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FISDAP MEDICAL REAL EXAM 150 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS [VERIFIED ANSWERS]
2025/2026|ALREADY GRADED A+ BRAND NEW!!
A large collection of blood under the skin is known as?
a)Contusion b)Abrasion
c)Hematoma
d)Bruise - CORRECT ANSWER>>c)Hematoma
Your trauma patient has her left hand caught between rollers on a
conveyor belt. Extrication takes 30 minutes. Evaluation of the injury
during extrication showed delayed capillary refill distal to the injury.
Post extrication shows rapid capillary refill distal to the injury
deformity midpalm. There are no obvious fractures, no lacerations,
and minor swelling. Knowing that crush injuries can cause many
other problems, which is NOT considered a crush injury
complication? a)Compression of tissues b)Fractures
c)No injury at all
d)Compartment syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER>>c)No injury at all
Loss of tissue in a traumatic event can be: just soft tissue, a portion of
an extremity, or an entire extremity. If your patient has lost the distal
one-third of a lower extremity, what would that injury be called?
a)Amplitude b)Avulsion
c)Extremity exodus
d)Amputation - CORRECT ANSWER>>d)Amputation
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In any traumatic event where there is tissue damage that caused
bleeding, the bleeding needs to be controlled. What are the proper
steps to bleeding control? a)Direct pressure, elevation, tourniquet,
digital pressure
b)Direct pressure, digital pressure, elevation, tourniquet
c)Tourniquet, elevation, pressure dressing, direct pressure
d)Direct pressure, pressure dressing, tourniquet - CORRECT
ANSWER>>b)Direct pressure, digital
pressure, elevation, tourniquet
Your 16 year old trauma patient has what appears to be a mid-shaft
femur fracture. You notice that there is a laceration directly over the
suspected fracture. Bleeding is controlled. What type of fracture
would this be? a)Greenstick
b)Comminuted
c)Closed
d)Open - CORRECT ANSWER>>d)Open
En route to the hospital, you intubate the patient. During your
assessment of tube placement, you hear wheezing in the upper lung
fields. What is most likely causing this wheezing? a)Inhalation injury to
the upper airway
b)Inhalation induced cardiac wheezing
c)Inhalation induced asthma attack
d)Inhalation injury to the lower airway - CORRECT
ANSWER>>d)Inhalation injury to the lower
airway
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Following the immobilization of an extremity fracture to the lower right
arm, the paramedic should perform what step last?
a)Ensuring the splint is applied tightly.
b)Placing the hand in the position of function.
c)Assessing presence of distal motor, sensory, and perfusion.
d)Placing the immobilized extremity below the level of the heart -
CORRECT ANSWER>>c)Assessing presence of distal motor, sensory, and
perfusion.
You are treating a 24-year-old female with a gunshot wound to the
right side of the back. No exit wound is visible. She is awake but
confused. Her skin is pale and diaphoretic with cyanosis noted to the
oral mucosa. Breath sounds are clear and equal bilaterally. Jugular
vein distention is present. Blood pressure is 90/78 mmHg, heart rate is
124 beats per minute, and respiratory rate is 28 per minute and
labored. Sinus tachycardia is seen on the cardiac monitor. What
condition do you think is most likely present with this patient?
a)Hemothorax b)Tension pneumothorax
c)Pericardial tamponade
d)Lacerated aorta - CORRECT ANSWER>>c)Pericardial tamponade
You are treating a 24-year-old female with a gunshot wound to the
right side of the back. No exit wound is visible. She is awake but
confused. Her skin is pale and diaphoretic with cyanosis noted to the
oral mucosa. Breath sounds are clear and equal bilaterally. Jugular vein
distention is present. Blood pressure is 90/78 mmHg, heart rate is 124
beats per minute, and respiratory rate is 28 per minute and labored.
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Sinus tachycardia is seen on the cardiac monitor. Which of the
following treatment regimens would be the most appropriate for this
patient?
a)High flow oxygen, spinal precautions, occlusive dressing over
entrance wound, rapid
transport.
b)High flow oxygen by nonrebreather, spinal precautions, allow patient
to remain in a position of comfort.
c)High flow oxygen by nonrebreather, cover entrance wound with an
occlusive dressing.
d)High flow oxygen, pleural decompression to right side of chest, rapid
transport. - CORRECT ANSWER>>a)High flow oxygen, spinal
precautions, occlusive dressing over entrance wound, rapid transport.
You are treating a 12-year-old male patient who was hit in the nose
with a baseball. His nose is deviated to the left with moderate epistaxis.
He is complaining of severe pain to his nose. He is alert and oriented
with no loss of consciousness. Which of the following treatment
sequences would best manage this patient?
a)Pack nares with gauze to control bleeding.
b)Have patient lie supine while holding pressure to nares.
c)Align nose in the neutral position while holding pressure to nares.
d)Have patient sit upright and lean forward while holding pressure to
nares. - CORRECT
ANSWER>>d)Have patient sit upright and lean forward while holding
pressure to nares.
