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Prehospital Emergency Care Practice Test: Airway Management, Artificial Ventilation, and Oxygenation
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Airway management is the use of medical devices and procedures to maintain or restore a patient's breathing, or ventilation. Airway management techniques are aimed at reducing complications associated with artificial airways and mechanical ventilation, such as airway obstructions, infection, and retained secretions

Prehospital Emergency Care Practice Test: Airway Management, Artificial Ventilation, and Oxygenation
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1. Which statement made by an EMT with whom you are working for the first time shows he understands the use of the pocket mask?
2. Which tip should you give a new EMT about artificially ventilating a patient with the bag- valve mask?
3. What is the preferred method of providing high-concentration oxygen to a breathing patient in the prehospital setting?
4. You are administering oxygen at 2 lpm through a nasal cannula to a confused patient. During transport, you note the SpO2 to be 91%, up from 90% on scene. The patient remains confused. What would your next action be?
5. A young child with multiple physical and developmental abnormalities has a severe nosebleed. You must suction his nasopharynx to decrease the amount of blood he is swallowing. Which action should be part of this care?
6. You are observing an EMT insert an oropharyngeal airway into the airway of a 36-year-old male patient who has overdosed on a street drug. Which observation indicates a correct technique?
7. You are watching an EMT prepare the ambulance for the upcoming shift. In regard to oxygen cylinders and equipment, which action requires immediate intervention?
8. You must suction the oropharynx of 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. What would be the most appropriate suction catheter for use with this patient?
9. For which of these patient is placement of an oropharyngeal airway indicated?
10. When properly using a nonrebreather face mask, which of these statements is true?
11. 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:
12. Which of these sequences best describes the path that oxygen must travel to get into the cells of the body?
13. You are transferring an unresponsive patient from her house to the ambulance on the stretcher. An oral airway has been placed and ventilations with the bag-valve mask are being administered. Suddenly, the patient regains consciousness and starts to gag. Your immediate action should be to:
14. The EMT shows that she understands how to use an oropharyngeal airway when she states:
15. You are starting to ventilate a patient with a laryngectomy and stoma. As you provide the first few ventilations, you note that the air passes easily into the patient, but does not cause the chest to rise. Your next action should be to:
16. Which of these statements regarding the use of a nasal cannula is true?
17. 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:
18. Which of these statements is most correct regarding the difference between respiration and ventilation?
19. Which statement about the flow-restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device is true?
20. When inserting a nasopharyngeal airway, the EMT should remember that:
21. You are having a difficult time getting air from the bag-valve mask to pass into the lungs of a patient with suspected stroke. What should your first action be?
22. You arrive at a residence for a male patient who is unresponsive. As you enter the room, you observe an obese man lying on a recliner. His eyes are closed, and he has gurgling respirations. While your partner is quickly performing a primary assessment, you should immediately prepare to:
23. When using a pocket mask to ventilate an unresponsive adult patient, the EMT must always:
24. The EMT would recognize that administering continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) at a pressure that is too high can cause:
25. Which statement made by an EMT shows that she understands how to suction patients in a field setting?

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