NREMT EXAM PREP 2023 with 100% correct answers

Once you have the endotracheal tube in place, and as you perform auscultation, you realize the patients right side has sounds from the lungs but the left does not, or they are minimal. What should be your next move? A) Extract the tube and try intubation again B) Abandon it and initiate respirations C) Ensure the cuff is deflated, then pull the tube three to four centimeters D) Gently pull the tube three to four inches out, ensuring cuff is inflated C) Ensure the cuff is deflated, then pull the tube three to four centimeters You reach the site where a woman of advanced age has fallen and injured her ribs, and when you assess, you find she is breathing rapidly and shallowly, the rate being 40, how can you confirm this emergency is life-threatening? A) There is the risk of her volume per minute being excessive B) There is the risk of her volume per minute diminishing C) Her limit for the air referred to as "dead space" has been reached D) You can see her inhaling excessive oxygen B) There is the risk of her volume per minute diminishing (In the prevailing state, it is possible the patient is not mobilizing sufficient air to penetrate the tissues) Sellicks maneuver is meant for: A) Reducing vomiting risk B) Making the carina visible C) Making the vallecular visible D) Collapsing the patients trachea A) Reducing vomiting risk (Sellicks maneuver decreases the chances of vomiting as intubation continues, and this is accomplished when the esophagus is. directly collapsed. The maneuver also helps in making the patients vocal cords clearly visible.) You have been instructed by medical control to help a patient who has a metered dose inhaler. What must you ensure before you can begin to help the patient? A) The patient is not choking B) The medication is right for the patient C) The inhaler does not have a leak D) There is more of the medication in stock at the hospital B) The medication is right for the patient What is a spontaneous pneumothorax? A) Its cause is an impact to the chest, penetrating the patients lung B)It only applies to patients with COPD C) It's a sudden build up of air within the patients pleural space D) It is more prevalent in men than women C) It's a sudden buildup of air within the patient's pleural space What would you consider a suitable intervention to treat an apnea person? A) Oropharyngeal airway B) Intubation C) BVM mask D) All of the above D) All of the above