Paramedic FISDAP Airway Final
Review Exam Questions and
Answers 100% PASS
Indications for Nasotracheal Intubation—ANSWER-Responsive PTs with
AMS, gag reflex, respiratory failure due to COPD, asthma, pulmonary edema
Indications for Suctioning lower airway—ANSWER-PTs mouth becomes filled
with secretions; to be able to ventilate properly without pushing material
into the airway obstructing it
Signs and Symptoms of Lower airway injury—ANSWER-Tachypnea,
dyspnea, cough, wheezing, rales, rhonchi, retractions, hypoxia, stridor
Signs and Symptoms of Tension Pneumothorax—ANSWER-hypotension,
hypoxia, absent breath sounds to affected side, trachea deviation, JVD,
tachycardia, LOC, AMS
Physiological Effects of COPD—ANSWER-slows the process of dilation and
disruption of the airways and alveoli caused by chronic bronchial
obstruction
Review Exam Questions and
Answers 100% PASS
Indications for Nasotracheal Intubation—ANSWER-Responsive PTs with
AMS, gag reflex, respiratory failure due to COPD, asthma, pulmonary edema
Indications for Suctioning lower airway—ANSWER-PTs mouth becomes filled
with secretions; to be able to ventilate properly without pushing material
into the airway obstructing it
Signs and Symptoms of Lower airway injury—ANSWER-Tachypnea,
dyspnea, cough, wheezing, rales, rhonchi, retractions, hypoxia, stridor
Signs and Symptoms of Tension Pneumothorax—ANSWER-hypotension,
hypoxia, absent breath sounds to affected side, trachea deviation, JVD,
tachycardia, LOC, AMS
Physiological Effects of COPD—ANSWER-slows the process of dilation and
disruption of the airways and alveoli caused by chronic bronchial
obstruction
