PARAMEDIC FISDAM FINAL|
FISDAP PARAMEDIC FINAL EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following requires ATP?
A. Active transport
B. Osmosis
C. Diffusion
D. Facilitated diffusion -- ANSWER--A. Active transport
While treating a 56 year old male for chest pain, you note a few PVCs on the monitor.
You print a strip and measure the distance between the normal beats on each side of the PVC.
The normal sinus rhythm continues on both sides of the PVC as if it were the normal beat,
even though the PVC happens sooner than the sinus beat would have. The pause after the
PVC would be:
A. A sign of continued ischemia
B. A compensatory pause
C. A non-compensatory pause
D. Reynaud's Pause -- ANSWER--B. A compensatory pause
A 5 month old male is in cardiac arrest. Resuscitation efforts have been ongoing for 30
minutes. His heart rhythm is and has been asystolic throughout treatment. What should you
do?
A. Continue CPR and ACLS drugs for another thirty minutes
B. Begin termination of resuscitative efforts
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,C. Report suspected child abuse to the police
D. Wait for the coroner before stopping CPR -- ANSWER--B. Begin termination of
resuscitative efforts
A 52 year old male was the unrestrained driver in a frontal impact car crash. Which of the
following injuries would lead you to believe the patient traveled "up and over" the dashboard
instead of "down and under"? A. Patellar dislocation
B. Cervical spine fracture
C. Ruptured diaphragm
D. Flail chest -- ANSWER--C. Ruptured diaphragm
How does the blood flow through the heart?
A. Right ventricle to right atrium to lungs to left ventricle to left atrium
B. Right atrium to right ventricle to lungs to left atrium to left ventricle C. Left ventricle
to left atrium to lungs to right ventricle to right atrium
D. Left atrium to left ventricle to lungs to right atrium to right ventricle -- ANSWER--B.
Right atrium to right ventricle to lungs to left atrium to left ventricle
As soon as an infant's head is delivered, what should you do? A. Determine the location of
the umbilical cord.
B. Rotate the shoulders to the anterolateral position.
C. Examine the vulva and perineum for lacerations.
D. Exert strong steady pressure on the fundus. -- ANSWER--A. Determine the location
of the umbilical cord.
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,A patient has aphasia following a stroke, which lobe of the brain was affected?
A. Temporal
B. Occipital
C. Parietal
D. Frontal -- ANSWER--A. Temporal
What is an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the blood called?
A. Pneumonia
B. Hypoxia
C. Hypercapnia
D. Emphysema -- ANSWER--C. Hypercapnia
What is oxygen deficiency in the body called?
A. Hypercarbia
B. Hyperoxia
C. Hypoxia
D. Hypoxemia -- ANSWER--C. Hypoxia
What is your initial priority at a trench collapse?
A. Establishing medical command
B. Maintaining control of the crowd
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, C. Preventing a secondary collapse
D. Protecting the patient's airway -- ANSWER--A. Establishing medical command
You have received an order for a dopamine drip. You carry 500cc bags of D5W. How much
dopamine should you add to the bag to create a 1600mcg/1mL dilution?
A. 800mg
B. 1600mcg
C. 1600mg
D. 400mcg -- ANSWER--A. 800 mg
During the absolute refractory period, what happens to the cardiac cell? A. It is unable to be
stimulated.
B. The cell is vulnerable to partial stimulation.
C. Potassium is being pumped out of the cell.
D. Calcium has just rushed into the cell. -- ANSWER--A. It is unable to be stimulated.
A 29 year old female fell from an 18 foot roof. During your rapid trauma assessment, where
are you most likely to find life-threatening injuries?
A. Head, neck, extremities
B. Head, chest, abdomen
C. Abdomen, pelvis, arms
D. Chest, pelvis, extremities -- ANSWER--B. Head, chest, abdomen
Unequal pupils are a result of pressure on which structure?
A. Central medulla
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FISDAP PARAMEDIC FINAL EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following requires ATP?
A. Active transport
B. Osmosis
C. Diffusion
D. Facilitated diffusion -- ANSWER--A. Active transport
While treating a 56 year old male for chest pain, you note a few PVCs on the monitor.
You print a strip and measure the distance between the normal beats on each side of the PVC.
The normal sinus rhythm continues on both sides of the PVC as if it were the normal beat,
even though the PVC happens sooner than the sinus beat would have. The pause after the
PVC would be:
A. A sign of continued ischemia
B. A compensatory pause
C. A non-compensatory pause
D. Reynaud's Pause -- ANSWER--B. A compensatory pause
A 5 month old male is in cardiac arrest. Resuscitation efforts have been ongoing for 30
minutes. His heart rhythm is and has been asystolic throughout treatment. What should you
do?
A. Continue CPR and ACLS drugs for another thirty minutes
B. Begin termination of resuscitative efforts
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,C. Report suspected child abuse to the police
D. Wait for the coroner before stopping CPR -- ANSWER--B. Begin termination of
resuscitative efforts
A 52 year old male was the unrestrained driver in a frontal impact car crash. Which of the
following injuries would lead you to believe the patient traveled "up and over" the dashboard
instead of "down and under"? A. Patellar dislocation
B. Cervical spine fracture
C. Ruptured diaphragm
D. Flail chest -- ANSWER--C. Ruptured diaphragm
How does the blood flow through the heart?
A. Right ventricle to right atrium to lungs to left ventricle to left atrium
B. Right atrium to right ventricle to lungs to left atrium to left ventricle C. Left ventricle
to left atrium to lungs to right ventricle to right atrium
D. Left atrium to left ventricle to lungs to right atrium to right ventricle -- ANSWER--B.
Right atrium to right ventricle to lungs to left atrium to left ventricle
As soon as an infant's head is delivered, what should you do? A. Determine the location of
the umbilical cord.
B. Rotate the shoulders to the anterolateral position.
C. Examine the vulva and perineum for lacerations.
D. Exert strong steady pressure on the fundus. -- ANSWER--A. Determine the location
of the umbilical cord.
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,A patient has aphasia following a stroke, which lobe of the brain was affected?
A. Temporal
B. Occipital
C. Parietal
D. Frontal -- ANSWER--A. Temporal
What is an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the blood called?
A. Pneumonia
B. Hypoxia
C. Hypercapnia
D. Emphysema -- ANSWER--C. Hypercapnia
What is oxygen deficiency in the body called?
A. Hypercarbia
B. Hyperoxia
C. Hypoxia
D. Hypoxemia -- ANSWER--C. Hypoxia
What is your initial priority at a trench collapse?
A. Establishing medical command
B. Maintaining control of the crowd
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, C. Preventing a secondary collapse
D. Protecting the patient's airway -- ANSWER--A. Establishing medical command
You have received an order for a dopamine drip. You carry 500cc bags of D5W. How much
dopamine should you add to the bag to create a 1600mcg/1mL dilution?
A. 800mg
B. 1600mcg
C. 1600mg
D. 400mcg -- ANSWER--A. 800 mg
During the absolute refractory period, what happens to the cardiac cell? A. It is unable to be
stimulated.
B. The cell is vulnerable to partial stimulation.
C. Potassium is being pumped out of the cell.
D. Calcium has just rushed into the cell. -- ANSWER--A. It is unable to be stimulated.
A 29 year old female fell from an 18 foot roof. During your rapid trauma assessment, where
are you most likely to find life-threatening injuries?
A. Head, neck, extremities
B. Head, chest, abdomen
C. Abdomen, pelvis, arms
D. Chest, pelvis, extremities -- ANSWER--B. Head, chest, abdomen
Unequal pupils are a result of pressure on which structure?
A. Central medulla
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