EMR AIRWAY Exam READINESS Exam
Questions & Answers A+ score Solution
A patient breathing 20 per minute with labored respirations is most likely experiencing-
respiratory arrest or respiratory distress? - Answers - ✔✔respiratory distress
How do you measure a patient for a NPA? - Answers - ✔✔Tip of the nose to the earlobe
When do you insert an NPA? - Answers - ✔✔Patient is unresponsive and has a gag
reflex
What are 3 considerations related to the elderly airway? - Answers - ✔✔-The jaw-thrust
maneuver may need to be performed due to a higher risk of a spinal injury.
-The neck and jaw may not move easy because of arthritis.
-Sunken cheeks and loss of teeth.
How do you place an OPA in a child? - Answers - ✔✔Right-side up with the tongue held
down with a tongue depressor
Patients with a suspected spinal injury you should use the - Answers - ✔✔Jaw-thrust
When a patient inhales, the air moves - Answers - ✔✔from a high pressure area to a
low pressure area
Signs of complete airway obstruction - Answers - ✔✔Unable to cough, unable to speak
If we have to open a child's airway, where can you place a towel to maintain the airway?
- Answers - ✔✔Under the shoulders
Irreversible cell death occurs in how many minutes - Answers - ✔✔6-10
A 21 year old breathing 6 times per minute. What would be the best device to
administer oxygen? - Answers - ✔✔Bag Valve Mask
Considerations when using a pocket face mask. - Answers - ✔✔Maintain the patients
head position, make sure the chest rise and fall, use one way valve- provides protection
against meningitis and tb, use both hands to make a good seal
When providing rescue breathing you should ventilate at a rate of - Answers - ✔✔Every
5-6 seconds
Questions & Answers A+ score Solution
A patient breathing 20 per minute with labored respirations is most likely experiencing-
respiratory arrest or respiratory distress? - Answers - ✔✔respiratory distress
How do you measure a patient for a NPA? - Answers - ✔✔Tip of the nose to the earlobe
When do you insert an NPA? - Answers - ✔✔Patient is unresponsive and has a gag
reflex
What are 3 considerations related to the elderly airway? - Answers - ✔✔-The jaw-thrust
maneuver may need to be performed due to a higher risk of a spinal injury.
-The neck and jaw may not move easy because of arthritis.
-Sunken cheeks and loss of teeth.
How do you place an OPA in a child? - Answers - ✔✔Right-side up with the tongue held
down with a tongue depressor
Patients with a suspected spinal injury you should use the - Answers - ✔✔Jaw-thrust
When a patient inhales, the air moves - Answers - ✔✔from a high pressure area to a
low pressure area
Signs of complete airway obstruction - Answers - ✔✔Unable to cough, unable to speak
If we have to open a child's airway, where can you place a towel to maintain the airway?
- Answers - ✔✔Under the shoulders
Irreversible cell death occurs in how many minutes - Answers - ✔✔6-10
A 21 year old breathing 6 times per minute. What would be the best device to
administer oxygen? - Answers - ✔✔Bag Valve Mask
Considerations when using a pocket face mask. - Answers - ✔✔Maintain the patients
head position, make sure the chest rise and fall, use one way valve- provides protection
against meningitis and tb, use both hands to make a good seal
When providing rescue breathing you should ventilate at a rate of - Answers - ✔✔Every
5-6 seconds
