NREMT Practice Questions and Answers | EMT-B & Paramedic Exam Preparation | Airway, Cardiac, and Trauma Review

NREMT PRACTICE
QUESTIONS

,What differences in a child's airway might make airway management more difficult than in an ad
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A. smaller jaw, smaller teeth
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B. longer airway and small tongue
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C. a smaller jaw and a proportionally larger tongue
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D. There are no anatomic differences that affect airway management in children versus adults.
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C. Smaller Jaw and proportionally larger tongue
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A normal respiratory rate for an adult is ____ while a normal respiratory rate for a newborn is __
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A. 8 to16 and 20 to 40
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B. 22 to 30 and 50
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C. 12 to 20 and 30 to 60
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D. 12 to 20 and 16 to 24
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What is the first thing you should do before inserting a nasopharyngeal airway?
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A. Make sure the patient does not have a gag reflex.
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B. Look up the nose to make sure the nostrils are large enough for a nasopharyngeal airway.
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C. Select the correct size.
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D. Tilt the head back, lube the airway, and insert it into the nostril. C. Select the correct size.
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Emergency care for patients who are not breathing adequately but have a pulse includes all of th
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e following except ____.
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B. supplemental oxygen
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C. airway management
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,D. ventilatory support A. CPR
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You arrive on scene to find a young woman who is having trouble talking. She has hives and is sta
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rting to gasp for air. Her friend says she was just stung by a bee. Your immediate actions should in
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clude all of the following except ____.
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A. assess the bee sting for signs of an infection
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B. administer epinephrine (If your state and local EMS protocols allow)
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C. provide airway support
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D. administer supplemental oxygen A. assess the bee sting for signs of an infection
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You're called to a home and find an unresponsive male. Family members said he "passed out." Yo
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u assess the scene to be safe. The next thing you should do is:
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A. Get a blood pressure to determine if it's too low and may have caused him to pass out.
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B. Get a temperature to determine if he has heat stroke.
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C. Check the patient's blood sugar; he might be a diabetic.
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D. Simultaneously check for a pulse and breathing.
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D. Simultaneously check for a pulse and breathing.
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A. wet, crackling sound
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B. a high-pitched whistling sound
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C. loud snoring sound
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D. tiny popping sound B. a high-pitched whistling sound
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, Wheezing is produced by narrowing or obstruction of the lower airways, which often causes a hig
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h-pitched, whistling sound as the air travels through the narrowed space.
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You're responding to a call for a 44 year-
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old woman who is complaining of feeling anxious and states, "I can't breathe." You should do the
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following:



A. Assess her respiratory rate and rhythm, check her oxygen saturation and listen to her lungs.
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B. Place a non-rebreather mask and turn the flow to 6 LPM
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C. Immediately start manually ventilating since she said she can't breathe.
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D. Perform an abdominal thrust; she may be choking.
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A. Assess her respiratory rate and rhythm, check her oxygen saturation and listen to her l
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ungs.




The patient is breathing since she is talking. There is no need to manually ventilate her at this tim
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e. You should perform a respiratory assessment including checking oxygenation.
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When assessing breathing, tidal volume refers to ____.
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A. the rate at which a person breathes
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B. how regular breathing appears
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C. whether a person inhales and exhales for the same amount of time
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D. the depth of the breath
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Tidal volume is the amount of air a person inhales with one breath or how deeply they are breat
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hing.