Exam 10: Airway Management, Artificial Ventilation, and Oxygenation

While a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest receives emergency care, you note that her abdomen grows larger with each ventilation provided from a bag-valve mask. What instructions should you provide?

When using a pocket mask to ventilate an unresponsive adult patient, the EMT must remember to always:

Which one of the following statements about the flow-restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device is true?

Your paramedic partner has applied continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to a patient in respiratory distress from congestive heart failure (CHF). As an EMT, you realize that this should benefit the patient by:

While you are transporting a patient with altered mental status, he suddenly vomits partially digested food along with large blood clots. The vomitus is too big for the rigid suction catheter. The EMT should immediately place the patient on his side and:

You must immobilize a 6-year-old male who was involved in a motor vehicle accident. Regarding the airway, why should you consider placing padding under his shoulders and back?

When administering continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to a patient, you would recognize that the patient is benefiting from the treatment when the:

Which one of the following oxygen administration systems will provide the patient with the greatest amount of oxygen?

A listless and lethargic 84-year-old male responds to physical stimuli with garbled speech. His respirations show poor effort and are rapid and labored with a room air SpO₂ is 84%. Additionally, you cannot appreciate breath sounds in his right lung. The best form of oxygen therapy for this patient would be:

A patient complaining of shortness of breath and a history of asthma has the following vital signs: pulse 96, respirations 20, blood pressure 132/86, and SpO₂ 92% on room air. Mild wheezing is noted bilaterally and the patient states that she has run out of her rescue inhaler (albuterol). Regarding the patient's respiratory status, you would administer:

A patient with a stoma and tracheostomy tube is responsive to painful stimuli and breathing shallowly at 6 times per minute. He has cyanosis of the fingertips and a weak, rapid radial pulse. Which one of the following is best in providing respiratory care to this patient?

The EMT would recognize that administering continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) at too high of a pressure can cause:

You are using an automatic transport ventilator (ATV) for a patient who has a poor respiratory effort. Which one of the following is the best indicator of adequate ventilation?

You are assessing an unresponsive patient who overdosed on a narcotic pain medication. Given the situation, what is the greatest concern regarding potential airway occlusion?

You must suction a male patient who has a decreased ability to swallow secondary to a previous stroke. He also has a history of smoking and lung cancer. Which one of the following represents the most appropriate personal protective equipment that you should use with this patient?

Why is the jaw-thrust maneuver indicated for a patient with a possible spinal injury?

A young male patient has been stabbed in the right lateral chest. Regarding the respiratory system, which of the following represents the greatest danger to his well-being?

Your medical director is holding an in-service focusing on the prehospital management of adult patients with respiratory complaints. He asks the group to explain how they can determine if the patient is breathing adequately. Which one of the following responses is most appropriate?

A 2-year-old boy who just seized must have his airway opened. When performing the head-tilt, chin-lift airway maneuver, the EMT must remember:

Which one of the following statements shows that the EMT knows how to correctly position the BVM on the patient's face?