Exam 48: Advanced Airway Management

You are ventilating a patient in cardiac arrest and you see a sudden rise in the capnometry measurement. Your statement to the crew providing care would be:

When performing orotracheal suctioning in an adult patient, the suction should be applied for no longer than how many seconds?

As the trachea extends from the upper portion of the airway, it splits at the carina into the:

When intubating a patient, you note a leaf-shaped structure that covers the opening of the larynx. You recognize that it is which one of the following structures?

As the laryngoscope is inserted into the patient's mouth, the tongue should be:

Your paramedic partner is having difficulty placing an endotracheal tube in an unresponsive trauma patient. He asks you to get the King LT airway prepared. As such, you would gather:

While assisting a paramedic with the placement of an endotracheal tube, she asks you to perform Sellick's maneuver. You would:

Which of the following would cause the EMT to immediately reassess for proper placement of the endotracheal tube?

Which of the following is true when a King LT airway is correctly placed?

You are ventilating an intubated patient who suffered multisystem trauma. While the paramedic with whom you are working is starting an IV, you both glance at the capnometer device and see that the numeric display is dropping quickly. If there has been no change in ventilatory rate or depth, what could be another cause for this end-tidal carbon dioxide change?

When using the curved laryngoscope blade, the tip of the blade should be placed in the:

Oxygen can be delivered more effectively by orotracheal intubation because:

A paramedic has just placed an endotracheal tube and asks you to confirm its placement. You hear breath sounds in the right lung, but not in the left lung or over the epigastrium. Given these findings, what statement is appropriate?

Each and every time a patient is intubated, it is imperative that the EMT visualizes what structure?

Of the following airway devices, which one is most likely to provide a secure airway by isolating the trachea after insertion?

An endotracheal tube is properly placed when the distal end lies in the:

An advantage of using the Esophageal Tracheal Combitube is:

Which one of the following indicates that the EMT is properly using the stylet?

The major difference between the use of the straight and curved laryngoscope blades is the that the straight blade:

After an unsuccessful attempt to place a King LT airway, the patient vomits. You would immediately: