FISDAP Data Collection and Management 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A student submits a shift in FISDAP but forgets to add a patient encounter. Which action should they take?
- Submit a new shift entry for the same date
- Edit the existing shift record to add the missed encounter before it is locked (Correct answer)
- Ask the preceptor to submit the encounter separately
- Leave it out since it cannot be added
Correct answer: Edit the existing shift record to add the missed encounter before it is locked
Most FISDAP programs allow students to edit unlocked shift records to add missed encounters within a defined window before submission locks.
Question 2: Which vital sign entry in FISDAP is most critical for documenting trends in a cardiac patient encounter?
- Skin color
- Blood pressure and pulse rate over time (Correct answer)
- Respiratory effort description
- Temperature
Correct answer: Blood pressure and pulse rate over time
Serial blood pressure and pulse measurements document hemodynamic trends essential for evaluating cardiac patient status and interventions.
Question 3: FISDAP's aggregate data capabilities allow program directors to do which of the following?
- Automatically pass students who meet hour thresholds
- Compare cohort performance against national benchmarks (Correct answer)
- Submit data directly to NREMT on students' behalf
- Replace clinical site evaluations with online scores
Correct answer: Compare cohort performance against national benchmarks
FISDAP aggregates student data across programs nationally, enabling program directors to benchmark their cohort's skill attainment and patient contact against national norms.
Question 4: When a student performs CPR during a field internship, which FISDAP data element captures the number of compression cycles performed?
- Intervention duration
- Skill attempt count (Correct answer)
- Patient response field
- AED analysis count
Correct answer: Skill attempt count
Skill attempt count tracks how many times a student performed or attempted a specific intervention such as CPR during an encounter.
Question 5: Which of the following FISDAP fields would be used to document that a student performed an IV attempt that was unsuccessful?
- Skill performed: IV access — failed attempt (Correct answer)
- Skip the skill entry since it was unsuccessful
- Document under 'complications' field only
- Log it as a medication administration error
Correct answer: Skill performed: IV access — failed attempt
FISDAP tracks both successful and failed skill attempts to give a complete picture of a student's procedural experience and learning curve.
Question 6: In FISDAP, the 'acuity' field for a patient encounter is primarily used to describe what?
- How cooperative the patient was
- The severity or urgency of the patient's condition (Correct answer)
- The transport distance to the hospital
- The student's confidence rating
Correct answer: The severity or urgency of the patient's condition
Acuity captures the clinical severity of the patient's condition, helping programs track whether students are gaining experience with high- and low-acuity patients.
Question 7: What does FISDAP use the 'assessment findings' section to document?
- The student's personal reflections on the call
- Objective and subjective findings gathered during patient assessment (Correct answer)
- Billing and insurance information
- Hospital triage category assigned on arrival
Correct answer: Objective and subjective findings gathered during patient assessment
Assessment findings capture the objective exam results and subjective patient complaints that form the basis of the student's clinical decision-making documentation.
FISDAP Data Collection and Management 3
A student submits a shift in FISDAP but forgets to add a patient encounter.
Which action should they take?