EMT FISDAP Final Exam 2025 Update
What is the rate in which you should be providing positive pressure ventilations with BVM? - (correct
Answer) - 10-12 breaths per min
Best way to ventilate with single recuer? - (correct Answer) - pocket mask
best way to ventilate with 2 rescuers? - (correct Answer) - BVM hooked up to O2
If PT is slow to respond, little chest rise and fall and retraction? - (correct Answer) - Need to use BVM
If ventilating, and chest doesn't rise, what's the next step? - (correct Answer) - Reposition head
Where does stridor sounds come from? - (correct Answer) - High pitch, blockage in larynx/trachea
(tongue/item)
Where does wheezing sounds come from? - (correct Answer) - high pitch, constriction in smaller air
passages (asthma)
Where does Rhonchi sounds come from? - (correct Answer) - low pitch, raddling in the lungs (COPD,
emphysema, pneumonia)
Where do rales sounds come from? - (correct Answer) - crackles/popping (fluid in lungs, pulmonary
edema secondary to left-sided CHF)
O2 levels for NC - (correct Answer) - 2-6
O2 levels for NRB - (correct Answer) - 10-15
O2 levels for BVM - (correct Answer) - 15-25
O2 levels for NEB - (correct Answer) - 6-8
Proper suctioning technique and what to do if they keep vomiting? - (correct Answer) - 10-15 sec,
suction on no more than 200mLHg, roll to side if need be
What to do if choking victim - (correct Answer) - are you choking, nonresponsive/apneic start chest
compressions, responsive ab thrust, pregnant woman
Seizure PTs - (correct Answer) - Keep safe, open airway, suction airway, use NPA of needed POST Seizure
s/s of pulmonary embolism - (correct Answer) - recent travel/surgery, skin discoloration, leg
pain/swelling
S/S of CHF - (correct Answer) - Edema, rales/crackles, feeling of drowning, can't lay flat
s/s of asthma exacerbation - (correct Answer) - Sudden onset SOB, wheezing
S/S of spontaneous pneumothorax - (correct Answer) - Sudden onset SOB, diminished or absent lung
, sounds
s/s of pneumonia - (correct Answer) - ronchi, fever, coughing up blood, night sweats, put on N95 mask
(self), surgical mask (PT)
S/S of chronic bronchitis - (correct Answer) - SOB, diminished lung sounds, thick mucus, barrel chested
S/S of TB - (correct Answer) - SOB, coughing up blood, night sweats, put on N95 mask (self), surgical
mask (pt)
S/S of internal bleeding - (correct Answer) - weak/rapid pulse, distended abdomen, s/s shock
S/S of bowel obstruction - (correct Answer) - severe abdominal pain, lower abdominal rigidity
S/S of GI bleed - (correct Answer) - Ab pain, distention, black tarry stool and coffee grind emesis
S/S of pancreatitis - (correct Answer) - n/v, abdominal pain, alcoholic
s/s of pulmonary contusion - (correct Answer) - trauma to chest, SOB, coughing up blood
S/S of AAA - (correct Answer) - Tearing pain in back, SOB, pale, diaphoretic, left radial pulse stronger than
right
S/S of flail chest - (correct Answer) - SOB, paradoxical movement
S/S of a Tension pneumothorax - (correct Answer) - Chest trauma, +JVD and tracheal deviation
S/S of subcutaneous emphysema - (correct Answer) - popping sensation with palpation to chest and
neck region
S/S of opioid/narcotic usage - (correct Answer) - track marks, pinpoint pupils, hypotension, respiratory
distress
CPR - (correct Answer) - 1) Always check pulse first
2) No pulse, start compressions
3) As soon as AED arrives, apply pads and NEVER remove them afterwards
4) AED will likely prompt to shock if PT is in V-Tack
5)Clear PT before shocking
6) If ROSC is obtained, monitor closely
7) Remember rules of respirations, 8 and below ventilate
Nitro - (correct Answer) - For chest pain, 0.4mg sublingual
Contraindications: ED meds, systolic less than 100, allergy
metered-dose inhaler - (correct Answer) - Can assist PT with theirs
