Fisdap Paramedic Final Exam Practice Questions

What causes an emphysema patient to have a pink appearance?

Which of the following is a musical, squeaking or whistling sound heard in inspiration and expiration while auscultating lung fields?

You are treating an 82 year old male in hypovolemic shock. In order to increase their blood pressure you should administer:

A 35 year old man is pulseless and apneic. He was found in a lake after falling through the ice. His wife says he left the house 3 hours ago. His is cold and rigid. What should you do?

What does a pulsating mass in the abdomen suggest?

What is the safest and most effective landing pattern for a helicopter?

During inspiration, what happens to blood flow in the thoracic cavity?

What is the period of the cardiac cycle when stimulation will not produce any depolarization?

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 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?

Which of the following requires ATP?

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?

How does the blood flow through the heart?

As soon as an infants head is delivered, what should you do?

A patient has aphasia following a stroke, which lobe of the brain was affected?

What does the P wave represent with an ECG?

A lethargic 22 month old male presents with hoarseness and coughing. He has sternal retractions and his belly and chest move in opposite directions with each breath. He is breathing at a rate of 64. What should you suspect?

A patient was ejected from an automobile and is apneic and pulseless. ECG reveals a regular rhythm with an R-R interval of 1.24 seconds and a QRS width of 110 milliseconds. You should consider

What organ is located in the upper right quadrant?

A 24 year old male was stabbed in the thigh. Bright red blood spurts from the wound. What should you suspect that the patient severed?

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 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?

What causes Downs syndrome?

Where would you insert the needle to decompress the chest?

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?

How much time do you have to successfully intubate a patient?

What condition results when the alveoli collapse?

Why should you administer IV fluid to a patient in hypovolemic shock?

What best defines shock?

What causes priapism in a trauma patient?

What is the primary function of insulin?

A 60 year old male fell onto a coffee table yesterday and he woke up this morning complaining of diffuse, dull abdominal pain. You note periumbilical bruising. What is this known as?

After placement of an ET tube, you find breath sounds are diminished on the left side but present on the right side. What should you do?

A 25 year old male has a closed head injury and a knife impaled in his back. He is combative and screams incomprehensible words while thrashing. What should you do?

What does the body use for fuel in diabetic ketoacidosis?

What neurotransmitter found in the brain that regulates mood, anxiety, and sleep?

A 38 year old female complains of sudden onset of shortness of breath. She has no previous history and no allergies. Her only medications are birth control pills. Her last meal was 8 hours earlier at an airport prior to her flight home. What should you suspect?

A 35 year old epileptic is actively seizing (full clonic movement). What medication should you consider?

What causes Tuberculosis?

A 68 year old female with CHF took 400 mg of furosemide, and is now unresponsive. Vitals signs are BP 110/70, P 100, R 6. What should you do?

Which stage of delivery begins with complete cervical dilation and ends with delivery of the baby?

A 7 year old boy is found supine at the base of a 15 foot high jungle gym. His teacher is unsure if he fell from the equipment. Vital signs are BP 100/90, R 0, P 42, SaO2 93%. What should you do?

What process involves a gas that travels from an area of higher concentration to lower concentration?

A 12 year old male has suffered a blast injury. What phase would projectiles have caused injury to the patient?

A 25 year old female began to experience shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing. She has difficulty speaking in full sentences. Vital signs are BP 116/64, P 96 and regular, RR 24 and labored, SpO2 93% on room air. You auscultate her lung sounds and hear high-pitched lung sounds on exhalation. What should you do?

You have been assigned to triage at an MCI. Your patient is bleeding from a cut on his head, R 22, P 100 radially, and he keeps asking What happened?. What priority should be assigned to this patient?

A 32 year old female seated at a restaurant has severe wheezing. She is flushed, appears anxious, and has a runny nose. She states that she is allergic to shellfish and peanuts. What should you suspect?

You arrive on scene to find a 14 year old male leaning forward in a chair. He appears anxious, is drooling and you hear high-pitched sounds when he inhales. His mother states he has a fever and has been complaining of a sore throat. What should you suspect?

How should you ensure that your glucometer is functioning properly?

What is the biggest difference between cardiogenic shock and hemorrhagic shock?

When you apply an end-tidal CO2 monitor, what are the 3 main items you are measuring?

What do you call progressively deeper, faster breathing alternating gradually with shallow, slower breathing?

What happens during phase 0 of the cardiac action potential?

A 26 year old female jumped from the second floor of her house. She states she was getting away from her abusive husband. What should you do?

What structure has baroreceptors?

An alert, 78 year old female complains of dyspnea. She speaks in full sentences and answers all your questions. Vital signs are BP 150/70, P 110 and irregular, R 26 and labored. You note peripheral cyanosis. What should you do?