EMT AIRWAY & BREATHING Exam with Verified Answers
1. Look at the rise of
the chest
2. It lubricates the
alveolar walls and
allow them to ex-
pand and recoil.
3. Keeps the tongue
off of the posterior
pharynx.
4. Begin CPR, start-
ing with chest com-
pressions
5. Severe peripheral
vasoc...
1. Look at the rise of To obtain the MOST reliable assessment of a patient's
the chest tidal volume, you should:
2. It lubricates the What is the function of pulmonary surfactant?
alveolar walls and
allow them to ex-
pand and recoil.
3. Keeps the tongue A properly placed oropharyngeal airway:
off of the posterior
pharynx.
4. Begin CPR, start- You are performing abdominal thrusts on a 19-year-old
ing with chest com- male with a severe airway obstruction when he be-
pressions comes unresponsive. After lowering him to the ground
and placing him in a supine position, you should:
5. Severe peripheral An inaccurate pulse oximetry reading may be caused
vasoconstriction. by:
6. Position the patient While ventilating an unresponsive man with a
onto his side bag-mask device, you hear gurgling in his upper air-
way. you should:
7. The respiratory rate If the level of carbon dioxide in the arterial blood in-
and depth increase. creases:
8. Hypercarbia and A 30-year-old woman overdosed on pain pills and
acidosis is unresponsive. she is breathing at a rate of 6
breaths/min with shallow depth. left untreated, she will
develop:
9. movement of air Ventilation is defined as the:
into and out of the
lungs
10. A barrel-shaped Which of the following clinical finding is MOST consis-
chest tent with a chronic respiratory disease?
11.11.
, EMT AIRWAY & BREATHING Exam with Verified Answers
inhaled bron- A 35-year-old male complains of shortness of breath.
chodilator he is conscious and alert and is able to speak in com-
plete sentences. assessment reveals diffuse wheezing
to auscultation, a respiratory rate of 22 breaths/min, a
heart rate of 110 beats/min, and an oxygen saturation
of 92%. which of the following interventions would be
of MOST benefit to this patient?
12. administer A 50-year-old woman presents with acute shortness of
high-flow oxygen breath. her skin is pale and she is anxious. you should:
and assess the
adequacy of her
breathing.
13. is typically not A patient with a mild foreign body airway obstruction:
cyanotic
14. Ventilation A patient overdosed on heroin and is unresponsive.
he is cyanotic: he has slow, shallow breathing: and his
oxygen saturation is 80%. The primary cause of this
patient's condition is inadequate:
15. Deep, rapid breath- All of the following would cause an increased level of
ing carbon dioxide in the arterial blood. EXCEPT:
16. oxygen supports When attaching an oxygen regulator to a D cylinder
combustion and and preparing it for use, you should recall that:
should not be used
where sparks are
easily gererated.
17. squeeze the bag In order to avoid forcing air into the stomach during
slowly and release bag-mask ventilation, you should
when you observe
chest rise.
18. Diffuse bron- Assessment of a 40-year-old patient reveals respirato-
choconstriction. ry distress, tachycardia, audible expiratory wheezing,
and an oxygen saturation of 88%. The EMT should
suspect:
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