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EMT AIRWAY & BREATHING QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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EMT AIRWAY & BREATHING QUESTIONS & ANSWERSLook at the rise of the chest - Answers -To obtain the MOST reliable assessment of a
patient's tidal volume, you should:
It lubricates the alveolar walls and allow them to expand and recoil. - Answers -What is
the function of pulmonary surfactant?
Keeps the tongue off of the posterior pharynx. - Answers -A properly placed
oropharyngeal airway:
Begin CPR, starting with chest compressions - Answers -You are performing abdominal
thrusts on a 19-year-old male with a severe airway obstruction when he becomes
unresponsive. After lowering him to the ground and placing him in a supine position, you
should:
squeeze the bag slowly and release when you observe chest rise. - Answers -In order
to avoid forcing air into the stomach during bag-mask ventilation, you should
Diffuse bronchoconstriction. - Answers -Assessment of a 40-year-old patient reveals
respiratory distress, tachycardia, audible expiratory wheezing, and an oxygen saturation
of 88%. The EMT should suspect:
increase in residual volume - Answers -Assessment of an older man with respiratory
distress reveals that his chest has a barrel-shaped appearance and he is exhaling
through pursed lips. what is the pathophysiology of these findings?
INSERT A NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY. - Answers -You receive a call for a 49-year-
old woman who passed out. the patient's husband tells you that they were watching TV
when the incident occurred No trauma was involved. the patient is semiconscious and
has cyanosis to her lips. after opening her airway with the head-tilt/chin-lift maneuver,
you should
Supplemental oxygen with a nonrebreathing mask. - Answers -A 60-year-old woman
presents with acute respiratory distress. she is conscious and alert, but restless. her
respiratory rate is 26 breaths/min with adequate chest expansion, her breath sounds are
clear to auscultation bilaterally, and her oxygen saturation is 84%. which of the following
is the MOST appropriate treatment for this patient?
reassure the patient and apply a nasal cannula instead - Answers -While managing a
patient with acute shortness of breath, you attempt to apply a nonrebreathing mask set
12L/min. the patient pulls the mask away from his face, stating that it is smothering him.
you should:
, reposition the airway and reattempt to ventilate. - Answers -During your initial attempt to
ventilate an unresponsive apneic patient, you meet resistance and do not see the
patient's chest rise. you should:
Chest recoil during chest compressions - Answers -Which of the following interventions
would result in passive ventilation?
reposition the airway and reattempt to ventilate. - Answers -While providing initial
ventilations to an apneic adult with a bag-valve-mask device, you note minimal rise of
the chest despite an adequate mask-to-face seal. you should:
Most of the his or her inhaled air will not go beyond the anatomic dead space. -
Answers -Which of the following would MOST likely occur if an adult patient is breathing
at a rate of 45 breaths/min with shallow depth?
elevate the patient upper body and administer oxygen. - Answers -A 70-year-old woman
with severe respiratory distress is found lying supine in her bed. she is conscious, but
confused, and her skin is pale and clammy. her husband states that she has congestive
heart failure and hypertension, and that her breathing difficulty began suddenly. the
EMT should:
Respiratory rate of 14 breaths/min: tidal volume of 300 mL. - Answers -Which of the
following yields the lowest minute volume?
Pursed-lip breathing - Answers -Which of the following clinical findings is common with
emphysema, but not congestive heart failure?
Suction his airway until it is clear and ventilate with a bag-mask device. - Answers -A
patient with slow shallow breathing has a large volume of blood and secretions in his
oropharnx. what should you do?
The intercostal muscles and diaphragm both contract. - Answers -Which of the following
processes occurs during inhalation?
carefully stabilize the shard of glass and allow him to suction his own mouth. - Answers
-A 22-year-old male has a shard of glass impaled in his cheek. you look inside his
mouth and see minor bleeding. the patient is conscious and alert with adequate
breathing. you should:
gurgling sound during breathing - Answers -An unresponsive man is found lying supine
in his bed. which of the following assessment findings would indicate that his gag reflex
is depressed or absent?
41-year-old woman with shallow respirations of 14 breaths/min. - Answers -Which of the
following patients has signs of inadequate breathing?
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