UCLA EMT-(13) RESPIRATORY
EMERGENCIES UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
ACIDOSIS - CORRECT ANSWER - THE BUILDUP OF EXCESS ACID IN THE BLOOD
OR BODY TISSUES THAT RESULTS FROM A PRIMARY ILLNESS
ADVENTITIOUS BREATH SOUNDS - CORRECT ANSWER - ABNORMAL BREATH
SOUNDS SUCH AS WHEEZES, RHONCHI AND RALES
ALKALOSIS - CORRECT ANSWER - THE BUILDUP OF EXCESS BASE (LACK OF
ACIDS) IN THE BODY FLUIDS
ALLERGEN - CORRECT ANSWER - A SUBSTANCE THAT CAUSES AN ALLERGIC
REACTION
ANAPHYLAXIS (ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK) - CORRECT ANSWER - AN EXTREME,
LIFE THREATENING SYSTEMIC ALLERGIC REACTION THAT MAY INCLUDE SHOCK
AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE.
ASTHMA - CORRECT ANSWER - AN ACUTE SPASM OF THE SMALLER AIR
PASSAGES, CALLED BRONCHIOLES ASSOCIATED WITH, ASSOCIATED WITH
EXCESSIVE MUCUS PRODUCTION AND WITH SWELLING OF THE MUCOUS LINING
OF THE RESPIRATORY PASSAGES.
ATELECTASIS - CORRECT ANSWER - COLLAPSE OF THE ALVEOLAR AIR SPACES
OF THE LUNGS.
BRONCHIAL BREATH SOUNDS - CORRECT ANSWER - NORMAL BREATH SOUNDS
MADE BY AIR MOVEMENT THROUGH THE BRONCHI.
, BRONCHIOLITIS - CORRECT ANSWER - INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHIOLES
THAT USUALLY OCCURS IN CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 2 YEARS AND IS OFTEN
CAUSED BY THE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS.
BRONCHITIS - CORRECT ANSWER - AN ACUTE OR CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF
THE LUNG THAT MAY DAMAGE LUNG TISSUE; USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH
COUGH AND PRODUCTION OF SPUTUM AND, DEPENDING ON IT'S CAUSE
SOMETIMES FEVER.
CARBON DIOXIDE RETENTION - CORRECT ANSWER - A CONDITION
CHARACTERIZED BY A CHRONICALLY HIGH BLOOD LEVEL OF CARBON DIOXIDE
IN WHICH THE RESPIRATORY CENTER NO LONGER RESPONDS TO HIGH BLOOD
LEVELS OF CARBON DIOXIDE.
CARBON MONOXIDE - CORRECT ANSWER - AN ORDERLESS, HIGHLY
POISONOUS GAS THAT RESULTS FROM INCOMPLETE OXIDATION OF CARBON IN
COMBUSTION.
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS - CORRECT ANSWER - IRRITATION OF THE MAJOR LUNG
PASSAGEWAYS FROM INFECTIONS DISEASE OR IRRITANTS SUCH AS SMOKE.
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) - CORRECT ANSWER - A
SLOW PROCESS OF DILATION AND DISRUPTION OF THE AIRWAYS AND ALVEOLI
CAUSED BY CHRONIC BRONCHIAL OBSTRUCTION.
COMMON COLD - CORRECT ANSWER - A VIRAL INFECTION USUALLY
ASSOCIATED WITH SWOLLEN NASAL MUCOUS MEMBRANES AND THE
PRODUCTION OF FLUID AND THE SINUSES AND NOSE.
CROUP - CORRECT ANSWER - AN INFLAMMATORY DISEASE OF THE UPPER
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM THAT MAY CAUSE A PARTIAL AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION AND
IS CHARACTERIZED BY A BARKING COUGH, USUALLY SEEN IN CHILDREN.
EMERGENCIES UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
ACIDOSIS - CORRECT ANSWER - THE BUILDUP OF EXCESS ACID IN THE BLOOD
OR BODY TISSUES THAT RESULTS FROM A PRIMARY ILLNESS
ADVENTITIOUS BREATH SOUNDS - CORRECT ANSWER - ABNORMAL BREATH
SOUNDS SUCH AS WHEEZES, RHONCHI AND RALES
ALKALOSIS - CORRECT ANSWER - THE BUILDUP OF EXCESS BASE (LACK OF
ACIDS) IN THE BODY FLUIDS
ALLERGEN - CORRECT ANSWER - A SUBSTANCE THAT CAUSES AN ALLERGIC
REACTION
ANAPHYLAXIS (ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK) - CORRECT ANSWER - AN EXTREME,
LIFE THREATENING SYSTEMIC ALLERGIC REACTION THAT MAY INCLUDE SHOCK
AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE.
ASTHMA - CORRECT ANSWER - AN ACUTE SPASM OF THE SMALLER AIR
PASSAGES, CALLED BRONCHIOLES ASSOCIATED WITH, ASSOCIATED WITH
EXCESSIVE MUCUS PRODUCTION AND WITH SWELLING OF THE MUCOUS LINING
OF THE RESPIRATORY PASSAGES.
ATELECTASIS - CORRECT ANSWER - COLLAPSE OF THE ALVEOLAR AIR SPACES
OF THE LUNGS.
BRONCHIAL BREATH SOUNDS - CORRECT ANSWER - NORMAL BREATH SOUNDS
MADE BY AIR MOVEMENT THROUGH THE BRONCHI.
, BRONCHIOLITIS - CORRECT ANSWER - INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHIOLES
THAT USUALLY OCCURS IN CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 2 YEARS AND IS OFTEN
CAUSED BY THE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS.
BRONCHITIS - CORRECT ANSWER - AN ACUTE OR CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF
THE LUNG THAT MAY DAMAGE LUNG TISSUE; USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH
COUGH AND PRODUCTION OF SPUTUM AND, DEPENDING ON IT'S CAUSE
SOMETIMES FEVER.
CARBON DIOXIDE RETENTION - CORRECT ANSWER - A CONDITION
CHARACTERIZED BY A CHRONICALLY HIGH BLOOD LEVEL OF CARBON DIOXIDE
IN WHICH THE RESPIRATORY CENTER NO LONGER RESPONDS TO HIGH BLOOD
LEVELS OF CARBON DIOXIDE.
CARBON MONOXIDE - CORRECT ANSWER - AN ORDERLESS, HIGHLY
POISONOUS GAS THAT RESULTS FROM INCOMPLETE OXIDATION OF CARBON IN
COMBUSTION.
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS - CORRECT ANSWER - IRRITATION OF THE MAJOR LUNG
PASSAGEWAYS FROM INFECTIONS DISEASE OR IRRITANTS SUCH AS SMOKE.
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) - CORRECT ANSWER - A
SLOW PROCESS OF DILATION AND DISRUPTION OF THE AIRWAYS AND ALVEOLI
CAUSED BY CHRONIC BRONCHIAL OBSTRUCTION.
COMMON COLD - CORRECT ANSWER - A VIRAL INFECTION USUALLY
ASSOCIATED WITH SWOLLEN NASAL MUCOUS MEMBRANES AND THE
PRODUCTION OF FLUID AND THE SINUSES AND NOSE.
CROUP - CORRECT ANSWER - AN INFLAMMATORY DISEASE OF THE UPPER
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM THAT MAY CAUSE A PARTIAL AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION AND
IS CHARACTERIZED BY A BARKING COUGH, USUALLY SEEN IN CHILDREN.
