ASHI EMERGENCY OXYGEN QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
What is the source of oxygen that allows the human body to survive? - Answers :The air
we breathe
What should always be a provider's initial approach to a medical emergency? - Answers
:Basic priority care, such as maintaining an airway and ensuring adequate breathing
The use of emergency oxygen - Answers :Can help meet an ill or injured person's need
for oxygen
Which of the following is a priority of care that needs to be done prior to providing
emergency oxygen? - Answers :Making sure the scene is safe for you to provide care
Working as a lifeguard, you have responded to a collapsed teenager on the pool deck.
The teen is unresponsive and does not appear to be breathing. You have a ventilation
mask, but the emergency oxygen delivery system is on the far wall of the facility. What
do you want to do? - Answers :Send another lifeguard or bystander to get the oxygen
system while you provide priority care.
Which best describes the integration of emergency oxygen into care that is already
being provided? - Answers :Stop the care to integrate emergency oxygen.
Smoothly integrate into the existing care. - Answers :...
If a person you are caring for with emergency oxygen stops breathing - Answers :Begin
CPR with chest compressions
Delivery devices that provide emergency oxygen to non-breathing persons - Answers
:Use pressure to force oxygen through the mouth and airway, and into the lungs.
As a trained emergency oxygen provider, you respond with an emergency oxygen
system to a situation in which CPR is already in progress. How do you want to get
emergency oxygen into the treatment process? - Answers :Smoothly, without
interrupting priority care
What changes are made to ventilation technique when emergency oxygen is added to
the care being provided for a non-breathing person? - Answers :There are no changes
made to ventilations when adding emergency oxygen.
What changes are made to ventilation technique when emergency oxygen is added to
the care being provided for a non-breathing person? - Answers :There are no changes
made to ventilations when adding emergency oxygen
, Before removing a regulator or storing an oxygen delivery system, users must remove
pressure within the regulator by - Answers :Closing the cylinder valve, opening the flow
controller, and listening for the flow of oxygen to stop
According to the FDA, emergency oxygen delivery systems that can provide a flow rate
of at least 6 liters per minute for a minimum of 15 minutes can - Answers :Be purchased
over-the-counter (OTC) without a prescription
What can help make sure your emergency oxygen delivery system is ready to use in an
emergency? - Answers :Regular inspections and Storing the system with the cylinder
valve closed
What is one of the most important safety considerations when using emergency
oxygen? - Answers :Carefully handling highly pressurized oxygen cylinders
Which best describes the risk of fire with emergency oxygen equipment? - Answers
:Highly concentrated oxygen can accelerate combustion.
What important consideration needs to be made about the use of plastic sealing
gaskets with oxygen regulators? - Answers :They must only be used once and then
discarded.
Which of the following is not a major factor that affects the ability to provide emergency
oxygen? - Answers :The age of the ill or injured person
What does the U.S. Food and Drug Administration consider to be the minimum delivery
requirements for an emergency oxygen delivery system? - Answers :A flow rate of 6
liters of oxygen per minute for at least 15 minutes
What are the four primary components of an emergency oxygen delivery system? -
Answers :02 Cylinder, Tubing, Regulator, Delivery Device
Which of the following emergency oxygen delivery devices is not recommended for use
on a person who is adequately breathing? - Answers :Bag-mask
What is the purpose of the reservoir bag on the nonrebreather mask? - Answers :To
increase the concentration of inhaled oxygen
Which of the following is not true about delivery devices that provide emergency oxygen
to a breathing person - Answers :They use pressure to force oxygen through the mouth
and airway, and into the lungs
Which of the following emergency oxygen delivery devices is not recommended for use
on a patient who is not breathing? - Answers :Nonrebreather mask
ANSWERS
What is the source of oxygen that allows the human body to survive? - Answers :The air
we breathe
What should always be a provider's initial approach to a medical emergency? - Answers
:Basic priority care, such as maintaining an airway and ensuring adequate breathing
The use of emergency oxygen - Answers :Can help meet an ill or injured person's need
for oxygen
Which of the following is a priority of care that needs to be done prior to providing
emergency oxygen? - Answers :Making sure the scene is safe for you to provide care
Working as a lifeguard, you have responded to a collapsed teenager on the pool deck.
The teen is unresponsive and does not appear to be breathing. You have a ventilation
mask, but the emergency oxygen delivery system is on the far wall of the facility. What
do you want to do? - Answers :Send another lifeguard or bystander to get the oxygen
system while you provide priority care.
Which best describes the integration of emergency oxygen into care that is already
being provided? - Answers :Stop the care to integrate emergency oxygen.
Smoothly integrate into the existing care. - Answers :...
If a person you are caring for with emergency oxygen stops breathing - Answers :Begin
CPR with chest compressions
Delivery devices that provide emergency oxygen to non-breathing persons - Answers
:Use pressure to force oxygen through the mouth and airway, and into the lungs.
As a trained emergency oxygen provider, you respond with an emergency oxygen
system to a situation in which CPR is already in progress. How do you want to get
emergency oxygen into the treatment process? - Answers :Smoothly, without
interrupting priority care
What changes are made to ventilation technique when emergency oxygen is added to
the care being provided for a non-breathing person? - Answers :There are no changes
made to ventilations when adding emergency oxygen.
What changes are made to ventilation technique when emergency oxygen is added to
the care being provided for a non-breathing person? - Answers :There are no changes
made to ventilations when adding emergency oxygen
, Before removing a regulator or storing an oxygen delivery system, users must remove
pressure within the regulator by - Answers :Closing the cylinder valve, opening the flow
controller, and listening for the flow of oxygen to stop
According to the FDA, emergency oxygen delivery systems that can provide a flow rate
of at least 6 liters per minute for a minimum of 15 minutes can - Answers :Be purchased
over-the-counter (OTC) without a prescription
What can help make sure your emergency oxygen delivery system is ready to use in an
emergency? - Answers :Regular inspections and Storing the system with the cylinder
valve closed
What is one of the most important safety considerations when using emergency
oxygen? - Answers :Carefully handling highly pressurized oxygen cylinders
Which best describes the risk of fire with emergency oxygen equipment? - Answers
:Highly concentrated oxygen can accelerate combustion.
What important consideration needs to be made about the use of plastic sealing
gaskets with oxygen regulators? - Answers :They must only be used once and then
discarded.
Which of the following is not a major factor that affects the ability to provide emergency
oxygen? - Answers :The age of the ill or injured person
What does the U.S. Food and Drug Administration consider to be the minimum delivery
requirements for an emergency oxygen delivery system? - Answers :A flow rate of 6
liters of oxygen per minute for at least 15 minutes
What are the four primary components of an emergency oxygen delivery system? -
Answers :02 Cylinder, Tubing, Regulator, Delivery Device
Which of the following emergency oxygen delivery devices is not recommended for use
on a person who is adequately breathing? - Answers :Bag-mask
What is the purpose of the reservoir bag on the nonrebreather mask? - Answers :To
increase the concentration of inhaled oxygen
Which of the following is not true about delivery devices that provide emergency oxygen
to a breathing person - Answers :They use pressure to force oxygen through the mouth
and airway, and into the lungs
Which of the following emergency oxygen delivery devices is not recommended for use
on a patient who is not breathing? - Answers :Nonrebreather mask