FISDAP MEDICAL REAL EXAM 150 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS [VERIFIED ANSWERS]
2025/2026|ALREADY GRADED A+ BRAND NEW!!
A large collection of blood under the skin is known as?
a)Contusion b)Abrasion
c)Hematoma
d)Bruise - CORRECT ANSWER>>c)Hematoma
Your trauma patient has her left hand caught between rollers on a
conveyor belt. Extrication takes 30 minutes. Evaluation of the injury
during extrication showed delayed capillary refill distal to the injury.
Post extrication shows rapid capillary refill distal to the injury
deformity midpalm. There are no obvious fractures, no lacerations,
and minor swelling. Knowing that crush injuries can cause many
other problems, which is NOT considered a crush injury
complication? a)Compression of tissues b)Fractures
c)No injury at all
d)Compartment syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER>>c)No injury at all
Loss of tissue in a traumatic event can be: just soft tissue, a portion of
an extremity, or an entire extremity. If your patient has lost the distal
one-third of a lower extremity, what would that injury be called?
a)Amplitude b)Avulsion
c)Extremity exodus
d)Amputation - CORRECT ANSWER>>d)Amputation
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In any traumatic event where there is tissue damage that caused
bleeding, the bleeding needs to be controlled. What are the proper
steps to bleeding control? a)Direct pressure, elevation, tourniquet,
digital pressure
b)Direct pressure, digital pressure, elevation, tourniquet
c)Tourniquet, elevation, pressure dressing, direct pressure
d)Direct pressure, pressure dressing, tourniquet - CORRECT
ANSWER>>b)Direct pressure, digital
pressure, elevation, tourniquet
Your 16 year old trauma patient has what appears to be a mid-shaft
femur fracture. You notice that there is a laceration directly over the
suspected fracture. Bleeding is controlled. What type of fracture
would this be? a)Greenstick
b)Comminuted
c)Closed
d)Open - CORRECT ANSWER>>d)Open
En route to the hospital, you intubate the patient. During your
assessment of tube placement, you hear wheezing in the upper lung
fields. What is most likely causing this wheezing? a)Inhalation injury to
the upper airway
b)Inhalation induced cardiac wheezing
c)Inhalation induced asthma attack
d)Inhalation injury to the lower airway - CORRECT
ANSWER>>d)Inhalation injury to the lower
airway
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Following the immobilization of an extremity fracture to the lower right
arm, the paramedic should perform what step last?
a)Ensuring the splint is applied tightly.
b)Placing the hand in the position of function.
c)Assessing presence of distal motor, sensory, and perfusion.
d)Placing the immobilized extremity below the level of the heart -
CORRECT ANSWER>>c)Assessing presence of distal motor, sensory, and
perfusion.
You are treating a 24-year-old female with a gunshot wound to the
right side of the back. No exit wound is visible. She is awake but
confused. Her skin is pale and diaphoretic with cyanosis noted to the
oral mucosa. Breath sounds are clear and equal bilaterally. Jugular
vein distention is present. Blood pressure is 90/78 mmHg, heart rate is
124 beats per minute, and respiratory rate is 28 per minute and
labored. Sinus tachycardia is seen on the cardiac monitor. What
condition do you think is most likely present with this patient?
a)Hemothorax b)Tension pneumothorax
c)Pericardial tamponade
d)Lacerated aorta - CORRECT ANSWER>>c)Pericardial tamponade
You are treating a 24-year-old female with a gunshot wound to the
right side of the back. No exit wound is visible. She is awake but
confused. Her skin is pale and diaphoretic with cyanosis noted to the
oral mucosa. Breath sounds are clear and equal bilaterally. Jugular vein
distention is present. Blood pressure is 90/78 mmHg, heart rate is 124
beats per minute, and respiratory rate is 28 per minute and labored.
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Sinus tachycardia is seen on the cardiac monitor. Which of the
following treatment regimens would be the most appropriate for this
patient?
a)High flow oxygen, spinal precautions, occlusive dressing over
entrance wound, rapid
transport.
b)High flow oxygen by nonrebreather, spinal precautions, allow patient
to remain in a position of comfort.
c)High flow oxygen by nonrebreather, cover entrance wound with an
occlusive dressing.
d)High flow oxygen, pleural decompression to right side of chest, rapid
transport. - CORRECT ANSWER>>a)High flow oxygen, spinal
precautions, occlusive dressing over entrance wound, rapid transport.
You are treating a 12-year-old male patient who was hit in the nose
with a baseball. His nose is deviated to the left with moderate epistaxis.
He is complaining of severe pain to his nose. He is alert and oriented
with no loss of consciousness. Which of the following treatment
sequences would best manage this patient?
a)Pack nares with gauze to control bleeding.
b)Have patient lie supine while holding pressure to nares.
c)Align nose in the neutral position while holding pressure to nares.
d)Have patient sit upright and lean forward while holding pressure to
nares. - CORRECT
ANSWER>>d)Have patient sit upright and lean forward while holding
pressure to nares.
