FP-C study plan

Identify indications, contraindications, and sizing criteria for supraglottic airways, endotracheal tubes, and surgical cricothyrotomy across adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients.

Sequence a failed-airway algorithm from first attempt to rescue, naming the device and the decision point at each step.

Calculate induction-agent and paralytic doses for three hypothetical patient weights without reference materials, and state the rationale for each choice.

Predict which patients will decompensate from the hemodynamic effects of positive-pressure ventilation and justify an adjusted ventilation strategy.

Explain Boyle, Dalton, Henry, and Charles laws and predict how each affects a trapped gas pocket and a dissolved gas during ascent and descent.

Apply the alveolar gas equation to estimate the change in PaO2 when cabin altitude rises, and state the compensatory response expected.

Defend a mechanical ventilation strategy for a patient with a stiff, poorly compliant lung during transport at an 8,000-foot cabin altitude.

Contrast barotrauma risk and required preparation for a pneumothorax, a bowel obstruction, and a cuffed endotracheal tube during altitude change.

Integrate preoxygenation and denitrogenation principles into a plan for a patient who will be exposed to reduced barometric pressure.

Classify shock by etiology and match each class to its expected hemodynamic profile and physical findings.

Sequence a massive transfusion protocol, stating activation triggers, ratio targets, and the complications to monitor.

Interpret lactate, base deficit, and central venous oxygen saturation trends to grade a patient's response to resuscitation.

Select between fluid-first and vasopressor-first strategies for traumatic, cardiogenic, and distributive shock, defending each choice.

Relate acceleration and vibration exposure to physiologic stress and describe the monitoring changes that would reveal deterioration in flight.

Differentiate cardiac, pulmonary, and metabolic causes of acute dyspnea using bedside findings, capnography, and a 12-lead ECG.

Identify ECG patterns that require immediate intervention and state the intervention and the transport decision that follows.

Relate thoracic injury findings, including tension pneumothorax, flail chest, and pericardial tamponade, to the sequence of decompensation.

Execute post-arrest care priorities, including targeted temperature considerations, hemodynamic support, and destination selection.

Interpret arterial and venous blood gas values, classifying primary and mixed acid-base disorders with expected compensation.

Derive ventilation and perfusion targets from waveform capnography and pulse oximetry trends rather than single values.

Rank differential diagnoses for undifferentiated chest pain and dyspnea by integrating history, exam, and 12-lead findings.

Incorporate point-of-care ultrasound findings into a transport disposition decision and state the limits of that exam in flight.

Prioritize interventions for multisystem blunt and penetrating trauma using a primary survey, justifying every deviation from routine order.

Justify spinal motion restriction decisions, including when to withhold it and how to document the rationale.

Differentiate ischemic from hemorrhagic stroke and state the time-critical actions and destination implications for each.

Manage elevated intracranial pressure using a staged intervention ladder and recognize the clinical signs of herniation.

Integrate pain management and sedation choices for the trauma patient with a suspected head injury.

Calculate weight-based medication doses and select equipment sizes for neonatal, infant, and pediatric patients without reference aids.

Distinguish pediatric respiratory distress from respiratory failure using clinical scoring and work-of-breathing findings.

Identify high-alert medications and the error-prone steps in their use: look-alike and sound-alike names, concentration, and pump programming.

State the antidote or reversal agent and the expected response for the ten most common transport overdose and toxicologic presentations.

Apply pediatric-specific considerations to fluid resuscitation and drug dosing calculations during transport.

Apply crew resource management, sterile cockpit, and safety management principles to a simulated crew conflict and a go or no-go decision.

State the physiologic and operational stressors of flight, including fatigue, noise, vibration, and hypoxia, and name a mitigation for each.

Re-test every item from the cumulative error log until all are answered correctly with a stated rationale.

Assemble a pre-flight and in-flight checklist that integrates patient, equipment, and environmental risk factors.