Module 3 Quiz Question

Question 1

Which of the following patients is most likely to lose neurologic control and regulation of the respiratory system?
- 31 year old with severe injury to the head
- 44 year old who smokes and is nauseated
- 56 year old with heart problems and chest pain
- 61 year old newly diagnosed with diabetes

Answer 1

31 year old with sever injury to the head

Question 2

You arrive at a residence for a male patient who is unresponsive. As you enter the room, you observe an obese male lying on a recliner. His eyes are closed and he has gurgling respirations. While your partner quickly performs a primary assessment, you should immediately prepare to _____.

Answer 2

suction the airway

Question 3

You are assessing a patient with congestive heart failure and you determine that her failing heart is causing fluid to collect and fill her alveoli. Based on this pathophysiology, for which of the following pulmonary complications should the EMT treat the patient?

Answer 3

decreased gas exchange

Question 4

You have arrived on the scene of an assault in which several people have been injured. You are directed to assist another crew with a patient who has been shot once. As you approach, you are told that the patient is apneic. You observe the patient being ventilated with a bag-valve mask while another EMT maintains her airway with the jaw-thrust maneuver. Based on your observation, where might you expect that this patient was shot?

Answer 4

The head

Question 5

Which of the following patients should the EMT recognize as having an actual or potential occlusion of the upper airway?
- 3 year old male with a fever and swelling of the larynx
- 45 year old female with spasm of the bronchioles
- 61 year old male with a piece of fruit food stuck in his trachea
- 78 year old female with a large mucous plug in her bronchi

Answer 5

3 year old male with a fever and swelling of the larynx

Question 6

Which of the following is obstructing the airway when snoring is heard?

Answer 6

the tongue

Question 7

The EMT believes that a patient is mildly hypoxic based on findings from the primary assessment. What other signs could the EMT use to confirm his suspicion of mild hypoxia?

Answer 7

restlessness

Question 8

A patient who inhaled superheated steam in an industrial fire is most likely to exhibit which of the following airway noises?

Answer 8

stridor

Question 9

Gas exchange between the cells and the systemic capillaries is called….

Answer 9

internal respiration

Question 10

Which of the following can lead to impaired respiration?

Answer 10

pneumonia

Question 11

When a person’s diaphragm contracts and the intercostal muscles pull the ribs upward, which of the following will occur?

Answer 11

Air will flow into the lungs

Question 12

Which one of the following statements indicates that the EMT has an accurate understanding of the bronchioles?

Answer 12

“They are small passages located in the lower airway that have smooth muscle surrounding them.”

Question 13

The EMT shows accurate understanding of cyanosis by stating that _____

Answer 13

it presents as a bluish gray color on several areas of the body, such as the lips, fingernail beds, and conjunctiva, and is a late indicator of hypoxia

Question 14

You are assessing a young male patient who is responsive to painful stimuli and breathing agonally after being ejected from an automobile at a high rate of speed. His pulse is weak and thready and his skin is cool and diaphoretic. When addressing his airway and breathing, the EMT must immediately

Answer 14

Perform the jaw thrust and begin artificial ventilation with the bag-valve mask

Question 15

You have been called for a patient who has overdosed on drugs and alcohol. The patient is responsive to painful stimuli and is breathing shallowly at eight times per minute, but exhibits no cyanosis. You should recognize and do which of the following?

Answer 15

inadequate respirations; start positive pressure ventilation with supplemental oxygen

Question 16

The air remaining in the lungs after a maximal exhalation is called

Answer 16

Residual volume

Question 17

You are watching an EMT prepare the ambulance for the upcoming shift. In regards to oxygen cylinders and equipment, which of the following requires immediate intervention?

Answer 17

He clean dirty oxygen tanks with a petroleum based agent

Question 18

You have arrived next to a patient who reportedly had a seizure. Assessment reveals him to be apneic with vomitus in the airway. He has a radial pulse and his skin is cool and diaphoretic. Which of the following should you do immediately?

Answer 18

Suction the airway

Question 19

A 52 year old male with a brain tumor has gone into respiratory arrest. You assign the task of artificially ventilating the patient with the bag-valve mask to a new Emergency Medical Responder. How will you instruct him to ventilate the patient?

Answer 19

deliver one breath every 5-6 seconds with each ventilation lasting one second

Question 20

Normal preload of the heart is dependent upon the amount of blood moving into the inferior vena cava from the body below the diaphragm. Which physiological process contributes to this process?

Answer 20

Spontaneous ventilation

Question 21

When providing oxygen via nonrebreather face mask, which of the following is essential for the EMT to have?

Answer 21

Therapy regulator

Question 22

Which of the following is an indication of inadequate ventilation for an adult?

Answer 22

The chest does not rise with each ventilation

Question 23

Why is overventilation of a spontaneously breathing patient detrimental to his health?

Answer 23

Overventilation may cause air to become trapped in the alveoli which in turn can compress capillaries in the lungs and obstruct blood flow to the left atrium.