West coast emt block 2 quiz with 100% Correct Answers
Responsive patient older than 1 year - ✔️✔️- Radial
A patient sitting in chair leaning forward outstretched arms - ✔️✔️Difficulty breathing
When palpating the carotid pulse of a responsive patient - ✔️✔️Avoid compressing both
carotid arteries simultaneously
You receive a call to a day care center for an unresponsive 8 month old - ✔️✔️Assess a
brachial pulse for 5-10 seconds
If you can't palpate a pulse - ✔️✔️Immediately begin CPR
Gas exchange in lungs is facilitated by - ✔️✔️Adequate amounts of surfactant
Without adequate oxygen the body cells - ✔️✔️Incompletely convert glucose into energy
and lactic acid accumulates in the blood
Primary waste product of aerobic metabolism is - ✔️✔️Carbon dioxide
Central chemoreceptor's located in the medulla provide feedback to increase rate and
depth
of breathing when they serve - ✔️✔️Slight increase in carbon dioxide or a decrease in the
PH in the cerebrospinal fluid
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Intrapulmonary shunting occurs when - ✔️✔️A decrease in respiratory rate and depth
causes carbon dioxide accumulation in the
alveoli
An unconscious patient found in a prone position must be placed in a supine position in
case he or she - ✔️✔️Requires CPR
Proper size oropharyngeal airway - ✔️✔️Corner of mouth to earlobe
Nasopharyngeal airway - ✔️✔️inserted with bevel facing the septum if inserted into right
nose
Most significant complication associated with oropharyngeal suctioning - ✔️✔️Hypoxia
due to prolonged suction attempts
Proper technique for suctioning oropharynx of an adult is - ✔️✔️Suctioning while
withdrawing catheter
23 year old motorcycle accident - ✔️✔️Alternate 15 seconds of oral suctioning with 2 min
assisted ventilation
Muscle - ✔️✔️survives longest without oxygen
Acute pulmonary edema most likely develops as a result of - ✔️✔️Toxic chemical
inhalation
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