FISDAP PARAMEDIC FINAL EXAM 2024
/PARAMEDIC FISDAP FINAL EXAM
TESTBANK EXAM COMPLETE 630
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
/ALREADY GRADED A+
1. A 24 year old male was working underneath his
car when it fell off of the jack. He was under the car
approximately 20 minutes before being extricated.
He has bluish discoloration of his skin above the
nipple line. What should you suspect?
A. Traumatic asphyxiation
B. Pericardial tamponade
C. Cushing's triad
D. Pulmonary contusion - ....ANSWER...A. Traumatic
asphyxiation
,2. A unrestrained 24 year old female driver hit an
electrical pole and struck the steering wheel. She
appears pale and complains of nausea and
abdominal pain. What organ is LEAST likely to suffer
an injury as a result of this impact?
A. Spleen
B. Diagphram
C. Liver
D. Stomach - ....ANSWER...D. Stomach
3. What causes Down's syndrome?
A. Brain trauma
B. Extra chromosome
C. Bacterial infection
D. Psychological trauma - ....ANSWER...B. Extra
chromosome
4. Where would you insert the needle to decompress
the chest?
A. Below the 3rd rib midclavicular line
B. Below the 4th rib midclavicular line
,C. Above the 4th rib midclavicular line
D. Above the 3rd rib midclavicular line -
....ANSWER...D. Above the 3rd rib midclavicular line
5. A 67 year old male complains of bloody stool with
accompanying nausea and emesis. He states
symptoms began 3 days ago. Vital signs BP 100/86, P
88, R 18. What should you do?
A. IV fluid bolus
B. Administer a diuretic
C. Administer an antiemetic
D. Apply oxygen - ....ANSWER...A. IV fluid bolus
6. How much time do you have to successfully
intubate a patient?
A. 30 seconds.
B. 15 seconds.
C. 60 seconds.
D. 45 seconds. - ....ANSWER...A. 30 seconds.
, 7. What condition results when the alveoli collapse?
A. Pneumothorax
B. Pneumonia
C. Effusion
D. Atelectasis - ....ANSWER...D. Atelectasis
8. Why should you administer IV fluid to a patient in
hypovolemic shock?
A. Increase the blood pressure
B. Maintain adequate tissue perfusion
C. Increase the body's oxygen carrying capacity
D. Maintain the body's homeostatic state -
....ANSWER...B. Maintain adequate tissue perfusion
9. What best defines shock?
A. Deficiency of vascular tone due to hemorrhage.
B. Inadequate cerebral blood flow.
C. Hemorrhage exceeding 50% of total blood volume.
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