERAL PULSES, CLEAR BREATH SOUNDS IN ALL FIELDS, AND
DISTENDED NECK VEINS. YOU SHOULD SUSPECT: -✓✓Pericardial tamponade
• A PATIENT RECEIVED A SEVERE STEAM BURN TO HIS HAND AND WRIST. YOU
SHOULD: -✓✓Apply a dry sterile dressing.
, • PROPER MANAGEMENT FOR AN AVULSION OF THE EAR INCLUDES: -
✓✓PACKING THE WOUND WITH DRESSING
• A PATIENT HAS A STAB WOUND TO THE UPPER LEFT QUADRANT. WHICH
ORGAN WOULD MOST LIKELY BE INJURED? -✓✓pancreas
• A 47 YEAR OLD MALE WAS SHOT IN THE BACK. HE IS COOL AND CLAMMY AND
HAS ARM WEAKNESS. VITAL SIGNS ARE BP 130/90, P 76, R 24. YOU SHOULD
SUSPECT: -✓✓spinal cord injury
• A 32 YEAR OLD MALE SUSTAINED FACIAL TRAUMA AFTER FALLING FROM A
ROOF. HE HAS SNORING RESPIRATION. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? -✓✓Perform a
modified jaw-thrust
• A 50 YEAR OLD MALE HAS AN OBVIOUSLY DEFORMED RIGHT LOWER LEG
AFTER FALLING OFF A ROOF. AS YOU APPROACH YOU NOTICE A TEAR IN THE
SKIN OVER THE DEFORMITY. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? -✓✓Realign and splint the
leg
• A 53 YEAR OLD FEMALE WAS HIT BY A CAR. SHE IS UNRESPONSIVE WITH
DEFORMITY TO THE LEFT FEMUR AND PELVIC INSTABILITY WITH DEFORMITY
TO THE LEFT FEMUR AND PELVIC INSTABILITY. SHE HAS DIMINISHED LUNG
SOUNDS ON THE LEFT SIDE. YOU SHOULD: -✓✓RAPIDLY TRANSPORT TO THE
NEAREST EMERGENCY ROOM
• WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TRAUMA PATIENT IS SUFFERING FROM THE
MOST SEVERE BRAIN INJURY? -✓✓A semi-conscious 34 year old with decerebrate
posturing
• A SNOWMOBILE RIDER WAS THROWN 15 FEET FROM HIS VEHICLE. FINGER IS
DEFORMED AND HIS STERNUM IS TENDER TO PALPATION. HE SAYS, "I THINK
I"LL BE OKAY", AND REFUSES TRANSPORT. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? -✓✓Ask
him if you can perform a detail assessment
• A PATIENT HAS A 4 INCH STICK LODGED IN HER EYE. YOU SHOULD: -
✓✓Stabilize the stick with gauze, place a paper cup over the affected eye, and dress
the unaffected eye.
• A 32 YEAR OLD MALE IS UNCONSCIOUS AFTER BEING STRUCK IN THE HEAD
BY A BASEBALL BAT. HIS PULSE AND BREATHING ARE SLOW AND YOU SEE
MINOR BLEEDING FROM A LACERATION AT HIS LEFT TEMPLE. YOUR PARTNER
IS MAINTAINING MANUAL C-SPINE STABILIZATION. YOU SHOULD: -✓✓Measure
and apply a rigid c-collar
Guide with Questions and Answers | Question
and Answer | A+ Verified
• Which injury is most likely to develop compartment syndrome. -✓✓Closed tibia
fracture.
• A 21 yr old female has an open femur fracture after falling off a horse. What should
you do. -✓✓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? -
✓✓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. -✓✓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? -✓✓Manually stabilize c-spine
• Which injury or condition should be managed first in a patient with multi-system
trauma? -✓✓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. -✓✓Diaphragmatic tear
• A 21 year old male has a large piece of glass impaled in his eye. What should you do?
-✓✓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. -✓✓contusion, bruise
• An unresponsive 49 yer old male is supine on the road next to a crashed motorcycle.
What should you do? -✓✓Hold c-spine
• Wha type of injury results from prolonged compression forces applied to soft tissue? -
✓✓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. -✓✓Tension pneumothorax
• What is most life threatening for an adult patient? -✓✓Bubbling wound to the chest
• What is the best care for a suspected hemothorax? -✓✓transporting rapidly
• A 46 yr old female was in a car crash at highway speeds. She is unconscious,
breathing deep and fast with an abrasion to the lateral aspect of her neck. What should
you do? -✓✓Take c-spine precautions
• A 23 yr old male was stabbed in the shoulder and blood is spurting from the wound.
What should do you? -✓✓Apply direct pressure
• A 25 yr old male has a deep laceration on his right forearm. You are applying direct
pressure with a trauma dressing, but the wound continues to bleed. What should you
do? -✓✓Apply a tourniquet proximal the laceration.
• A patient fell while water skiing. Unconscious. Suspect? -✓✓Head and spine injury
• A patient riding a motorcycle traveling 45 mph hit parked car. Not wearing a helmet.
