EMT FISDAP Final Exam Questions
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1. Your 36 y/o patient is unresponsive upon attempting to insert an OPA. The patient gags.
You should:
A. Insert a nasal airway
B. Suction the oropharynx
C. Reattempt using a smaller oral adjunct
D. Insert a dual lumen airway
Correct Answer: A
2. After air passes through the vocal cords during inhalation, which structure does it reach
next?
A. Trachea
B. Epiglottis
C. Alveolus
D. Bronchus
3. You are ventilating an apneic asthmatic patient with a BVM. The patient has inadequate
chest rise. You should:
A. Decrease the rate of ventilations to 10/min
B. Use an O2 powered ventilation device
C. Increase the forcefulness of ventilations
D. Increase the rate of ventilations to 20/min
4. A 72 y/o female patient is unresponsive following ejection from an MVC. She has an open
jaw fracture and a dilated right pupil. What is the best way to open this patient’s airway?
A. Insert an OPA
B. Perform a modified head tilt chin lift
C. Insert a NPA
D. Perform jaw thrust
5. A 4-year-old female tracheostomy patient has pulled out her tracheostomy tube. The
opening is partially obstructed with skin. You should:
A. Use a soft tip catheter and suction until clear
B. Insert a nasal airway into stoma
C. Wipe the area clean and perform mouth to stoma ventilation
D. Cut the skin away from the stoma
,6. You are using a BVM and an OPA on an apneic patient. Suddenly it becomes difficult to
ventilate. You should first suspect that:
A. The patient’s diaphragm has contracted
B. The patient has an airway obstruction
C. The patient is becoming more responsive
D. The patient’s lungs have collapsed
7. A 60-year-old patient with stoma is apneic. You have been suctioning pink frothy sputum
for 10 seconds and you continue to get more material. You should:
A. Continue suctioning and have a partner ventilate through the patient’s mouth
B. Suction until airway is clear
C. Stop suctioning and give a breath
D. Use a saline solution to moisten secretions and continue suctioning
8. A victim of smoke inhalation has developed difficulty breathing. He does not like the
smell of the mask you are using to deliver O2. You should:
A. Switch to a NC set to deliver O2 @ 6 LPM
B. Restrain the patient and continue administering O2 via NRB
C. Explain that the mask is very important and continue its use
D. Administer blow-by O2 via simple mask
9. An unresponsive 82 y/o patient is lying supine. Their airway is most likely to be
obstructed by:
A. Loose dentures
B. Secretions
C. The tongue
D. Swelling of the epiglottis
10. You are inserting an OPA into a 4 y/o patient. You should:
A. Use a tongue depressor to keep tongue out of the way
B. Use a head tilt chin lift
C. Insert the tip pointing toward the roof of the mouth
D. Use an airway that measures one size too small and rotate
11. Initial assessment reveals an alert patient who is short of breath. He is seated in a
tripod position using accessory muscles to breathe. Vital signs are BP 140/80, P 110, R 22
with crackles, SpO2 95%. You should:
A. Administer O2 via NRB
B. Ventilate the patient with a BVM to slow respirations
C. Administer O2 via NC
D. Monitor pulse oximetry
12. When suctioning a patient, you should:
A. Suction on the way in for no more than 5 seconds
B. Suction on the way out for no more than 15 seconds
,C. Suction on the way in for no more than 15 seconds
D. Suction on the way out for no more than 5 seconds
13. Which of the following is the most appropriate way to measure for an OPA?
A. From the patient’s earlobe to angle of the jaw
B. From the center of patient’s mouth to earlobe
C. From the corner of the patient’s mouth to the earlobe
D. From the tip of patient’s nose to earlobe
14. How should you ventilate an apneic adult patient?
A. Perform mouth to mask ventilation 12 breaths per minute
B. Ventilate with a flow restricted PPV at 12-20 breaths per minute
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SECTION A: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT & ANATOMY
(Questions 1–150)
1. Your 36 y/o pt is unresponsive upon attempting to insert an OPA, the patient gags. You
should
A. Insert a nasal airway
B. Suction the oropharynx
C. Reattempt using a smaller oral adjunct
D. Insert a dual lumen airway
2. After air passes through the vocal cords during inhalation, which structure does it reach
next?
A. Trachea
B. Epiglottis
C. Alveolus
D. Bronchus
3. You are ventilating an apneic asthmatic pt with a BVM. The patient has inadequate chest
rise. You should
A. Decrease the rate of ventilations to 10 /min
B. Use an O2 powered ventilation device
C. Increase the forcefulness of ventilations
D. Increase the rate of ventilations to 20 /min
4. A 72 y/o female pt is unresponsive following an ejection from a MVC, she has an open
jaw fracture and a dilated right pupil. What is the best way to open this pt's airway?
latest update 2026
1. Your 36 y/o patient is unresponsive upon attempting to insert an OPA. The patient gags.
You should:
A. Insert a nasal airway
B. Suction the oropharynx
C. Reattempt using a smaller oral adjunct
D. Insert a dual lumen airway
Correct Answer: A
2. After air passes through the vocal cords during inhalation, which structure does it reach
next?
