FISDAP FISDAP EMS Operations and Scene Management 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which FISDAP EMS operations skill involves selecting the correct transport destination based on patient condition and local protocols?
- Destination determination (Correct answer)
- Patient packaging
- Scene communication
- Vital sign trending
Correct answer: Destination determination
Destination determination is a tracked EMS operations skill in FISDAP, requiring students to match patient needs with appropriate facility capabilities.
Question 2: In FISDAP, which operational metric helps evaluate how quickly students can prepare a patient for transport after on-scene assessment?
- Scene time (Correct answer)
- Response time
- Transport time
- Call processing time
Correct answer: Scene time
Scene time is tracked in FISDAP to evaluate student efficiency in assessing and packaging a patient for transport.
Question 3: A FISDAP student documents a call where law enforcement requested EMS standby at a volatile scene. Which operational category best fits this entry?
- Scene safety and staging (Correct answer)
- Psychiatric emergency
- Trauma response
- Medical standby
Correct answer: Scene safety and staging
Scene safety and staging is the correct FISDAP category for calls involving law enforcement coordination and delayed entry for safety.
Question 4: Which FISDAP skill is demonstrated when a student ensures the ambulance cot is properly secured before transport?
- Patient packaging and securing (Correct answer)
- Airway positioning
- Spinal precaution
- Oxygen delivery
Correct answer: Patient packaging and securing
Patient packaging and securing is an EMS operations skill tracked in FISDAP to ensure safe transport practices.
Question 5: Under FISDAP's operations tracking, which document captures the transfer of care to a receiving hospital nurse or physician?
- Patient care report (PCR) and verbal handoff (Correct answer)
- Run review form
- Incident action plan
- Transport manifest
Correct answer: Patient care report (PCR) and verbal handoff
The PCR and verbal handoff are both tracked in FISDAP as part of the transfer-of-care competency for EMS students.
Question 6: When a student documents a lifting assist call with no patient transport in FISDAP, which operational category applies?
- Non-transport EMS response (Correct answer)
- Refusal of care
- Trauma assessment
- Community paramedicine
Correct answer: Non-transport EMS response
FISDAP includes non-transport EMS responses as operational experiences that contribute to overall internship hour requirements.
Which FISDAP EMS operations skill involves selecting the correct transport destination based on patient condition and local protocols?