TRAUMA FISDAP ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ 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 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
◉ 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
◉ 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
◉ What is the best care for a suspected hemothorax?
Answer: transporting rapidly
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ 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 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
◉ 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
◉ 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
◉ What is the best care for a suspected hemothorax?
Answer: transporting rapidly
