Airway Management Fundamentals Quiz

What action should you take if a 19-year-old female is found unconscious and begins to gag violently while an oropharyngeal airway is inserted?

What is the physical act of moving air into and out of the lungs called?

What is the normal respiratory rate for an adult at rest?

What process combines nutrients and oxygen in the cell to produce energy and waste products?

What is the most appropriate treatment for a conscious adult with a foreign body airway obstruction who is coughing?

In which part of the respiratory system does the actual exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occur?

Which of the following would NOT cause a decrease in tidal volume?

What is the most serious complication associated with using a nasopharyngeal airway in a patient with head or facial trauma?

What is the alveolar minute volume of a patient with a tidal volume of 500 mL, a dead space volume of 150 mL, and a respiratory rate of 16 breaths/min?

What is the structure located superior to the larynx?

While performing bag-mask ventilations, what percentage of oxygen are you delivering with a flow rate set at 15 L/min?

Tidal volume is defined as the volume of air that:

What is the process of exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide between the alveoli and the capillary blood called?

What is the primary waste product of aerobic metabolism?

Intrapulmonary shunting occurs when:

Which of the following would cause an increase in the amount of exhaled carbon dioxide?

To prevent air from escaping when ventilating a patient with a stoma, you should:

The nasal cannula is MOST appropriately used in the prehospital setting:

Prior to applying a nonrebreathing mask to a patient, you must ensure that the:

An unconscious patient found in a prone position must be placed in a supine position in case he or she:

When ventilating an apneic woman with a bag-mask device, if her dentures are now loose but ventilations are producing adequate chest rise, you should:

The MOST significant complication associated with oropharyngeal suctioning is:

Which of the following patients would MOST likely require insertion of an oropharyngeal airway?

Your protocols state that during the first few minutes of working on a cardiac arrest patient, you should provide passive ventilation. This means that you will:

A nasopharyngeal airway is inserted:

You are caring for a critically injured patient who is unresponsive and apneic. After repositioning the mask several times, you are unable to effectively ventilate the patient. You should:

Which of the following statements regarding breathing adequacy is correct?

The ____ cartilage is a firm ring that forms the inferior part of the larynx.

CPAP is indicated for patients who:

Which of the following statements regarding positive-pressure ventilation is correct?

Hypoxia is MOST accurately defined as:

Without adequate oxygen, the body's cells:

A 51-year-old female patient presents with a sudden onset of difficulty breathing. She is conscious and alert and able to speak in complete sentences. Her respirations are 22 breaths/min and regular. You should:

To select the proper size oropharyngeal airway, you should measure from the:

The jaw-thrust maneuver is used to open the airway of patients with suspected:

In the presence of oxygen, the cells convert glucose into energy through a process called:

In contrast to inhalation, exhalation:

The nasopharyngeal airway is MOST beneficial because it:

Which of the following patients would the head tilt-chin lift maneuver be the MOST appropriate method of opening the airway?

A man was found unresponsive in his bed at home. There is no evidence of injury, and the patient's medical history is not known. The patient's face is cherry red, yet the pulse oximeter reads 98%. Which of the following would MOST likely explain this?

For which of the following conditions would the EMT most likely administer humidified oxygen?

As the single EMT managing an apneic patient's airway, the preferred initial method of providing ventilations is the:

Inhalation occurs when the:

During your assessment of a patient with respiratory distress, you hear wheezing when listening to breath sounds. This indicates:

Proper technique for suctioning the oropharynx of an adult patient includes:

When testing a mechanical suctioning unit, you should turn on the device, clamp the tubing, and ensure that it generates a vacuum pressure of more than:

All of the following will help minimize the risk of gastric distension when ventilating an apneic patient with a bag-mask device, EXCEPT:

The purpose of the pin-indexing system for compressed gas cylinders is to:

How does CPAP improve oxygenation and ventilation in patients with certain respiratory problems?

You are ventilating a 40-year-old uninjured man who is apneic but has a pulse. When your partner reassesses his blood pressure, she notes that he has decreased significantly from previous readings. You should:

You and your partner are treating a 66-year-old man who experienced a sudden onset of respiratory distress. He is conscious but is unable to follow simple verbal commands. Further assessment reveals that his breathing is severely labored and his oxygen saturation is 80%. You should:

How does positive pressure ventilation affect cardiac output?

Central chemoreceptors located in the medulla provide feedback to increase the rate and depth of breathing when they sense:

A 23-year-old male experienced severe head trauma after his motorcycle collided with an oncoming truck. He is unconscious, has agonal gasps, and has copious bloody secretions in his mouth. How should you manage his airway?