A. Trachea
B. Epiglottis
C. Alveolus
D. Bronchus
3. You are ventilating an apneic asthmatic patient with a BVM. The patient has inadequate
chest rise. You should:
A. Decrease the rate of ventilations to 10/min
B. Use an O2 powered ventilation device
C. Increase the forcefulness of ventilations
D. Increase the rate of ventilations to 20/min
4. A 72 y/o female patient is unresponsive following ejection from an MVC. She has an open
jaw fracture and a dilated right pupil. What is the best way to open this patient’s airway?
A. Insert an OPA
B. Perform a modified head tilt chin lift
C. Insert a NPA
D. Perform jaw thrust
5. A 4-year-old female tracheostomy patient has pulled out her tracheostomy tube. The
opening is partially obstructed with skin. You should:
A. Use a soft tip catheter and suction until clear
B. Insert a nasal airway into stoma
C. Wipe the area clean and perform mouth to stoma ventilation
D. Cut the skin away from the stoma
,6. You are using a BVM and an OPA on an apneic patient. Suddenly it becomes difficult to
ventilate. You should first suspect that:
A. The patient’s diaphragm has contracted
B. The patient has an airway obstruction
C. The patient is becoming more responsive
D. The patient’s lungs have collapsed
7. A 60-year-old patient with stoma is apneic. You have been suctioning pink frothy sputum
for 10 seconds and you continue to get more material. You should:
A. Continue suctioning and have a partner ventilate through the patient’s mouth
B. Suction until airway is clear
C. Stop suctioning and give a breath
D. Use a saline solution to moisten secretions and continue suctioning
8. A victim of smoke inhalation has developed difficulty breathing. He does not like the
smell of the mask you are using to deliver O2. You should:
A. Switch to a NC set to deliver O2 @ 6 LPM
B. Restrain the patient and continue administering O2 via NRB
C. Explain that the mask is very important and continue its use
D. Administer blow-by O2 via simple mask
9. An unresponsive 82 y/o patient is lying supine. Their airway is most likely to be
obstructed by:
A. Loose dentures
B. Secretions
C. The tongue
D. Swelling of the epiglottis
10. You are inserting an OPA into a 4 y/o patient. You should:
A. Use a tongue depressor to keep tongue out of the way
B. Use a head tilt chin lift
C. Insert the tip pointing toward the roof of the mouth
D. Use an airway that measures one size too small and rotate
11. Initial assessment reveals an alert patient who is short of breath. He is seated in a
tripod position using accessory muscles to breathe. Vital signs are BP 140/80, P 110, R 22
with crackles, SpO2 95%. You should:
A. Administer O2 via NRB
B. Ventilate the patient with a BVM to slow respirations
C. Administer O2 via NC
D. Monitor pulse oximetry
12. When suctioning a patient, you should:
A. Suction on the way in for no more than 5 seconds
B. Suction on the way out for no more than 15 seconds
,C. Suction on the way in for no more than 15 seconds
D. Suction on the way out for no more than 5 seconds
13. Which of the following is the most appropriate way to measure for an OPA?
A. From the patient’s earlobe to angle of the jaw
B. From the center of patient’s mouth to earlobe
C. From the corner of the patient’s mouth to the earlobe
D. From the tip of patient’s nose to earlobe
14. How should you ventilate an apneic adult patient?
A. Perform mouth to mask ventilation 12 breaths per minute
B. Ventilate with a flow restricted PPV at 12-20 breaths per minute
, EMT FISDAP FINAL EXAM Complete Test Bank (2022/2023)
1,000+ Verified Questions & Answers | Airway, Respiration, Cardiac, Medical,
Trauma & Operations
SECTION A: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT & ANATOMY
(Questions 1–150)
1. Your 36 y/o pt is unresponsive upon attempting to insert an OPA, the patient gags. You
should
A. Insert a nasal airway
B. Suction the oropharynx
C. Reattempt using a smaller oral adjunct
D. Insert a dual lumen airway
2. After air passes through the vocal cords during inhalation, which structure does it reach
next?
A. Trachea
B. Epiglottis
C. Alveolus
D. Bronchus
3. You are ventilating an apneic asthmatic pt with a BVM. The patient has inadequate chest
rise. You should
A. Decrease the rate of ventilations to 10 /min
B. Use an O2 powered ventilation device
C. Increase the forcefulness of ventilations
D. Increase the rate of ventilations to 20 /min
4. A 72 y/o female pt is unresponsive following an ejection from a MVC, she has an open
jaw fracture and a dilated right pupil. What is the best way to open this pt's airway?
