UCLA EMT-(9) AIRWAY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
PASS
AEROBIC METABOLISM - ✔✔METABOLISM THAT CAN PROCEED
ONLY IN THE PRESENCE OF OXYGEN. (BI-PRODUCTS ARE WATER
AND CARBON DIXOIDE)
AGONAL RESPIRATIONS - ✔✔OCCASIONAL, GASPING BREATHS
THAT OCCUR AFTER THE HEART HAS STOPPED.
AIRWAY - ✔✔THE UPPER AIRWAY TRACT OR THE PASSAGE ABOVE
THE LARYNX WHICH INCLUDES THE NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT.
ALVEOLAR VENTILATION - ✔✔THE VOLUME OF AIR THAT
REACHES THE ALVEOLI. IT IS DETERMINED BY SUBTRACTING THE
AMOUNT OF DEAD SPACE AIR FROM THE TIDAL VOLUME.
1
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025
,AMERICAN STANDARD SYSTEM - ✔✔A SAFETY SYSTEM FOR LARGE
OXYGEN CYLINDERS, DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE ACCIDENTAL
ATTACHMENT OF A REGULATOR TO A CYLINDER CONTAINING
THE WRONG TYPE OF GAS
ANAEROBIC METABOLISM - ✔✔THE METABOLISM THAT TAKES
PLACE IN THE ABSENCE OF OXYGEN. (BI-PRODUCT IS LACTIC
ACID)
APNEA - ✔✔ABSCENCE OF SPONTANEOUS BREATHING.
ASPIRATION - ✔✔THE INTRODUCTION OF VOMITUS OR OTHER
FOREIGN MATERIAL INTO THE LUNGS.
ATAXIC RESPIRATIONS - ✔✔IRREGULAR, INEFFECTIVE
RESPIRATIONS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE AN IDENTIFIABLE
PATTERN.
AUTOMATIC TRANSPORT VENTILATOR (ATV) - ✔✔A VENTILATION
DEVICE ATTACHED TO A CONTROL BOX THAT ALLOWS THE
VARIABLES OF VENTILATION TO BE SET. IT FRES THE EMT TO
2
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025
, PERFORM OTHER TASKS WHILE THE PATIENT IS BEING
VENTILATED.
BAG-MASK DEVICE - ✔✔A DEVICE WITH A ONE-WAY VALVE AND A
FACE MASK ATTACHED TO A VENTILATION BAG; WHEN
ATTACHED TO A RESERVOIR AND CONNECTED TO OXYGEN,
DELIVERS MORE THAN 90% SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN.
BARRIER DEVICE - ✔✔A PROTECTIVE ITEM, SUCH AS A POCKET
MASK WITH A VALVE, THAT LIMITES EXPOSURE TO A PATIENT'S
BODY FLUIDS.
BILATERAL - ✔✔A BODY PART OR CONDITION THAT APPEARS ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE MIDLINE.
BRONCHIOLES - ✔✔SUBDIVISION OF THE SMALLER BRONCHI IN
THE LUNGS; MADE SMOOTH MUSCLE AND DILATE OR CONSTRICT
IN RESPONSE TO VARIOUS STIMULI.
CARINA - ✔✔POINT AT WHICH THE TRACHEA BIFURCATES
(DIVIDES) INTO THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAINSTEM BRONCHI.
3
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
PASS
AEROBIC METABOLISM - ✔✔METABOLISM THAT CAN PROCEED
ONLY IN THE PRESENCE OF OXYGEN. (BI-PRODUCTS ARE WATER
AND CARBON DIXOIDE)
AGONAL RESPIRATIONS - ✔✔OCCASIONAL, GASPING BREATHS
THAT OCCUR AFTER THE HEART HAS STOPPED.
AIRWAY - ✔✔THE UPPER AIRWAY TRACT OR THE PASSAGE ABOVE
THE LARYNX WHICH INCLUDES THE NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT.
ALVEOLAR VENTILATION - ✔✔THE VOLUME OF AIR THAT
REACHES THE ALVEOLI. IT IS DETERMINED BY SUBTRACTING THE
AMOUNT OF DEAD SPACE AIR FROM THE TIDAL VOLUME.
1
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025
,AMERICAN STANDARD SYSTEM - ✔✔A SAFETY SYSTEM FOR LARGE
OXYGEN CYLINDERS, DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE ACCIDENTAL
ATTACHMENT OF A REGULATOR TO A CYLINDER CONTAINING
THE WRONG TYPE OF GAS
ANAEROBIC METABOLISM - ✔✔THE METABOLISM THAT TAKES
PLACE IN THE ABSENCE OF OXYGEN. (BI-PRODUCT IS LACTIC
ACID)
APNEA - ✔✔ABSCENCE OF SPONTANEOUS BREATHING.
ASPIRATION - ✔✔THE INTRODUCTION OF VOMITUS OR OTHER
FOREIGN MATERIAL INTO THE LUNGS.
ATAXIC RESPIRATIONS - ✔✔IRREGULAR, INEFFECTIVE
RESPIRATIONS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE AN IDENTIFIABLE
PATTERN.
AUTOMATIC TRANSPORT VENTILATOR (ATV) - ✔✔A VENTILATION
DEVICE ATTACHED TO A CONTROL BOX THAT ALLOWS THE
VARIABLES OF VENTILATION TO BE SET. IT FRES THE EMT TO
2
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025
, PERFORM OTHER TASKS WHILE THE PATIENT IS BEING
VENTILATED.
BAG-MASK DEVICE - ✔✔A DEVICE WITH A ONE-WAY VALVE AND A
FACE MASK ATTACHED TO A VENTILATION BAG; WHEN
ATTACHED TO A RESERVOIR AND CONNECTED TO OXYGEN,
DELIVERS MORE THAN 90% SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN.
BARRIER DEVICE - ✔✔A PROTECTIVE ITEM, SUCH AS A POCKET
MASK WITH A VALVE, THAT LIMITES EXPOSURE TO A PATIENT'S
BODY FLUIDS.
BILATERAL - ✔✔A BODY PART OR CONDITION THAT APPEARS ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE MIDLINE.
BRONCHIOLES - ✔✔SUBDIVISION OF THE SMALLER BRONCHI IN
THE LUNGS; MADE SMOOTH MUSCLE AND DILATE OR CONSTRICT
IN RESPONSE TO VARIOUS STIMULI.
CARINA - ✔✔POINT AT WHICH THE TRACHEA BIFURCATES
(DIVIDES) INTO THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAINSTEM BRONCHI.
3
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025
