EMT chapter 16 JBL quiz with 100% correct answers

©SOPHIABENNETT EXAM SOLUTIONS_2024/2025 Monday, September 2, 2024 12:59 PM Page | 1 EMT chapter 16 JBL quiz with 100% correct answers A conscious and alert 29-year-old female with a history of asthma complains of difficulty breathing that began after her morning jog. The temperature outside is 40°F (5°C). On exam, you hear bilateral expiratory wheezing. After providing supplemental oxygen, you should: - Answer️️ -determine if she has been prescribed a beta-agonist inhaler. A pleural effusion is MOST accurately defined as - Answer️️ -fluid accumulation outside the lung. Albuterol is a generic name for - Answer️️ -Ventolin Alkalosis is a condition that occurs when - Answer️️ -blood acidity is reduced by excessive breathing. An alert patient presents with a regular pattern of inhalation and exhalation and breath sounds that are clear and equal on both sides of the chest. These findings are consistent with - Answer️️ -adequate air exchange. Asthma is caused by a response of the - Answer️️ -immune system At the onset of an acute asthma, patients commonly experience difficulty breathing and - Answer️️ -Expiratory wheezing Common signs and symptoms of acute hyperventilation syndrome include - Answer️️ - tachypnea and tingling in the extremities. ©SOPHIABENNETT EXAM SOLUTIONS_2024/2025 Monday, September 2, 2024 12:59 PM Page | 2 Dyspnea is MOST accurately defined as - Answer️️ -Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. Harsh, high-pitched inspiratory sounds are characteristic of - Answer️️ -stridor Hyperventilation could be associated with all of the following, except - Answer️️ - narcotic overdose In order for efficient pulmonary gas exchange to occur - Answer️️ -oxygen and carbon dioxide must be able to freely diffuse across the alveolar-capillary membrane. In what area of the lungs does respiration occur? - Answer️️ -alveoli The two processes that occur during respiration are - Answer️️ -inspiration and expiration When assessing for fluid collection in the lungs during auscultation of lungs sounds, you should - Answer️️ -Start at the lower lung fields and determine at which level you start hearing clear breath sounds When auscultating the lungs of a patient with respiratory d