AIRMETHODS PRE HIRE EXAM STUDY
GUIDE 2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ needle thoracostomy location.
Answer: - second intercostal space (below 2nd rib, above 3rd)
midclavicular line
- 5th ICS anterior mid-axillary line
⩥ abruptio placentae.
Answer: - Dark, red blood
- Painful
- Placenta detaches from womb
- deprives baby O2
⩥ placenta previa.
Answer: - blood is red and painless
- part of placenta covers the opening in the mother's cervix
⩥ Terbutaline.
Answer: dose: 0.25 SQ
- used for premature labor to stop
,- 22-37 weeks
⩥ post partum hemorrhage.
Answer: Bleeding in excess of 500cc after delivery.
FUNDAL MASSAGE and put infant to breast.
Place pad over vaginal opening and treat for shock, elevate hips.
- Pitocin 10 iu IM, 20 iu in 1 L NS
- Carbuprost tromethamine 0.25 IM up to 4x Q15
⩥ Uterine rupture.
Answer: Fetal parts can be palpated over abdomen
⩥ Cardiogenic shock.
Answer: - CVP, PAS/PAD, PCWP, SVR: up
- CO, CI: down
- heart cannot pump enough blood and O2 to the brain and vital organs
- increase contractility
⩥ Hypovolemic shock.
Answer: -tank
- CVP, CO, CI, PAWP: down
- SVR: up
,- hemorrhagic
- loss of circulating volume
⩥ Acute respiratory failure.
Answer: - pO2 under 60
- pCO2 above 50
⩥ Thrombolytics must be administered within.
Answer: 3 hours of onset of chest pain
⩥ Swan-Ganz catheter.
Answer: - PA catheter
- Use proximal port for CVP, meds
- Float forward to PA or pull back to Right atria
- Measures right heart directly, left heart indirectly
- set pressure bag to 300 mmHg
- VT, ventricular ectopy means bad placement
⩥ Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP).
Answer: - increases cardiac output (by 10-20%), coronary perfusion
- deflates during ventricular systole
, ⩥ dicrotic notch.
Answer: - aortic valve closing
- sync with A-line or EKG
⩥ Signs and symptoms of IABP leak.
Answer: blood specs in tubing
⩥ IABP rupture.
Answer: rusty flakes
turn off
⩥ Lethal IABP timing cycles.
Answer: late deflation, early inflation
⩥ CMW (controlled mandatory ventilation).
Answer: - preset volume or PIP at set rate
- Patient cannot initiate breath
- does not respond to patient
- use in sedated, apneic, or paralyzed patients who do not have a
respiratory drive
⩥ AC (assist control).
GUIDE 2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ needle thoracostomy location.
Answer: - second intercostal space (below 2nd rib, above 3rd)
midclavicular line
- 5th ICS anterior mid-axillary line
⩥ abruptio placentae.
Answer: - Dark, red blood
- Painful
- Placenta detaches from womb
- deprives baby O2
⩥ placenta previa.
Answer: - blood is red and painless
- part of placenta covers the opening in the mother's cervix
⩥ Terbutaline.
Answer: dose: 0.25 SQ
- used for premature labor to stop
,- 22-37 weeks
⩥ post partum hemorrhage.
Answer: Bleeding in excess of 500cc after delivery.
FUNDAL MASSAGE and put infant to breast.
Place pad over vaginal opening and treat for shock, elevate hips.
- Pitocin 10 iu IM, 20 iu in 1 L NS
- Carbuprost tromethamine 0.25 IM up to 4x Q15
⩥ Uterine rupture.
Answer: Fetal parts can be palpated over abdomen
⩥ Cardiogenic shock.
Answer: - CVP, PAS/PAD, PCWP, SVR: up
- CO, CI: down
- heart cannot pump enough blood and O2 to the brain and vital organs
- increase contractility
⩥ Hypovolemic shock.
Answer: -tank
- CVP, CO, CI, PAWP: down
- SVR: up
,- hemorrhagic
- loss of circulating volume
⩥ Acute respiratory failure.
Answer: - pO2 under 60
- pCO2 above 50
⩥ Thrombolytics must be administered within.
Answer: 3 hours of onset of chest pain
⩥ Swan-Ganz catheter.
Answer: - PA catheter
- Use proximal port for CVP, meds
- Float forward to PA or pull back to Right atria
- Measures right heart directly, left heart indirectly
- set pressure bag to 300 mmHg
- VT, ventricular ectopy means bad placement
⩥ Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP).
Answer: - increases cardiac output (by 10-20%), coronary perfusion
- deflates during ventricular systole
, ⩥ dicrotic notch.
Answer: - aortic valve closing
- sync with A-line or EKG
⩥ Signs and symptoms of IABP leak.
Answer: blood specs in tubing
⩥ IABP rupture.
Answer: rusty flakes
turn off
⩥ Lethal IABP timing cycles.
Answer: late deflation, early inflation
⩥ CMW (controlled mandatory ventilation).
Answer: - preset volume or PIP at set rate
- Patient cannot initiate breath
- does not respond to patient
- use in sedated, apneic, or paralyzed patients who do not have a
respiratory drive
⩥ AC (assist control).