What is the rate in which you should be providing positive pressure ventilations with BVM? - (correct
Answer) - 10-12 breaths per min
Best way to ventilate with single recuer? - (correct Answer) - pocket mask
best way to ventilate with 2 rescuers? - (correct Answer) - BVM hooked up to O2
If PT is slow to respond, little chest rise and fall and retraction? - (correct Answer) - Need to use BVM
If ventilating, and chest doesn't rise, what's the next step? - (correct Answer) - Reposition head
Where does stridor sounds come from? - (correct Answer) - High pitch, blockage in larynx/trachea
(tongue/item)
Where does wheezing sounds come from? - (correct Answer) - high pitch, constriction in smaller air
passages (asthma)
Where does Rhonchi sounds come from? - (correct Answer) - low pitch, raddling in the lungs (COPD,
emphysema, pneumonia)
Where do rales sounds come from? - (correct Answer) - crackles/popping (fluid in lungs, pulmonary
edema secondary to left-sided CHF)
O2 levels for NC - (correct Answer) - 2-6
O2 levels for NRB - (correct Answer) - 10-15
O2 levels for BVM - (correct Answer) - 15-25
O2 levels for NEB - (correct Answer) - 6-8
Proper suctioning technique and what to do if they keep vomiting? - (correct Answer) - 10-15 sec,
suction on no more than 200mLHg, roll to side if need be
What to do if choking victim - (correct Answer) - are you choking, nonresponsive/apneic start chest
compressions, responsive ab thrust, pregnant woman
Seizure PTs - (correct Answer) - Keep safe, open airway, suction airway, use NPA of needed POST Seizure
s/s of pulmonary embolism - (correct Answer) - recent travel/surgery, skin discoloration, leg
pain/swelling
S/S of CHF - (correct Answer) - Edema, rales/crackles, feeling of drowning, can't lay flat
s/s of asthma exacerbation - (correct Answer) - Sudden onset SOB, wheezing
S/S of spontaneous pneumothorax - (correct Answer) - Sudden onset SOB, diminished or absent lung
, sounds
s/s of pneumonia - (correct Answer) - ronchi, fever, coughing up blood, night sweats, put on N95 mask
(self), surgical mask (PT)
S/S of chronic bronchitis - (correct Answer) - SOB, diminished lung sounds, thick mucus, barrel chested
S/S of TB - (correct Answer) - SOB, coughing up blood, night sweats, put on N95 mask (self), surgical
mask (pt)
S/S of internal bleeding - (correct Answer) - weak/rapid pulse, distended abdomen, s/s shock
S/S of bowel obstruction - (correct Answer) - severe abdominal pain, lower abdominal rigidity
S/S of GI bleed - (correct Answer) - Ab pain, distention, black tarry stool and coffee grind emesis
S/S of pancreatitis - (correct Answer) - n/v, abdominal pain, alcoholic
s/s of pulmonary contusion - (correct Answer) - trauma to chest, SOB, coughing up blood
S/S of AAA - (correct Answer) - Tearing pain in back, SOB, pale, diaphoretic, left radial pulse stronger than
right
S/S of flail chest - (correct Answer) - SOB, paradoxical movement
S/S of a Tension pneumothorax - (correct Answer) - Chest trauma, +JVD and tracheal deviation
S/S of subcutaneous emphysema - (correct Answer) - popping sensation with palpation to chest and
neck region
S/S of opioid/narcotic usage - (correct Answer) - track marks, pinpoint pupils, hypotension, respiratory
distress
CPR - (correct Answer) - 1) Always check pulse first
2) No pulse, start compressions
3) As soon as AED arrives, apply pads and NEVER remove them afterwards
4) AED will likely prompt to shock if PT is in V-Tack
5)Clear PT before shocking
6) If ROSC is obtained, monitor closely
7) Remember rules of respirations, 8 and below ventilate
Nitro - (correct Answer) - For chest pain, 0.4mg sublingual
Contraindications: ED meds, systolic less than 100, allergy
metered-dose inhaler - (correct Answer) - Can assist PT with theirs
