EMT Airway Exam Questions and
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Aerobic Metabolism - ✔✔Metabolism that can proceed only in the presence
of oxygen
Agonal gasps - ✔✔Occasional, gasping breaths that occur agter the heart
has stopped
Airway - ✔✔The upper airway tract or the passage above the larynx, which
include the nose, mouth and throat.
Alveolar Minute Volume - ✔✔The volume of air moved through the lungs
in 1 minute minus dead space; calculated by multiplying the tidal volume
and resp. rate
Alveolar Ventilation - ✔✔Volume of air that reaches the alveoli. It is
determined by subtracting the amount of dead space air from the tidal
volume
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,Anaerobic Metabolism - ✔✔metabolism that takes place in the absence of
oxygen; principle by product is lactic acid.
Apnea - ✔✔absence of spontaneous breathing
Aspirations - ✔✔the introduction of vomitus or other foreign material into
the lungs
Ataxic Respirations - ✔✔Irregular, ineffective respirations that may or may
not have an identifiable pattern
Automatic Transport Ventilator (ATV) - ✔✔Ventilation device attached to
a control box that allows the variables of ventilation to be set. It frees the
EMT to perform other tasks while the patient is being ventilated
Bag-valve Mask (BVM) - ✔✔device with one way valve and a face mask
attached to a ventilation bag; when attached to a reservoir and connected to
oxygen, it delivers more than 90% supplemental oxygen
Barrier device - ✔✔a protective item such as a pocket mask with a valve,
that limits exposure to a patient's body fluids
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, Bilateral - ✔✔A body part or condition that appears on both sides of the
midline
Bronchioles - ✔✔Subdivision of the smaller bronchi in the lungs; made of
smooth muscle and dilate or constrict in response to various stimuli
capnography - ✔✔a noninvasive method to quickly and efficiently provide
information on a patient's ventilatory status, circulation and metabolism.
Effectively measures the concentration of CO2 in expired over time
Carina - ✔✔point at which the trachea bifurcates into the left and right
mainstem bronchi
Chemoreceptors - ✔✔monitor the levels of O2, CO2, and the pH of the
cerbrospinal fluid and then provide feed back to the resp. centers to modify
the rate and depth of breathing based on the body's needs
Compliance - ✔✔Ability of the alveoli to expand when air is drawn in
during inhalation
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Answers 100% Pass
Aerobic Metabolism - ✔✔Metabolism that can proceed only in the presence
of oxygen
Agonal gasps - ✔✔Occasional, gasping breaths that occur agter the heart
has stopped
Airway - ✔✔The upper airway tract or the passage above the larynx, which
include the nose, mouth and throat.
Alveolar Minute Volume - ✔✔The volume of air moved through the lungs
in 1 minute minus dead space; calculated by multiplying the tidal volume
and resp. rate
Alveolar Ventilation - ✔✔Volume of air that reaches the alveoli. It is
determined by subtracting the amount of dead space air from the tidal
volume
1
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,Anaerobic Metabolism - ✔✔metabolism that takes place in the absence of
oxygen; principle by product is lactic acid.
Apnea - ✔✔absence of spontaneous breathing
Aspirations - ✔✔the introduction of vomitus or other foreign material into
the lungs
Ataxic Respirations - ✔✔Irregular, ineffective respirations that may or may
not have an identifiable pattern
Automatic Transport Ventilator (ATV) - ✔✔Ventilation device attached to
a control box that allows the variables of ventilation to be set. It frees the
EMT to perform other tasks while the patient is being ventilated
Bag-valve Mask (BVM) - ✔✔device with one way valve and a face mask
attached to a ventilation bag; when attached to a reservoir and connected to
oxygen, it delivers more than 90% supplemental oxygen
Barrier device - ✔✔a protective item such as a pocket mask with a valve,
that limits exposure to a patient's body fluids
2
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, Bilateral - ✔✔A body part or condition that appears on both sides of the
midline
Bronchioles - ✔✔Subdivision of the smaller bronchi in the lungs; made of
smooth muscle and dilate or constrict in response to various stimuli
capnography - ✔✔a noninvasive method to quickly and efficiently provide
information on a patient's ventilatory status, circulation and metabolism.
Effectively measures the concentration of CO2 in expired over time
Carina - ✔✔point at which the trachea bifurcates into the left and right
mainstem bronchi
Chemoreceptors - ✔✔monitor the levels of O2, CO2, and the pH of the
cerbrospinal fluid and then provide feed back to the resp. centers to modify
the rate and depth of breathing based on the body's needs
Compliance - ✔✔Ability of the alveoli to expand when air is drawn in
during inhalation
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