NYS EMT CERTIFICATION EXAM 2023/2024 |SOLVED 100%

NYS EMT CERTIFICATION EXAM 2023/2024 |SOLVED 100% You have inserted an OPA into the mouth of an unconscious victim who reacts by having a gag reflex. You should 1. Remove the airway 2. Remove the airway, then reinsert it 3. Pull the airway out slightly 4. Use a smaller sized airway (Ans: -) REMOVE THE AIRWAY In mouth-to-mask ventilation, the stomach is likely to be distended if too great a force is used to inflate the lungs. Lung ventilation may become more difficult because stomach inflation 1. Causes a spasm of the larynx 2. Pushes up on the diaphragm and increases the likelihood of vomiting 3. Produces a back pressure that pushes the epiglottis forward 4. Causes a displacement of the lungs, Resulting in deviation of the trachea (Ans: -) Pushes up on the diaphragm and increases the likelihood of vomiting For a single rescuer ventilating a non-breathing patient, the pocket mask with supplement oxygen is more effective then the Bag-Valve-Mask with supplemental oxygen, Because the 1. Rescuer can use two hands to maintain head extension and seal the mask 2. Pocket-mask cushion more readily conforms to all patients 3. Elastic headband maintains a tight deal 4. Pocket mask delivers a higher concentration of oxygen (Ans: -) Rescuer can us two hands to maintain head extension and seal the mask In using a bag-valve-mask, which of the following is the best way to determine if adequate volume is being delivered to a patient in respiratory arrest 1. Listen for air leaving the exhalation port of the bag-valve-mask 2. Observe for rising and falling of the patients chest 3. Monitor the patients breath sounds 4. Attach the oxygen reservoir and provide a flow of at least 10 liters/min of oxygen (Ans: -) Observe the rising and falling of the patients chest