FCCS Airway Management Exam
Questions With Complete Solutions
Rated A+
Sounds with airway narrowing - ANSWER-Snoring, stridor, gurgling or noisy breathing
Absence of protective airway reflexes - ANSWER-No cough or gag requiring advanced
airway support
Most common cause of airway obstruction - ANSWER-Tongue
Triple airway maneuver - ANSWER-Slight neck extension, elevation of the mandible
(jaw thrust maneuver), opening of the mouth
Purpose of oropharyngeal airway - ANSWER-Hold base of tongue forward toward the
teeth and away from epiglottis C opening
Oropharyngeal airway to big causes? To small? - ANSWER-To big causes gagging,
laryngospasm and emesis
To small pushes tongue back over glottic opening
Nasopharyngeal airway contraindicated? - ANSWER-Suspected basilar skull fx,
coagulopathy, intact airway
Questions With Complete Solutions
Rated A+
Sounds with airway narrowing - ANSWER-Snoring, stridor, gurgling or noisy breathing
Absence of protective airway reflexes - ANSWER-No cough or gag requiring advanced
airway support
Most common cause of airway obstruction - ANSWER-Tongue
Triple airway maneuver - ANSWER-Slight neck extension, elevation of the mandible
(jaw thrust maneuver), opening of the mouth
Purpose of oropharyngeal airway - ANSWER-Hold base of tongue forward toward the
teeth and away from epiglottis C opening
Oropharyngeal airway to big causes? To small? - ANSWER-To big causes gagging,
laryngospasm and emesis
To small pushes tongue back over glottic opening
Nasopharyngeal airway contraindicated? - ANSWER-Suspected basilar skull fx,
coagulopathy, intact airway
