Master AEMT respiratory emergencies and management with this comprehensive 24-page PDF quiz. Covering essential topics like asthma, COPD, pulmonary edema, ventilator management, and more. Perfect for AEMT certification or recertification.
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1. continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
A: a method of ventilation used primarily in the treatment of critically ill patients with respiratory distress; can
B: the spasmodic contraction of vocal cords accompanied by an enfolding of the arytenoid and aryepiglottic
C: absence of breathing
D: the chemical processes that provide the cells with energy from nutrients
2. manually triggered ventilation device
A: a pathologic condition characterized by a blood pH of greater than 7.45 and resulting from the
B: a fixed flow/rate ventilation device that delivers a breath every time its button is pushed; also referred to as
C: a high-pitched, whistling breath sounds, characteristically heard on expiration in patients with asthma or
D: the nerve that innervates the diaphragm; necessary for adequate breathing
3. respiratory
A: a protective item, such as pocket mask with a valve, that limits exposure to a patient's body fluids
B: the process of exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide
C: a disease of the lungs in which muscle spas in the small air passageways and the production of large
D: the proteinaceous substance that lines the inside of the alveoli and allows for easy expansion and recoil of
4. pin-indexing system
A: a system established for portable cylinders to ensure that regulators is not connected to a cylinder
B: a tube inserted through the hole created by a tracheostomy
C: an outbreak that occurs in a global scale
D: mechanical maintenance of pressure in the airway at the end of expiration to increase the volume of gas
5. carbon dioxide retention
A: a bacterium that can cause infectious in different parts of the body
B: a condition characterized by a chronically high level of carbon dioxide in blood as the result of a
C: a condition that develops when the circulatory system is not able to deliver sufficient blood and oxygen to
D: a condition of airless or collapsed alveoli that causes pulmonary shunting, ventilation-perfusion
6. multilumen airway
A: peripheral and central receptors that monitors the levels of chemicals in the blood
B: airway device with a single long tube that can be used for esophageal obturation or endotracheal tube
C: a pathological condition of characterized by a blood pH of less than 7.35 and caused by accumulation of
D: the ability of fluid to move from cerebral circulation to cerebral tissue, carrying oxygen, and nutrients to
7. Hering-Breuer reflex
A: the number of ventilatory cycles in a unit of time usually 1 minute; also known as the ventilation rate
B: normal breath sounds made by air moving in and out of the alveoli
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C: the nervous system mechanism that terminates inhalation and prevents lung over expansion
D: bypassing f oxygen-poor blood past nonfunctional alveoli to the left side of the heart
8. jaw-thrust maneuver
A: surgical creation of a hole in the trachea
B: a combination of 2 movements to open the airway by tilting the forehead back and lifting the chin; use for
C: technique to open the airway by placing the fingers behind the angle of the jaw and bringing the jaw
D: breathing that requires greater than normal effort; may be slower or faster than normal and usually requires
9. small-volume nebulizer
A: normal breath sounds made by air moving in and out of the alveoli
B: normal breath sounds made by air moving through the bronchi
C: a respiratory device that holds liquid medicine that is turned into a fine mist. the patient medication into the
D: abnormal breath sounds such as wheezes, rhonchi, and rales
10. automatic transport ventilator (ATV)
A: a condition characterized by a chronically high level of carbon dioxide in blood as the result of a
B: a mechanical ventilator that is used to ventilate intubated patients during transport; has setting for the tidal
C: a dual-lumen airway device that is inserted blindly; permits ventilation of the patient whether the tube is
D: peripheral and central receptors that monitors the levels of chemicals in the blood
11. vasodilatory shock
A: a type of chock related to relaxation of the blood vessels, allowing blood to pool and impairing circulation
B: the number of ventilatory cycles in a unit of time usually 1 minute; also known as the ventilation rate
C: occurs when a foreign body completely obstructs the patient;s airway. patients cannot breathe, talk, or
D: a blood clot or other substance in the circulatory system that breaks free from its site of origin and obstructs
12. tuberculosis
A: a deficiency of oxygen in arterial blood
B: a disease that can lay dormant in a person's lung for decades, than reactivate; many strains are resistant to
C: a partial or complete accumulation of air in the pleural space
D: crackling, moist breath sounds signaling fluid in the smaller air passages of the lung
13. carina
A: the amount of air moved in and out of the respiratory tract per minute, which is determined by the tidal
B: a combination of 2 movements to open the airway by tilting the forehead back and lifting the chin; use for
C: point at which the trachea bifurcates (divides) into the left and right mainstem bronchi
D: movements in which the skin pulls in around the ribs during inspiration
14. atelectasis
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