EMT Ch 11

Question 1

Tracheostomies hardly ever need to be suctioned

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Which of the following would you expect to see with CO poisoning?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 3

Surfactant reduces surface tension on alveoli

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

There are no complications to giving BVM ventilations

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

You can be ventilating but oxygenating

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Where are central chemoreceptors located?

Accepted Answer

Medulla

Question 7

What is the average adult tidal volume?

Accepted Answer

500mL

Question 8

The brain doesn’t begin dying until 10 minutes without O2

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

In a healthy adult, what do we ideally want the O2 sat to be?

Accepted Answer

94-99%

Question 10

End tidal is required anytime an iGel or ETT is placed

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Which of the following administers up to 90% O2?

Accepted Answer

Non-rebreather

Question 12

How often should a 4 year old patient be ventilated?

Accepted Answer

2-3 seconds

Question 13

Which of the following means difficulty breathing?

Accepted Answer

Dyspnea

Question 14

COPD patients should never be given extra O2

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Stridor is a indicator of upper airway obstruction

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

What is the max PEEP we should set on CPAP prehospital?

Accepted Answer

20

Question 17

Which of the following is irregular,ineffective breathing without a pattern?

Accepted Answer

Ataxic respirations

Question 18

The pleura of the lungs has 3 layers

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

What type of breath sound would you expect to hear with pneumonia?

Accepted Answer

Rhonchi

Question 20

OPA is measured from ear lobe to nostril

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

What procedure assists with preventing aspiration?

Accepted Answer

Suctioning

Question 22

Which of the following can affect accuracy of a pulse ox reading?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 23

Altered mental status is an indicator of hypoxia

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

The phrenic nerve controls the diaphragm

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Anaerobic metabolism creates lactic acid

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

What part of the airway is where gas exchange takes place?

Accepted Answer

Alveoli

Question 27

Intrapulmonary shunting sends oxygenated blood back to the heart

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

What type of breath sound would you expect to hear with inhalation burns?

Accepted Answer

Stridor

Question 29

Compliance is the ability of the alveoli to expand during a breath

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

What type of breath sound would you expect to hear with pulmonary edema?

Accepted Answer

Rales

Question 31

How much O2 is in room air?

Accepted Answer

21%

Question 32

Normally the amount of O2 in the body determines our respiratory rate

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

How can an EMT remove a foreign body airway obstruction?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 34

Which of the following devices can potentially prevent the need for intubation?

Accepted Answer

CPAP

Question 35

Which of the following indicates a patient needs assisted ventilations?

Accepted Answer

AMS with respiratory distress

Question 36

What type of breath sound would you expect to hear with an asthma attack?

Accepted Answer

Wheezing

Question 37

Which of the following are waste products of respiration?

Accepted Answer

Both

Question 38

Which of the following is a normal end tidal?

Accepted Answer

42

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EMT Ch 11

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