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The FP-C exam has 135 questions and runs 2 hours 30 minutes.
These 10 free FP-C questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Certified Flight Paramedic blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
During flight acceptance for a scene response, the communications specialist begins relaying the patient's age and mechanism of injury to the pilot before the weather decision has been made. This practice is discouraged primarily because:
Correct answer: D - It may bias the pilot's weather and risk assessment
A mechanically ventilated patient departs a sea-level facility (760 mmHg) with 15 mL of air in the endotracheal tube cuff. The aircraft climbs to a cabin altitude where barometric pressure is 380 mmHg. If no intervention is performed, the cuff volume will be approximately:
Correct answer: C - 30 mL
A fixed-wing aircraft cruising at 25,000 feet experiences a rapid decompression. Which value BEST estimates the crew's time of useful consciousness?
Correct answer: B - 1.5 to 2.5 minutes
A 32-year-old sustained 45% total body surface area flame burns approximately 6 hours ago and now requires rapid sequence intubation for progressive airway edema. With respect to succinylcholine, this patient:
Correct answer: A - May receive a standard 1.5 mg/kg dose
A mechanically ventilated patient with status asthmaticus becomes acutely hypotensive in flight. Breath sounds are diminished bilaterally and peak inspiratory pressures are climbing. The crew's FIRST action should be to:
Correct answer: C - Disconnect the ventilator and allow full exhalation
During transport, a ventilated patient's peak inspiratory pressure rises from 28 to 48 cmH2O while the plateau pressure remains unchanged at 22 cmH2O. This pattern is MOST consistent with:
Correct answer: D - Mucus plugging
A patient with ST elevation in leads II, III, and aVF receives sublingual nitroglycerin, after which blood pressure falls from 118/74 to 74/40 mmHg. The MOST appropriate next step is to:
Correct answer: A - Give a fluid bolus and obtain a V4R tracing
An intra-aortic balloon pump waveform shows a widened augmented pressure, an assisted end-diastolic pressure equal to the unassisted end-diastolic pressure, and a prolonged rate of rise of assisted systole. This indicates:
Correct answer: D - Late deflation
A patient with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device is alert and conversant. No pulse is palpable and the automated cuff repeatedly fails to obtain a reading. The crew should:
Correct answer: B - Obtain a mean arterial pressure using a Doppler
A 70 kg patient has partial- and full-thickness burns to the entire anterior trunk, the entire right arm, and the entire left leg. The injury occurred 2 hours before the crew's arrival. Using the Parkland formula, what infusion rate should be maintained for the remainder of the first 8-hour period?
Correct answer: C - 1,050 mL/hr
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