CAMATA CORRECT FINALS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔ What does Boyle's Law explain in flight? - ✔✔Gas expansion during ascent and
compression during descent
✔✔What does Dalton's Law explain in flight? - ✔✔Reduced oxygen partial pressure
with altitude
✔✔What does Henry's Law explain in flight? - ✔✔Dissolved gases coming out of
solution, such as decompression sickness
✔✔What does Graham's Law explain? - ✔✔Gas diffusion from high pressure to low
pressure
✔✔What are the four types of hypoxia? - ✔✔Hypoxic, hypemic, stagnant, histotoxic
✔✔What are the four stages of hypoxia? - ✔✔Indifferent, compensatory, disturbance,
critical
✔✔What altitude is the deficient zone? - ✔✔10,000-50,000 ft
✔✔What is Armstrong's Line? - ✔✔63,000 ft where body fluids can boil at body
temperature
✔✔What is Time of Useful Consciousness? - ✔✔Time from oxygen loss until unable to
help yourself
✔✔What is TUC at 25,000 ft normal decompression? - ✔✔3-5 minutes
✔✔What is TUC at 25,000 ft rapid decompression? - ✔✔1.5-2.5 minutes
, ✔✔What are objective hypoxia signs? - ✔✔Altered LOC, HR/BP changes, seizures,
dyspnea, cyanosis
✔✔What are subjective hypoxia symptoms? - ✔✔Headache, visual changes,
tingling/numbness, euphoria/anger, poor judgment, hot/cold flashes
✔✔What is hyperventilation? - ✔✔Overbreathing causing low CO2 and respiratory
alkalosis
✔✔How do you manage hyperventilation in flight? - ✔✔Oxygen, reassurance, PPV if
needed, assess altitude/equipment, consider descent
✔✔What are normal ABG values? - ✔✔pO2 80-100, pCO2 35-45, pH 7.35-7.45, HCO3
22-26
✔✔What percentage of oxygen is carried on hemoglobin? - ✔✔97-98%
✔✔What is the oxygen tank duration formula? - ✔✔(PSI - 200) x tank factor / flow rate
✔✔What are tank factors D/E/M/H-K? - ✔✔D 0.16, E 0.28, M 1.37, H/K 3.14
✔✔How much extra oxygen should be carried? - ✔✔Two extra hours
✔✔What flow/FiO2 does nasal cannula provide? - ✔✔1-6 LPM, 24-44%
✔✔What flow/FiO2 does simple mask provide? - ✔✔5-8 LPM, 40-60%
✔✔What flow/FiO2 does Venturi provide? - ✔✔4-12 LPM, 24-60%
✔✔What flow/FiO2 does NRB provide? - ✔✔6-12 LPM, 60-95%
✔✔What SpO2 should hypoxic patients generally be titrated to? - ✔✔94-99%
✔✔What is barotitis media? - ✔✔Middle ear inflammation from pressure changes,
worse on descent
✔✔What is barosinusitis? - ✔✔Sinus inflammation from pressure changes
✔✔What is barodontalgia? - ✔✔Tooth pain from gas expansion
✔✔What can happen to a pneumothorax during ascent? - ✔✔Expansion into tension
pneumothorax
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔ What does Boyle's Law explain in flight? - ✔✔Gas expansion during ascent and
compression during descent
✔✔What does Dalton's Law explain in flight? - ✔✔Reduced oxygen partial pressure
with altitude
✔✔What does Henry's Law explain in flight? - ✔✔Dissolved gases coming out of
solution, such as decompression sickness
✔✔What does Graham's Law explain? - ✔✔Gas diffusion from high pressure to low
pressure
✔✔What are the four types of hypoxia? - ✔✔Hypoxic, hypemic, stagnant, histotoxic
✔✔What are the four stages of hypoxia? - ✔✔Indifferent, compensatory, disturbance,
critical
✔✔What altitude is the deficient zone? - ✔✔10,000-50,000 ft
✔✔What is Armstrong's Line? - ✔✔63,000 ft where body fluids can boil at body
temperature
✔✔What is Time of Useful Consciousness? - ✔✔Time from oxygen loss until unable to
help yourself
✔✔What is TUC at 25,000 ft normal decompression? - ✔✔3-5 minutes
✔✔What is TUC at 25,000 ft rapid decompression? - ✔✔1.5-2.5 minutes
, ✔✔What are objective hypoxia signs? - ✔✔Altered LOC, HR/BP changes, seizures,
dyspnea, cyanosis
✔✔What are subjective hypoxia symptoms? - ✔✔Headache, visual changes,
tingling/numbness, euphoria/anger, poor judgment, hot/cold flashes
✔✔What is hyperventilation? - ✔✔Overbreathing causing low CO2 and respiratory
alkalosis
✔✔How do you manage hyperventilation in flight? - ✔✔Oxygen, reassurance, PPV if
needed, assess altitude/equipment, consider descent
✔✔What are normal ABG values? - ✔✔pO2 80-100, pCO2 35-45, pH 7.35-7.45, HCO3
22-26
✔✔What percentage of oxygen is carried on hemoglobin? - ✔✔97-98%
✔✔What is the oxygen tank duration formula? - ✔✔(PSI - 200) x tank factor / flow rate
✔✔What are tank factors D/E/M/H-K? - ✔✔D 0.16, E 0.28, M 1.37, H/K 3.14
✔✔How much extra oxygen should be carried? - ✔✔Two extra hours
✔✔What flow/FiO2 does nasal cannula provide? - ✔✔1-6 LPM, 24-44%
✔✔What flow/FiO2 does simple mask provide? - ✔✔5-8 LPM, 40-60%
✔✔What flow/FiO2 does Venturi provide? - ✔✔4-12 LPM, 24-60%
✔✔What flow/FiO2 does NRB provide? - ✔✔6-12 LPM, 60-95%
✔✔What SpO2 should hypoxic patients generally be titrated to? - ✔✔94-99%
✔✔What is barotitis media? - ✔✔Middle ear inflammation from pressure changes,
worse on descent
✔✔What is barosinusitis? - ✔✔Sinus inflammation from pressure changes
✔✔What is barodontalgia? - ✔✔Tooth pain from gas expansion
✔✔What can happen to a pneumothorax during ascent? - ✔✔Expansion into tension
pneumothorax
