Exam 22: Non-Intubating Airway Management

Correct positioning of the patient and the airway is the most basic airway maneuver.

Once a pediatric patient goes into cardiac arrest, a grim prognosis is almost assured.

____ has clearly been demonstrated to decrease intubation rates and to provide symptomatic improvement in prehospital patients with congestive heart failure.

The ____ is a functional portion of the esophagus where the walls of the esophagus contract inwardly, forming a physical barrier to the reflux of stomach contents up the esophagus.

Prehospital suction units include portable devices and fixed, wall-mounted units.

The finger sweep is a technique of limited value in the EMS environment.

The high-flow nasal cannula is a low- to mid-concentration oxygen delivery device.

Any patient in need of active airway management or ventilator support is in need of ____________________ oxygen.

An orogastric tube is less likely to initiate a gag reflex than a tube and is a nasogastric better choice for the conscious, responsive patient.

Generally ____ cm H₂O is considered to be the upper limit with a CPAP machine.

In the healthy adult, ____ is a reflex mechanism that opens collapsed areas of the lung.

For most non-trauma patients in respiratory arrest, the technique of choice for opening the airway is the ____.

Supplemental oxygen replaces nitrogen in the dead space of the lungs with oxygen, referred to as ____.

____________________ occurs when insufficient time is allowed for exhalation.

____, mechanical devices that deliver a specified volume of respiratory gas, have been used in the prehospital environment in Europe since the late 1970s.

Oxygen is stored as either a compressed gas, in fiberglass tanks, or as a liquid.

____ masks, special masks with a restricted intake that permits an exact percentage of oxygen, can be used to deliver oxygen, although their use in the prehospital environment is generally limited to specialty care services.

By the time the Paramedic enters the basic algorithm, the decision has already been made to provide airway and ventilator support to the patient.

The epiglottis is attached to the hyoid bone by the ____.

The rigid pharyngeal suction catheters are known as ____ or tonsil tip catheters.