JB LEARNING EMT CHAPTER 10
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS RESOURCE
●● agonal gasps
Answer: occasional, gasping breaths that occur after the heart has
stopped
●● airway
Answer: the upper airway tract or the passage above the larynx, which
includes the nose, mouth, and throat
lower airway
●● alveolar ventilation
Answer: the volume of air that reaches the alveoli. It is determined by
subtracting the amount of dead space air from the tidal volume
●● American Standard System
Answer: a safety system for large oxygen cylinders, designed to prevent
the accidental attachment of a regulator to a cylinder containing the
wrong type of gas
●● anaerobic metabolism
,Answer: metabolism that takes place in the absence of oxygen; the
principle product is lactic acid
●● apnea
Answer: absence of spontaneous breathing
●● aspiration
Answer: in the context of airway, the introduction of vomitus or other
foreign material into the lungs
●● ataxic respirations
Answer: irregular, ineffective respirations that may or may not have an
identifiable pattern
●● automatic transport ventilator (ATV)
Answer: a ventilation device attached to a control box that allows the
variables of ventilation to be set. It frees the EMT to perform other tasks
while the patient is being ventilated
●● bag-mask device
Answer: a device with a one-way valve and a face mask attached to a
ventilation bag; when attached to a reservoir and connected to oxygen,
delivers more than 90% supplemental oxygen
, ●● barrier device
Answer: a protective item, such as a pocket mask with a valve, that
limits exposure to a patient's body fluids
●● bilateral
Answer: a body part or condition that appears on both sides of the
midline
●● bronchioles
Answer: subdivision of the smaller bronchi in the lungs, made of smooth
muscle, dilates or constricts in response to various stimuli
●● carina
Answer: point at which the trachea bifurcates into the left and right
mainstem bronchi
●● chemoreceptors
Answer: monitor the levels of oxygen, CO2 and the pH of the
cerebrospinal fluid and then provide feedback to the respiratory centers
to modify the rate and depth of breathing based on the body's needs at
any given time
●● compliance
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS RESOURCE
●● agonal gasps
Answer: occasional, gasping breaths that occur after the heart has
stopped
●● airway
Answer: the upper airway tract or the passage above the larynx, which
includes the nose, mouth, and throat
lower airway
●● alveolar ventilation
Answer: the volume of air that reaches the alveoli. It is determined by
subtracting the amount of dead space air from the tidal volume
●● American Standard System
Answer: a safety system for large oxygen cylinders, designed to prevent
the accidental attachment of a regulator to a cylinder containing the
wrong type of gas
●● anaerobic metabolism
,Answer: metabolism that takes place in the absence of oxygen; the
principle product is lactic acid
●● apnea
Answer: absence of spontaneous breathing
●● aspiration
Answer: in the context of airway, the introduction of vomitus or other
foreign material into the lungs
●● ataxic respirations
Answer: irregular, ineffective respirations that may or may not have an
identifiable pattern
●● automatic transport ventilator (ATV)
Answer: a ventilation device attached to a control box that allows the
variables of ventilation to be set. It frees the EMT to perform other tasks
while the patient is being ventilated
●● bag-mask device
Answer: a device with a one-way valve and a face mask attached to a
ventilation bag; when attached to a reservoir and connected to oxygen,
delivers more than 90% supplemental oxygen
, ●● barrier device
Answer: a protective item, such as a pocket mask with a valve, that
limits exposure to a patient's body fluids
●● bilateral
Answer: a body part or condition that appears on both sides of the
midline
●● bronchioles
Answer: subdivision of the smaller bronchi in the lungs, made of smooth
muscle, dilates or constricts in response to various stimuli
●● carina
Answer: point at which the trachea bifurcates into the left and right
mainstem bronchi
●● chemoreceptors
Answer: monitor the levels of oxygen, CO2 and the pH of the
cerebrospinal fluid and then provide feedback to the respiratory centers
to modify the rate and depth of breathing based on the body's needs at
any given time
●● compliance
