Flight Physiology, Safety, Survival, CAMTS QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1. Initial intervention for managing a patient presenting with bariobariatrauma is? Correct
Answer: C. Administer high flow oxygen by NRM 15 minutes prior to lift off
2. An expanding ETT cuff in flight is an indication of what gas law? Correct Answer: C. Boyle's
law
3. Your oxygen tank pressure reading at 1,200 hours was 1,800 psi. The pilot rechecked the
unused oxygen tank in the evening and reported that the gauge reading was 1,500 psi. Which gas
law best describes the decrease in pressure? Correct Answer: A. Gay-Lussac's law
4. How should your flight suit fit to provide space of insulation per CAMTS recommendations?
Correct Answer: D. ¼ in.
6. You have just crash landed your aircraft and your pilot has asked you to exit the aircraft. What
should you take with you? Correct Answer: C. Survival kit
7. You are transporting a non-intubated seventy-year-old man with a history of bilateral
pneumonia on 2 L of oxygen by nasal cannula. You are at 10,000 feet and the patient's vital signs
are BP 190/100, HR 102, RR 24, and SaO2 86%. What is the immediate intervention for this
patient? Correct Answer: B. Increase oxygen delivery to the patient
8. You are transporting a thirty-year-old man who was involved in a motor vehicle crash. He has
a closed femur fracture with a history of alcohol consumption of unknown amount. On the basis
of the physiologic effects elicited on the body, which type of hypoxia problems may occur in
flight? Correct Answer: A. Histotoxic and hypemic
10. An increase in altitude produces? Correct Answer: B. Low humidity and low temperature
13. No pilot may takeoff or land an aircraft under visual flight rules (VFR) when the reported
ceiling or visibility is less than which of the following for local day weather minimums? Correct
Answer: B. 800 feet and 2 mile
14. The emergency transmit frequency is? Correct Answer: A. 121.5
15. Average time of useful consciousness (TUC) for a non-pressurized aircraft at 45,000 feet is?
Correct Answer: D. 15 seconds or less
16. You are asked to respond to a local scene call with night vision goggles (NVG) capability
involving an MVA with multiple injured patients at 2,300. You have been having bad weather
off and on. The pilot-in-command (PIC) advises you that weather minimums are currently at 800
and 1. What will you do? Correct Answer: C. Abort the flight due to weather
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1. Initial intervention for managing a patient presenting with bariobariatrauma is? Correct
Answer: C. Administer high flow oxygen by NRM 15 minutes prior to lift off
2. An expanding ETT cuff in flight is an indication of what gas law? Correct Answer: C. Boyle's
law
3. Your oxygen tank pressure reading at 1,200 hours was 1,800 psi. The pilot rechecked the
unused oxygen tank in the evening and reported that the gauge reading was 1,500 psi. Which gas
law best describes the decrease in pressure? Correct Answer: A. Gay-Lussac's law
4. How should your flight suit fit to provide space of insulation per CAMTS recommendations?
Correct Answer: D. ¼ in.
6. You have just crash landed your aircraft and your pilot has asked you to exit the aircraft. What
should you take with you? Correct Answer: C. Survival kit
7. You are transporting a non-intubated seventy-year-old man with a history of bilateral
pneumonia on 2 L of oxygen by nasal cannula. You are at 10,000 feet and the patient's vital signs
are BP 190/100, HR 102, RR 24, and SaO2 86%. What is the immediate intervention for this
patient? Correct Answer: B. Increase oxygen delivery to the patient
8. You are transporting a thirty-year-old man who was involved in a motor vehicle crash. He has
a closed femur fracture with a history of alcohol consumption of unknown amount. On the basis
of the physiologic effects elicited on the body, which type of hypoxia problems may occur in
flight? Correct Answer: A. Histotoxic and hypemic
10. An increase in altitude produces? Correct Answer: B. Low humidity and low temperature
13. No pilot may takeoff or land an aircraft under visual flight rules (VFR) when the reported
ceiling or visibility is less than which of the following for local day weather minimums? Correct
Answer: B. 800 feet and 2 mile
14. The emergency transmit frequency is? Correct Answer: A. 121.5
15. Average time of useful consciousness (TUC) for a non-pressurized aircraft at 45,000 feet is?
Correct Answer: D. 15 seconds or less
16. You are asked to respond to a local scene call with night vision goggles (NVG) capability
involving an MVA with multiple injured patients at 2,300. You have been having bad weather
off and on. The pilot-in-command (PIC) advises you that weather minimums are currently at 800
and 1. What will you do? Correct Answer: C. Abort the flight due to weather
