EMT FISDAP FINAL EXAM WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What is the rate in which you should be providing
positive pressure ventilations with BVM? - ANSWER
-10-12 breaths per min
Best way to ventilate with single recuer? - ANSWER
-pocket mask
best way to ventilate with 2 rescuers? - ANSWER -
BVM hooked up to O2
If PT is slow to respond, little chest rise and fall and
retraction? - ANSWER -Need to use BVM
, If ventilating, and chest doesn't rise, what's the next
step? - ANSWER -Reposition head
Where does stridor sounds come from? - ANSWER -
High pitch, blockage in larynx/trachea (tongue/item)
Where does wheezing sounds come from? -
ANSWER -high pitch, constriction in smaller air
passages (asthma)
Where does Rhonchi sounds come from? - ANSWER
-low pitch, raddling in the lungs (COPD, emphysema,
pneumonia)
Where do rales sounds come from? - ANSWER -
crackles/popping (fluid in lungs, pulmonary edema
secondary to left-sided CHF)
ANSWERS
What is the rate in which you should be providing
positive pressure ventilations with BVM? - ANSWER
-10-12 breaths per min
Best way to ventilate with single recuer? - ANSWER
-pocket mask
best way to ventilate with 2 rescuers? - ANSWER -
BVM hooked up to O2
If PT is slow to respond, little chest rise and fall and
retraction? - ANSWER -Need to use BVM
, If ventilating, and chest doesn't rise, what's the next
step? - ANSWER -Reposition head
Where does stridor sounds come from? - ANSWER -
High pitch, blockage in larynx/trachea (tongue/item)
Where does wheezing sounds come from? -
ANSWER -high pitch, constriction in smaller air
passages (asthma)
Where does Rhonchi sounds come from? - ANSWER
-low pitch, raddling in the lungs (COPD, emphysema,
pneumonia)
Where do rales sounds come from? - ANSWER -
crackles/popping (fluid in lungs, pulmonary edema
secondary to left-sided CHF)
