1. A 30-year-old climber is experiencing sever shortness of breath after reaching an elevation of 12000feet. The PT is very anxious and has rales noted to all quadrants but is otherwise healthy. He is not accustomed to high altitudes. What should you do? - Answer Administer oxygen while descending to a lower altitude. 2. A 26-year-old female does not respond to verbal stimuli but moans in response to pain. A friend states the patient has ingested approx. 150 amitriptyline tables. Vital Signs are BP 88/50 R16. You establish IV access and administer a fluid challenge. En route to the hospital her ECG shows a widening QR. You should administer - Answer Sodium Bicarbonate. 3. You PT experienced trauma yesterday and you are transferring her to a larger facility. She has been experiencing progressive hypoxia. You notice coarse crackles in all lung fields on ventilation. Vital signs are BP 90/50 and SPO2 90%. You should - Answer Transport emergency and continue ventilation. 4. An alert 22-year-old male was just disentangled from debris in a house collapse. He denies head or neck pain, but complains of server hip pain. Vital signs are BP 88/40. P120 R 16 you should administer. - Answer sodium bicarbonate 5. Braxton Hicks contractions - Answer occur in the second trimester and are false labor. 6. A 40-year-old male crashed his motorcycle. He had a brief loss of consciousness, woke up and walked home. You find him 2 hours later at home unconscious. You should suspect. - Answer epidural hematoma Paramedic FISDAP Final Exam Study Guide Questions with Correct Detailed answers 199 QS & Ans 2023-2024. 7. A 47-year-old male who was found unconscious on the side of the road respond only to painful stimulus. When you attempt to establish IV access, he stiffens his arms and legs. He has minor abrasions all over his body. Vital signs are BO 178/122 P56 R irregular ETCO2 30. What should you do? - Answer Assist ventilations at 12 breaths per minHg. 8. A 28-year-old female has a sudden onset of tightness in her chest and server difficulty breathing. Her tongue face and neck appear swollen and she has red itchy hives on her torso. Her signs are BP 80/40 P 130. You should administer - Answer Epinephrine 0.3mg 9. You are asked to set up a patient treatment area after a box labeled "radioactive" was found unattended in a park. Which of the following would be the best location. - Answer Building in the park 10. You are at a house fire with multiple patients. Which patient should be transported First to a burn center? - Answer 52-year-old with second degree burns to face and right hand 11. What is the most common cause of status epilepticus in adults. - Answer Failure to take prescribed medications 12. A 58-year-old male with history of renal failure complains of dizziness lethargy and difficulty breathing. He says he missed his last dialysis appointment. Vital signs are BP 160/90 P 100 R 28 with rales heard in the basses. SPO2 92% you should suspect. - Answer Fluid Overload.