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FISDAP PARAMEDIC AIRWAY EXAM |
FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS | BRAND NEW!
What are the structures that branch off the trachea into the
lower airway? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Bronchi
A 65-year-old male is having trouble breathing. He is moderately
overweight and has been coughing up yellowish phlegm. He
smokes two packs of cigarettes a day and reports having
episodes like this for many years - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Chronic
bronchitis
The trachea splits at the carina into the left and right bronchus.
The bronchi get smaller and smaller until it reaches the terminal
bronchioles where the alveoli are located.
What is the term for high-pitched whistling sounds heard during
expiration? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Wheezing
Wheezing is a high pitched whistling sound heard on
EXHALATION. Wheezing suggest there is a LOWER airway
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OBSTRUCTION or CONSTRICTION. Exhalation is a passive
process, and the wheezing noise is air passively leaving
constricted bronchioles.
The use of accessory muscles and nasal flaring are signs of what
type of breathing? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Labored
The use of accessory muscles is a sign of respiratory distress or
failure. Nasal flaring is the body's response in effort to increase
the size of the airway and attempt to draw in more air with each
breath.
Expect to initially see an increased respiratory rate and heart
rate with labored breathing. As the patient begins to tire, the
respiratory rate and quality will begin to decrease, which
worsens the problem.
What is the term for abnormal breath sounds that result from an
obstructed airway? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Stridor
Stridor is an UPPER airway obstruction caused by the tissue
swelling around the trachea, larynx, or epiglottis during
INSPIRATION.
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A 53 year old male is sleepy, diaphoretic, difficult to arouse, and
breathing 8 times a minute. What should you suspect? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Respiratory Failure
This rate is too slow and the fact that he is sleepy and difficult to
arouse shows that he is in respiratory failure. An adult with a
respiratory of 8 is too slow for adequate gas exchange.
An alert 32 year old female complains of difficulty breathing. She
speaks in 2-3 word sentences and has oxygen saturation of 92%.
What should you do? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Apply high flow oxygen.
-She is alert and her respirations are still effective without the
need for assisting ventilations. She only complains of shortness
of breath, so applying high flow oxygen should be the first
treatment.
A 56 year old female has a complete airway obstruction from a
piece of food. She becomes unconscious while you asses her.
What should you do? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > When a patient has a
completely obstructed airway and become unconscious the first
thing you should do is start chest compressions.
A male complains of mild respiratory distress. He smokes 4
packs of cigarettes a day and reports a consistent cough and
FISDAP PARAMEDIC AIRWAY EXAM |
FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS | BRAND NEW!
What are the structures that branch off the trachea into the
lower airway? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Bronchi
A 65-year-old male is having trouble breathing. He is moderately
overweight and has been coughing up yellowish phlegm. He
smokes two packs of cigarettes a day and reports having
episodes like this for many years - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Chronic
bronchitis
The trachea splits at the carina into the left and right bronchus.
The bronchi get smaller and smaller until it reaches the terminal
bronchioles where the alveoli are located.
What is the term for high-pitched whistling sounds heard during
expiration? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Wheezing
Wheezing is a high pitched whistling sound heard on
EXHALATION. Wheezing suggest there is a LOWER airway
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OBSTRUCTION or CONSTRICTION. Exhalation is a passive
process, and the wheezing noise is air passively leaving
constricted bronchioles.
The use of accessory muscles and nasal flaring are signs of what
type of breathing? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Labored
The use of accessory muscles is a sign of respiratory distress or
failure. Nasal flaring is the body's response in effort to increase
the size of the airway and attempt to draw in more air with each
breath.
Expect to initially see an increased respiratory rate and heart
rate with labored breathing. As the patient begins to tire, the
respiratory rate and quality will begin to decrease, which
worsens the problem.
What is the term for abnormal breath sounds that result from an
obstructed airway? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Stridor
Stridor is an UPPER airway obstruction caused by the tissue
swelling around the trachea, larynx, or epiglottis during
INSPIRATION.
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A 53 year old male is sleepy, diaphoretic, difficult to arouse, and
breathing 8 times a minute. What should you suspect? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Respiratory Failure
This rate is too slow and the fact that he is sleepy and difficult to
arouse shows that he is in respiratory failure. An adult with a
respiratory of 8 is too slow for adequate gas exchange.
An alert 32 year old female complains of difficulty breathing. She
speaks in 2-3 word sentences and has oxygen saturation of 92%.
What should you do? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Apply high flow oxygen.
-She is alert and her respirations are still effective without the
need for assisting ventilations. She only complains of shortness
of breath, so applying high flow oxygen should be the first
treatment.
A 56 year old female has a complete airway obstruction from a
piece of food. She becomes unconscious while you asses her.
What should you do? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > When a patient has a
completely obstructed airway and become unconscious the first
thing you should do is start chest compressions.
A male complains of mild respiratory distress. He smokes 4
packs of cigarettes a day and reports a consistent cough and
