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NREMT Practice Exam Questions With100% Correct And Verified Answers 2024
What differences in a child's airway might make airway
management more difficult than in an adult?
A. smaller jaw, smaller teeth
B. longer airway and small tongue
C. a smaller jaw and a proportionally larger tongue
D. There are no anatomic differences that affect airway
management in children versus adults. - Correct Answer-C.
Smaller Jaw and proportionally larger tongue
A normal respiratory rate for an adult is ____ while a normal
respiratory rate for a newborn is ____.
A. 8 to16 and 20 to 40
B. 22 to 30 and 50
C. 12 to 20 and 30 to 60
D. 12 to 20 and 16 to 24 - Correct Answer-C. 12 to 20 and 30 to 60
What is the first thing you should do before inserting a
nasopharyngeal airway?
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,A. Make sure the patient does not have a gag reflex.
B. Look up the nose to make sure the nostrils are large enough for
a nasopharyngeal airway.
C. Select the correct size.
D. Tilt the head back, lube the airway, and insert it into the nostril.
- Correct Answer-C. Select the correct size.
Emergency care for patients who are not breathing adequately but
have a pulse includes all of the following except ____.
A. CPR
B. supplemental oxygen
C. airway management
D. ventilatory support - Correct Answer-A. CPR
You arrive on scene to find a young woman who is having trouble
talking. She has hives and is starting to gasp for air. Her friend
says she was just stung by a bee. Your immediate actions should
include all of the following except ____.
A. assess the bee sting for signs of an infection
B. administer epinephrine (If your state and local EMS protocols
allow)
C. provide airway support
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,D. administer supplemental oxygen - Correct Answer-A. assess
the bee sting for signs of an infection
You're called to a home and find an unresponsive male. Family
members said he "passed out." You assess the scene to be safe.
The next thing you should do is:
A. Get a blood pressure to determine if it's too low and may have
caused him to pass out.
B. Get a temperature to determine if he has heat stroke.
C. Check the patient's blood sugar; he might be a diabetic.
D. Simultaneously check for a pulse and breathing. - Correct
Answer-D. Simultaneously check for a pulse and breathing.
Wheezing can be described as ____.
A. wet, crackling sound
B. a high-pitched whistling sound
C. loud snoring sound
D. tiny popping sound - Correct Answer-B. a
high-pitched whistling sound
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, Wheezing is produced by narrowing or
obstruction of the lower airways, which often
causes a high-pitched, whistling sound as the
air travels through the narrowed space.
You're responding to a call for a 44 year-old
woman who is complaining of feeling anxious
and states, "I can't breathe." You should do
the following:
A. Assess her respiratory rate and rhythm,
check her oxygen saturation and listen to her
lungs.
B. Place a non-rebreather mask and turn the
flow to 6 LPM
C. Immediately start manually ventilating
since she said she can't breathe.
D. Perform an abdominal thrust; she may be
choking. - Correct Answer-A. Assess her
respiratory rate and rhythm, check her
oxygen saturation and listen to her lungs.
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