EMT Airway Management Chapter 11 Exam with Questions and Answers

EMT Airway Management Chapter 11 Exam with Questions and Answers You are ventilating an apneic woman with a bag-mask device. She has dentures, which are tight fitting. Adequate chest rise is present with each ventilation, and the patient's oxygen saturation reads 96%. When you reassess the patency of her airway, you note that her dentures are now loose, although your ventilations are still producing adequate chest rise. You should: Select one: A. remove her dentures, resume ventilations, and assess for adequate chest rise. B. leave her dentures in place, but carefully monitor her for an airway obstruction. C. leave her dentures in place and increase the rate and volume of your ventilations. D. attempt to replace her dentures so that they fit tightly and resume ventilations. ANSWER A. remove her dentures, resume ventilations, and assess for adequate chest rise. You are performing bag-mask ventilations with oxygen connected and set at a flow rate of 15 L/min. What percentage of oxygen are you delivering? Select one: A. Nearly 100% B. 65% C. 55% D. 45% ANSWER A. Nearly 100%