EMT- Chapter 11- Airway Management
Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the best method to assess if a patient’s airway is open?
A. Check their pulse
✔✔ B. Look, listen, and feel for breathing
C. Ask their name
D. Look for skin color changes
Which of the following is the correct method for inserting a nasopharyngeal airway?
A. Use the mouth
✔✔ B. Insert into the right nostril, bevel toward the septum
C. Apply suction before insertion
D. Always use a straight blade
Which oxygen delivery device provides the highest concentration of oxygen?
✔✔ A. Bag-valve mask with reservoir
B. Nasal cannula
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,C. Simple face mask
D. Venturi mask
When should you use a BVM with oxygen for a patient?
A. When respirations are over 24
B. When the patient has mild wheezing
✔✔ C. When the patient is not breathing adequately
D. When the patient has a nosebleed
What is the flow rate for a nasal cannula?
A. 10–15 L/min
✔✔ B. 1–6 L/min
C. 6–12 L/min
D. 15–20 L/min
What is the oxygen concentration delivered by a non-rebreather mask?
A. 60%
B. 45%
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,✔✔ C. Up to 90–100%
D. 30%
How can you tell that your bag-valve mask ventilations are effective?
A. Patient’s eyes open
✔✔ B. Visible chest rise and fall
C. Pulse goes up
D. Skin becomes red
What is a sign of inadequate breathing in an adult?
A. Warm skin
✔✔ B. Use of accessory muscles
C. Pulse oximetry of 96%
D. Calm demeanor
What should be done if the patient has gurgling sounds in the airway?
✔✔ A. Suction the airway
B. Administer oxygen
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, C. Insert an NPA
D. Reassess blood pressure
What is the correct technique for using a suction catheter?
A. Insert and suction continuously
✔✔ B. Insert without suction, then suction on the way out
C. Only suction during inspiration
D. Use suction before airway insertion
Which airway device can be used in a conscious patient with an intact gag reflex?
✔✔ A. Nasopharyngeal airway
B. Oropharyngeal airway
C. King LT
D. Combitube
Which oxygen delivery device is best for a conscious patient with mild shortness of breath and a
SpO₂ of 92%?
A. BVM
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Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the best method to assess if a patient’s airway is open?
A. Check their pulse
✔✔ B. Look, listen, and feel for breathing
C. Ask their name
D. Look for skin color changes
Which of the following is the correct method for inserting a nasopharyngeal airway?
A. Use the mouth
✔✔ B. Insert into the right nostril, bevel toward the septum
C. Apply suction before insertion
D. Always use a straight blade
Which oxygen delivery device provides the highest concentration of oxygen?
✔✔ A. Bag-valve mask with reservoir
B. Nasal cannula
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,C. Simple face mask
D. Venturi mask
When should you use a BVM with oxygen for a patient?
A. When respirations are over 24
B. When the patient has mild wheezing
✔✔ C. When the patient is not breathing adequately
D. When the patient has a nosebleed
What is the flow rate for a nasal cannula?
A. 10–15 L/min
✔✔ B. 1–6 L/min
C. 6–12 L/min
D. 15–20 L/min
What is the oxygen concentration delivered by a non-rebreather mask?
A. 60%
B. 45%
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,✔✔ C. Up to 90–100%
D. 30%
How can you tell that your bag-valve mask ventilations are effective?
A. Patient’s eyes open
✔✔ B. Visible chest rise and fall
C. Pulse goes up
D. Skin becomes red
What is a sign of inadequate breathing in an adult?
A. Warm skin
✔✔ B. Use of accessory muscles
C. Pulse oximetry of 96%
D. Calm demeanor
What should be done if the patient has gurgling sounds in the airway?
✔✔ A. Suction the airway
B. Administer oxygen
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, C. Insert an NPA
D. Reassess blood pressure
What is the correct technique for using a suction catheter?
A. Insert and suction continuously
✔✔ B. Insert without suction, then suction on the way out
C. Only suction during inspiration
D. Use suction before airway insertion
Which airway device can be used in a conscious patient with an intact gag reflex?
✔✔ A. Nasopharyngeal airway
B. Oropharyngeal airway
C. King LT
D. Combitube
Which oxygen delivery device is best for a conscious patient with mild shortness of breath and a
SpO₂ of 92%?
A. BVM
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