This FP-C cheat sheet distills the IBSC Certified Flight Paramedic blueprint into a printable rundown of the facts examiners test most — flight physiology, airway, cardiac, and trauma. It's a premium cheat sheet built by Capital Prep — the one premium prep we trust — and it's yours free. Reinforce it with the rest of your free FP-C toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
FP-C exam at a glance
- Questions: 135 total (110 scored + 25 unscored pilot)
- Time: 2.5 hours (150 minutes)
- Passing score: 73 of 110 scored items correct (criterion-referenced pass/fail)
- Cost: ~$285 affiliate / $385 non-member — verify at ibscertifications.org; valid 4 years
What’s on the FP-C cheat sheet
- Airway, Anesthesia & Analgesics (15%) — the largest domain — LEMON, the 7 P's of RSI, induction and paralytic choices, and ventilator settings by pathology.
- Cardiac & Medical Emergencies (13% each) — 12-lead and STEMI rules, right-sided ECG and the no-nitro caution, shock and circulatory support, sepsis, DKA, and toxicology.
- Trauma/Burn (12%) & Neurological (11%) — the lethal triad, permissive hypotension, TXA, tension pneumothorax, the Parkland formula, TBI neuroprotection, and Cushing's triad.
- Flight Physiology & Safety (6% + 8%) — the gas laws, four hypoxia types, stressors of flight, landing-zone and CRM rules — the material unique to the FP-C.
- Maternal/Neonatal & Pediatric (7% + 8%) — left lateral tilt, APGAR, neonatal resuscitation, the 4-2-1 fluid rule, and the Broselow tape.
- Professional Considerations (6%) — legal, ethical, and end-of-life issues plus CAMTS accreditation and GAMUT quality metrics.
How to use it in your final week
- Burn the gas laws into memory: Boyle (trapped gas expands on ascent — pneumothorax, bowel, ET cuff), Dalton (partial pressure of O2 drops), Henry (decompression sickness). Boyle's is the single most-tested.
- Front-load airway (15%, the largest domain) plus cardiac and medical emergencies (13% each) — over 40% of scored items live in those three, so protect them first.
- Run the four hypoxia types and the flight stressors as a daily flash pass — hypoxic, hypemic (CO gives a falsely high SpO2), stagnant, histotoxic.
- Pair every sheet review with a short timed practice set so 135 questions in 150 minutes (about 66 seconds each) feels routine before test day.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your FP-C practice test drives the exam-readiness ring at the top of this page. Download it, review, then take a full practice exam (or drill with the study guide and flashcards) to see where you stand.
FP-C cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — the FP-C cheat sheet downloads as a PDF with no sign-up and no account. It sits alongside the free Career Employer FP-C practice test, study guide, and flashcards, so your whole flight-paramedic prep stack costs nothing.
It condenses the highest-yield IBSC content into a fast reference: the gas laws and four hypoxia types, RSI and the 7 P's, 12-lead and STEMI rules, the lethal triad and Parkland formula, plus neonatal and pediatric transport anchors. Everything is grouped by the ten IBSC domains so you review in blueprint order.
It is built from the current IBSC Detailed Content Outline and reviewed against the published domain weights and passing standard. Because IBSC fees and policies change, treat any dollar figure as a dated anchor and confirm the latest details at ibscertifications.org before you apply.
No — it is a memory-lock and last-week cram tool, not a replacement for full study. You need 73 of the 110 scored items correct, so use the sheet to fix facts fast and the practice test to build readiness across airway, cardiac, and trauma.
Tap the download button or the preview card at the top of this page and the PDF opens instantly. Bookmark the page so you can pull it up on your phone the morning of your Prometric appointment.
References
- 1.International Board of Specialty Certification. “Certified Flight Paramedic (FP-C) — Exam Preparation & Detailed Content Outline.” ibscertifications.org, 2026. ↑
- 2.International Board of Specialty Certification. “Exam Requirements.” ibscertifications.org, 2026. ↑
- 3.International Board of Specialty Certification. “Exam Fees.” ibscertifications.org, 2026. ↑
- 4.Federal Aviation Administration. “Aeromedical Education — Altitude Physiology & Hypoxia.” FAA.gov, 2026. ↑
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