Unit 2 EMT Exam Questions and Answers Updated 2026

Unit 2 EMT Exam Questions and
Answers Updated 2026
1.BWhatBcomplicationsBcanBthereBbeBwithBoropharyngealBsuctioning?BWhichBoneBisBmostBsig
nificant?B-
BAnswerSuctioningBforBtooBlongBcanBcauseBhypoxia,BsuctioningBwhileBgoingBinBandBnotBoutBc
anBcauseBwhatBisBbeingBsuctionedBtoBgoBbackBintoBtheBairway



2.BKnowBtheBdifferenceBbetweenBoxygenationBandBventilation.BKnowBhowBeachBfunctionsBduri
ngBCOBpoisoning,confinedBspace/lowBoxygenBareas,BandBquicklyBascendingBclimbers.B-
BAnswerOxygenationBisBwhereBtheBoxygenBreachesBtheBcellsBfromBtheBbloodstream

VentilationBisBjustBtheBactBofBbreathingBandBnotBtheBgasBexchange

BCOBattachesBtoBtheBredBbloodBcellBsoBthatBoxygenBcan't

InBlowBoxygenBareasBtheyBwillBrunBoutBofBoxygenBandBhaveBtooBmuchBCO2

QuicklyBascendingBclimbersBwillBmoveBtoBaBlowBpressureBareaBandBairBwillBnotBcomeBintoBth
eirBlungsBasBeasily



3.BNameBlateBsignsBofBhypoxia.B-BAnswerDiscolorationB-BCyanosis

Hallucination

Breathlessness

Tachycardia



4.BYouBareBusingBaBBVMBonBaBpatientBandBstillBcannotBgetBbreathsBtoBgoBinBafterBrepositio
ningBtheBheadBseveralBtimes.BWhatBwouldByouBdo?B-
BAnswerCheckBforBobstructionsBmakingBsureBtheBairwayBisBclear



5.BDefineBcellularBmetabolism,BpulmonaryBventilation,BexternalBrespiration,BandBalveolarBventil
ation.B-BAnswerCellularBMetabolismB-
BisBtheBsetBofBchemicalBreactionsBthatBoccurBinBlivingBorganismsBinBorderBtoBmaintainBlife.BC
ellularBmetabolismBinvolvesBcomplexBsequencesBofBcontrolledBbiochemicalBreactions,BbetterBkn
ownBasBmetabolicBpathways.

PulmonaryBVentilationB-BbreathingBthroughBtheBlungs

ExternalBRespirationB-
BexchangeBofBgasesBbetweenBtheBexternalBenvironmentBandBaBdistributingBsystemBofBtheBani
malBbody

, AlveolarBVentilationB-
BTheBrelationshipBamongBtheBVTBbreathedBinBandBoutBthroughBtheBnoseBorBmouth,BtheBdea
dBspaceBvolumeB(Vd),BandBtheBvolumeBofBgasBenteringBandBleavingBtheBalveoliBperBbreath



6.BReplaceBanBO2BtankBwhenBitsBpressureBfallsBbelowB________Bpsi.B-BAnswer500



7.BWhat'sBtheBmainBadvantageBofBaBVenturiBmask?B-
BAnswertheBuseBofBitsBfineBadjustmentBcapabilitiesBinBtheBlong-
termBmanagementBofBphysiologicallyBstableBpatients.



8.BAtB6BLMP,BwhatBisBtheBO2BconcentrationBdeliveredBbyBaBnasalBcannula?B-BAnswer24B-
B44%



9.BWhenBdoesBintrapulmonaryBshuntingBoccur?B-
BAnswerbloodBcomingBfromBtheBrightBsideBofBtheBheartBbypassesBnonfunctionalBalveoliBandBr
eturnsBtoBtheBleftBsideBofBtheBheartBinBanBunoxygenatedBstate.



10.BListBfactorsBthatBcauseBdecreasedBminuteBvolumeBinBanBadult?B-
BAnswerShallowBbreathing



11.BWhatBinfluencesBhypoxicBdrive?B-BAnswerLowBbloodBoxygenBlevels



12.BYouBareBaloneBandBneedBtoBmanageBanBapneicBpatient.BHowBwouldByouBventilate?BMout
hBtoBmask,BoneBpersonBBVM,BmanuallyBtriggeredBventilationBdevice,BorBmouthBtoBmouth?B-
BAnswerMouthBtoBMaskBwithBaBoneBwayBvalve



13.BWhatBorganBcanBsurviveBtheBlongestBwithoutBO2?B-BAnswerMuscle



14.BABpatientBisBhyperventilatingBandByouBnoticeBherBtidalBvolumeBisBdecreasing.BWhatBwoul
dByouBdo?B-BAnswerUseBaBBVMBtoBhelpBpatientBbreatheBdeepBandBslowBbreaths



15.B_________________BisBtheBprimaryBwasteBproductBofBaerobicBmetabolism.B-
BAnswercarbonBdioxide



16.BReviewBfactsBaboutBpositiveBpressureBventilation.B-
BAnswerAirwayBpressureBisBappliedBtoBtheBpatientBviaBaBanBendotrachealBorBtracheostomyBtu