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
American Standard Safety System - ✔✔A safety system for large oxygen cylinders,
designed to prevent the accidental attachment of regulator to a cylinder containing the
wrong type of gas.
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
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, 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
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
Copnography - ✔✔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
Capnometry - ✔✔A device that measures the amount of expired CO2, capnometer
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
American Standard Safety System - ✔✔A safety system for large oxygen cylinders,
designed to prevent the accidental attachment of regulator to a cylinder containing the
wrong type of gas.
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
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, 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
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
Copnography - ✔✔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
Capnometry - ✔✔A device that measures the amount of expired CO2, capnometer
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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