UCLA EMT-(9) AIRWAY Questions and
Answers 100% Correct
GLOTTIS THE SPACE IN BETWEEN THE VOCAL CORDS THAT IS THE
NARROWEST PORTION OF THE ADULT'S AIRWAY, ALSO CALLED THE GLOTTIC
OPENING.
GOOD AIR EXCHANGE A TERM USED TO DISTINGUISH THE DEGREE OF
DISTRESS IN A PATIENT WITH A MILD AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. WITH GOD AIR
EXCHANGE THE PATIENT IS STILL CONSCIOUS AND ABLE TO COUGH
FORCEFULLY, ALTHOUGH WHEEZING MAY BE HEARD.
HEAD TILT-CHIN LIFT MANEUVER A COMBINATION OF TWO MOVEMENTS
TO OPEN THE AIRWA BY TILTING THE FOREHEAD BACK AND LIFTING THE CHIN;
NOT USED FOR TRAUMA PATIENTS.
HYPERCARBIA INCREASED CARBON DIOXIDE LEVEL IN THE
BLOODSTREAM.
, HYPOXIA A DANGEROUS CONDITION IN WHICH THE BODY TISSUES AND
CELLS DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH OXYGEN.
HYPOXIC DRIVE A CONDITION IN WHICH CHRONICALLY LOW LEVELS OF
OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD STIMULATE THE RESPIRATORY DRIVE, SEEN IN PATIENTS
WITH CHRONIC LUNG DISEASES.
INHALATION THE ACTIVE, MUSCULAR PART OF BREATHING THAT DRAWS
AIR INTO THE AIRWAY AND LUNGS.
INTERNAL RESPIRATION THE EXCHANGE OF GASES BETWEEN THE BLOOD
CELLS AND THE TISSUES.
INTRAPULMONARY SHUNTING BYPASSING OF OXYGEN POOR BLOOD PAST
NONFUNCTIONAL ALVEOLI TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEART.
JAW-THRUST TECHNIQUE TO OPEN THE AIRWAY BY PLACING THE FINGERS
BEHIND THE ANGLE OF THE JAW AND BRINING THE JAW FORWARD; USED FOR
PATIENTS WHO MAY HAVE A CERVICAL SPINE INJURY.
Answers 100% Correct
GLOTTIS THE SPACE IN BETWEEN THE VOCAL CORDS THAT IS THE
NARROWEST PORTION OF THE ADULT'S AIRWAY, ALSO CALLED THE GLOTTIC
OPENING.
GOOD AIR EXCHANGE A TERM USED TO DISTINGUISH THE DEGREE OF
DISTRESS IN A PATIENT WITH A MILD AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. WITH GOD AIR
EXCHANGE THE PATIENT IS STILL CONSCIOUS AND ABLE TO COUGH
FORCEFULLY, ALTHOUGH WHEEZING MAY BE HEARD.
HEAD TILT-CHIN LIFT MANEUVER A COMBINATION OF TWO MOVEMENTS
TO OPEN THE AIRWA BY TILTING THE FOREHEAD BACK AND LIFTING THE CHIN;
NOT USED FOR TRAUMA PATIENTS.
HYPERCARBIA INCREASED CARBON DIOXIDE LEVEL IN THE
BLOODSTREAM.
, HYPOXIA A DANGEROUS CONDITION IN WHICH THE BODY TISSUES AND
CELLS DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH OXYGEN.
HYPOXIC DRIVE A CONDITION IN WHICH CHRONICALLY LOW LEVELS OF
OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD STIMULATE THE RESPIRATORY DRIVE, SEEN IN PATIENTS
WITH CHRONIC LUNG DISEASES.
INHALATION THE ACTIVE, MUSCULAR PART OF BREATHING THAT DRAWS
AIR INTO THE AIRWAY AND LUNGS.
INTERNAL RESPIRATION THE EXCHANGE OF GASES BETWEEN THE BLOOD
CELLS AND THE TISSUES.
INTRAPULMONARY SHUNTING BYPASSING OF OXYGEN POOR BLOOD PAST
NONFUNCTIONAL ALVEOLI TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEART.
JAW-THRUST TECHNIQUE TO OPEN THE AIRWAY BY PLACING THE FINGERS
BEHIND THE ANGLE OF THE JAW AND BRINING THE JAW FORWARD; USED FOR
PATIENTS WHO MAY HAVE A CERVICAL SPINE INJURY.
