Airway management and ventilation Flashcards
The ____ carries air to the lungs and branches into the left and right bronchi.
a. Bronchioles
b. Mouth
c. Mediastinum
d. Trachea
d. Trachea
Which of the following patients is NOT showing signs of respiratory distress?
a. A 69-year-old male complaining of weakness who is breathing 26
times a minute with gurgling respirations
b. A 10-year-old girl breathing 18 times a minute with minimal effort
c. A 4-year-old boy breathing 12 times a minute with cyanosis
d. An 88-year-old female breathing 22 times a minute with minimal air
exchange and depth
b. A 10-year-old girl breathing 18 times a minute with minimal effort
Which of the following statements describes the proper technique to open the airway in
a non-breathing patient?
a. Keep the head neutral and open the mouth of a 71-year-old cardiac
arrest patient.
b. Hyperextend the neck and lift the chin of a 6-month-old near-drowning
child.
c. Tilt the head and lift the jaw forward in a 7-year-old victim of a bicycle
crash.
d. Keep the head neutral and lift the jaw of a 22-year-old victim of a fall.
d. Keep the head neutral and lift the jaw of a 22-year-old victim of a fall.
You are at a party when an elderly female collapse and is not breathing. You get out your pocket mask. Which of the following is TRUE for the use of a pocket mask?
a. Seal the mask over the patient’s nose and mouth until the patient starts to breathe.
b. Place the mask over the patient’s nose and mouth and ventilate until you feel the air leak
around the mask.
c. Seal the mask over the patient’s nose and mouth and ventilate until the chest rises.
d. Remove the patient’s false teeth, loosely cover the patient’s mouth and nose with the
mask, and ventilate with small puffs of air.
c. Seal the mask over the patient’s nose and mouth and ventilate until the chest rises.
Which of the following is TRUE of the jaw-thrust technique?
a. It is an easier technique than the head-tilt chin lift.
b. The jaw-thrust technique without head-tilt lift is the safest technique
for patients with a possible spinal injury.
c. It should be used for all responsive trauma patients.
d. It is the technique of choice for cardiac arrest patients.
b. The jaw-thrust technique without head-tilt lift is the safest technique
Which of the following patients requires suctioning?
a. A 6-month-old patient with grunting
b. A 5-year-old patient with stridor
c. A 44-year-old patient with wheezing
d. A 74-year-old patient with gurgling
d. A 74-year-old patient with gurgling
You are helping an EMT crew ventilate a patient with a bag-valve-mask device. Each
time the patient receives a breath you feel air coming from the mask. Which of the following
statements describes the best action to take?
a. Make sure oxygen is attached to the bag.
b. Increase the oxygen flow to the bag.
c. Hold the mask more firmly on the face.
d. Use less pressure when squeezing the bag.
c. Hold the mask more firmly on the face.
Which patient is being adequately ventilated?
a. A 5-year-old female is pale and cyanotic, but her chest does not move with ventilations.
b. A 72-year-old male’s chest does not move, but his abdomen is getting larger.
c. A 4-month-old girl’s chest is moving with ventilations and she is starting to move
around.
d. A 28-year-old male’s chest is not moving and it is difficult to ventilate the patient.
c. A 4-month-old girl’s chest is moving with ventilations and she is starting to move
You have been ventilating a patient. The patient starts to vomit. Which of the
following statements describes the best action to take?
a. Position the patient on his back and use a finger sweep to clear his airway.
b. Position the patient on his back and use a whistle tip suction to remove the vomit.
c. Turn the patient to his side and use a suction catheter to clear the vomit.
d. Turn the patient face down and use a suction catheter to clear the vomit
c. Turn the patient to his side and use a suction catheter to clear the vomit.
You respond to the scene of a 9-month-old male who stopped breathing after having a
seizure. Which of the following actions should be performed?
a. Perform mouth-to-mask ventilations with puffs of air until the patient’s
chest rises.
b. Hyperextend the neck and begin mouth-to-barrier ventilation.
c. Provide supplemental oxygen.
d. Open the patient’s airway and complete a finger sweep
a. Perform mouth-to-mask ventilations with puffs of air until the patient’s
chest rises.
Which of the following patients should receive a nasopharyngeal airway?
a. A 66-year-old male who has snoring respirations and a gag reflex
b. A 24-year-old male who is not breathing and does not have gag reflex
c. An 82-year-old female who is breathing 18 times a minute and has a gag reflex
d. A 5-year-old female who is breathing 24 times a minute and is conscious
a. A 66-year-old male who has snoring respirations and a gag reflex
Which of the following patients should receive an oropharyngeal airway?
a. A 66-year-old male who has snoring respirations and a gag reflex
b. A 24-year-old male who is not breathing and does not have a gag reflex
c. An 82-year-old female who is breathing 18 times a minute and has a gag reflex
d. A 5-year-old female who is breathing 24 times a minute and is conscious
b. A 24-year-old male who is not breathing and does not have a gag reflex
A high-pitched whistling sound that is heard as a patient inhales is best defined by
which of the following terms?
a. Dyspnea
b. Apnea
c. Stridor
d. Wheezing
c. Stridor
A whistling sound heard when a patient exhales is best defined by which of the
following terms?
a. Dyspnea
b. Apnea
c. Stridor
d. Wheezing
d. Wheezing
A patient working harder to breathe can be described by which of the following terms?
a. Dyspnea
b. Apnea
c. Stridor
d. Wheezing
a. Dyspnea