Supine with copious amount of blood around face. Gurgling and R 4 per min. Most
appropriate should? -✓✓Suction airway
• A patient at a healthcare facility fell out of bed. Nurse suspects hip fracture. Which
medication should concern you the most? -✓✓Coumadin (which is a blood thinner
• -✓✓assess a carotid pulse and assist ventilations
• Pt stabbed in RUQ. What organ could be injured? -✓✓Liver
• A patient has fallen and has a deformed right lower leg. The extremity is pulseless and
the skin is cool and cyanotic. You should? -✓✓Realign the injured extremity
• You arrive on scene of a car crash. The driver is alert and complaining of severe chest
and abdominal pain. His radial is weak and rapid. skin is cool, pale and moist. The
patient has a history of cardiac problems. You should? -✓✓Rapidly extricate onto a long
spinal board and transport
• A patient shot in back has cool and clammy skin with arm weakness. BP 130/90, P 76,
R 24. You should suspect? -✓✓Spinal cord injury
,• A patient is in distress after being stabbed in the chest. Blood is bubbling from a
laceration to L chest wall. Lung sounds diminished on L side. You should? -✓✓Apply
occlusive dressing
• What is an early sign of decompensated shock? -✓✓Cold and clammy extremities; a
feeble or absent peripheral pulse; server tachycardia.
• A patient with chemical burn on eye and is wearing contact lenses. You should? -
✓✓Remove the contact lenses
• A patient had an accident on moped. She is lying on ground, breathing well. Still
wearing helmet. You should? -✓✓Leave helmet is place where she is stable
• A patient who was fleeing from police and sustained a laceration shallow on forearm
while climbing a rusted chain link fence. Refusing transport. What should you be
concerned with? -✓✓Infection
• A patient who was fleeing from police and sustained a laceration shallow on forearm
while climbing a rusted chain link fence. Refusing transport. What should you be
concerned with? -✓✓Basilar skull fracture
• Most important factor with person struck in chest with baseball? -✓✓Speed of the ball
• A patient has metal impaled in lower right leg. Obvious open fracture and no pulse in R
foot, what should you do? -✓✓Stabilize the object before transporting
• A patient has received burns to feet while stomping fire. He is still wearing the shoes.
The rubber soles and laces melted together. What do you do? -✓✓Cut shoelace and
remove shoes
• A MAN HAS A KNIFE IMPALED AT THE FOURTH INTERCOSTAL SPACE, LEFT
STERNAL BORDER. HE IS PULSELESS AND NOT BREATHING. YOU SHOULD: -
✓✓Remove the knife from the chest
• AN ADULT WAS PINNED BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES. HE IS CONSCIOUS BUT
CONFUSED AND UNABLE TO FOLLOW COMMANDS. HE HAS BRUISING ON BOTH
SIDES OF HIS ANTERIOR CHEST. HE HAS A WEAK CAROTID PULSE, NO
PERIPHERAL PULSES, CLEAR BREATH SOUNDS IN ALL FIELDS, AND
DISTENDED NECK VEINS. YOU SHOULD SUSPECT: -✓✓Pericardial tamponade
• A PATIENT RECEIVED A SEVERE STEAM BURN TO HIS HAND AND WRIST. YOU
SHOULD: -✓✓Apply a dry sterile dressing.
, • PROPER MANAGEMENT FOR AN AVULSION OF THE EAR INCLUDES: -
✓✓PACKING THE WOUND WITH DRESSING
• A PATIENT HAS A STAB WOUND TO THE UPPER LEFT QUADRANT. WHICH
ORGAN WOULD MOST LIKELY BE INJURED? -✓✓pancreas
• A 47 YEAR OLD MALE WAS SHOT IN THE BACK. HE IS COOL AND CLAMMY AND
HAS ARM WEAKNESS. VITAL SIGNS ARE BP 130/90, P 76, R 24. YOU SHOULD
SUSPECT: -✓✓spinal cord injury
• A 32 YEAR OLD MALE SUSTAINED FACIAL TRAUMA AFTER FALLING FROM A
ROOF. HE HAS SNORING RESPIRATION. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? -✓✓Perform a
modified jaw-thrust
• A 50 YEAR OLD MALE HAS AN OBVIOUSLY DEFORMED RIGHT LOWER LEG
AFTER FALLING OFF A ROOF. AS YOU APPROACH YOU NOTICE A TEAR IN THE
SKIN OVER THE DEFORMITY. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? -✓✓Realign and splint the
leg
• A 53 YEAR OLD FEMALE WAS HIT BY A CAR. SHE IS UNRESPONSIVE WITH
DEFORMITY TO THE LEFT FEMUR AND PELVIC INSTABILITY WITH DEFORMITY
TO THE LEFT FEMUR AND PELVIC INSTABILITY. SHE HAS DIMINISHED LUNG
SOUNDS ON THE LEFT SIDE. YOU SHOULD: -✓✓RAPIDLY TRANSPORT TO THE
NEAREST EMERGENCY ROOM
• WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TRAUMA PATIENT IS SUFFERING FROM THE
MOST SEVERE BRAIN INJURY? -✓✓A semi-conscious 34 year old with decerebrate
posturing
• A SNOWMOBILE RIDER WAS THROWN 15 FEET FROM HIS VEHICLE. FINGER IS
DEFORMED AND HIS STERNUM IS TENDER TO PALPATION. HE SAYS, "I THINK
I"LL BE OKAY", AND REFUSES TRANSPORT. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? -✓✓Ask
him if you can perform a detail assessment
• A PATIENT HAS A 4 INCH STICK LODGED IN HER EYE. YOU SHOULD: -
✓✓Stabilize the stick with gauze, place a paper cup over the affected eye, and dress
the unaffected eye.
• A 32 YEAR OLD MALE IS UNCONSCIOUS AFTER BEING STRUCK IN THE HEAD
BY A BASEBALL BAT. HIS PULSE AND BREATHING ARE SLOW AND YOU SEE
MINOR BLEEDING FROM A LACERATION AT HIS LEFT TEMPLE. YOUR PARTNER
IS MAINTAINING MANUAL C-SPINE STABILIZATION. YOU SHOULD: -✓✓Measure
and apply a rigid c-collar
