FISDAP OPERATIONS EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Medical control has ordered you to administer one tube of oral glucose
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to a hypoglycemic patient. Immediately after receiving this order, you
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should:
A) document the order on the prehospital care report.
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B) administer the medication and reassess the patient.
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C) ask medical control to repeat the order word for word.
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D) repeat the order back to medical control word for word. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-D) repeat the order back to medical control word for
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word.
The EMT should avoid focusing all his or her attention on a single critical
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patient during the triage process because:
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A. three EMTs are required to effectively manage a critical patient
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B. other patients may die from causes that could have been prevented
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C. all of his or her supplies will likely be depleted on that one patient
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D. the patient will most likely die before he or she can be transported -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. other patients may die from causes that could
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have been prevented
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,Following a call in which a 6-week-old infant in cardiac arrest did not
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survive, your partner has severe anxiety and is irritable. What should
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you do? |
A) Allow him to voice his feelings to you.
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B) Tell him that he needs psychiatric help.
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C) Recommend at least 12 hours of sleep.
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D) Report his behavior to the medical director. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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A) Allow him to voice his feelings to you.
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If the EMT could initially only take two pieces of equipment to the side
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of a patient in cardiac arrest, which of the following should he or she
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select?
A) AED and suction device
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B) AED and oxygen cylinder
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C) Pocket mask and oxygen cylinder
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D) Bag-mask and suction devices
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ID#EMT-435
← PREVIOUSPAUSE/END TESTNEXT → - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A) AED
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and suction device
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During the triage process, which of the following injuries or conditions
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would classify a patient as a high priority?
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A) Pulselessness and apnea
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, B) Unilateral femur fracture and tachycardia
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C) Partial-thickness burns with no respiratory difficulty
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D) A large avulsion to the arm and an altered mental status - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-D) A large avulsion to the arm and an altered mental | | | | | | | | | | |
status
What are the recommended dimensions for a helicopter landing zone?
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A) 50 feet by 50 feet
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B) 75 feet by 75 feet
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C) 100 feet by 100 feet
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D) 200 feet by 200 feet - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C) 100 feet by 100 feet
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When arriving at the scene of a motor vehicle crash at night, you
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determine that the safest place to park the ambulance is in a direction
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that faces oncoming traffic. What should you do?
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A) Position road flares around the front of the ambulance.
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B) Turn all emergency lighting off to avoid blinding the traffic.
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C) Turn the high-beam headlights on to alert oncoming traffic.
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D) Turn your headlights off, but keep the emergency lights on. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D) Turn your headlights off, but keep the
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emergency lights on. | |
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Medical control has ordered you to administer one tube of oral glucose
| | | | | | | | | | | |
to a hypoglycemic patient. Immediately after receiving this order, you
| | | | | | | | | |
should:
A) document the order on the prehospital care report.
| | | | | | | |
B) administer the medication and reassess the patient.
| | | | | | |
C) ask medical control to repeat the order word for word.
| | | | | | | | | |
D) repeat the order back to medical control word for word. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-D) repeat the order back to medical control word for
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word.
The EMT should avoid focusing all his or her attention on a single critical
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
patient during the triage process because:
| | | | | |
A. three EMTs are required to effectively manage a critical patient
| | | | | | | | | |
B. other patients may die from causes that could have been prevented
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C. all of his or her supplies will likely be depleted on that one patient
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D. the patient will most likely die before he or she can be transported -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. other patients may die from causes that could
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have been prevented
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,Following a call in which a 6-week-old infant in cardiac arrest did not
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
survive, your partner has severe anxiety and is irritable. What should
| | | | | | | | | | |
you do? |
A) Allow him to voice his feelings to you.
| | | | | | | |
B) Tell him that he needs psychiatric help.
| | | | | | |
C) Recommend at least 12 hours of sleep.
| | | | | | |
D) Report his behavior to the medical director. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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A) Allow him to voice his feelings to you.
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If the EMT could initially only take two pieces of equipment to the side
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
of a patient in cardiac arrest, which of the following should he or she
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
select?
A) AED and suction device
| | | |
B) AED and oxygen cylinder
| | | |
C) Pocket mask and oxygen cylinder
| | | | |
D) Bag-mask and suction devices
| | | |
ID#EMT-435
← PREVIOUSPAUSE/END TESTNEXT → - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A) AED
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and suction device
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During the triage process, which of the following injuries or conditions
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would classify a patient as a high priority?
| | | | | | |
A) Pulselessness and apnea
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, B) Unilateral femur fracture and tachycardia
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C) Partial-thickness burns with no respiratory difficulty
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D) A large avulsion to the arm and an altered mental status - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-D) A large avulsion to the arm and an altered mental | | | | | | | | | | |
status
What are the recommended dimensions for a helicopter landing zone?
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A) 50 feet by 50 feet
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B) 75 feet by 75 feet
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C) 100 feet by 100 feet
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D) 200 feet by 200 feet - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C) 100 feet by 100 feet
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When arriving at the scene of a motor vehicle crash at night, you
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determine that the safest place to park the ambulance is in a direction
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
that faces oncoming traffic. What should you do?
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A) Position road flares around the front of the ambulance.
| | | | | | | | |
B) Turn all emergency lighting off to avoid blinding the traffic.
| | | | | | | | | |
C) Turn the high-beam headlights on to alert oncoming traffic.
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D) Turn your headlights off, but keep the emergency lights on. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D) Turn your headlights off, but keep the
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emergency lights on. | |
