EMT FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the rate in which you should be providing positive pressure ventilations with BVM? -
(ANSWER)10-12 breaths per min
Best way to ventilate with single recuer? - (ANSWER)pocket mask
best way to ventilate with 2 rescuers? - (ANSWER)BVM hooked up to O2
If PT is slow to respond, little chest rise and fall and retraction? - (ANSWER)Need to use BVM
If ventilating, and chest doesn't rise, what's the next step? - (ANSWER)Reposition head
Where does stridor sounds come from? - (ANSWER)High pitch, blockage in larynx/trachea (tongue/item)
Where does wheezing sounds come from? - (ANSWER)high pitch, constriction in smaller air passages
(asthma)
Where does Rhonchi sounds come from? - (ANSWER)low pitch, raddling in the lungs (COPD,
emphysema, pneumonia)
Where do rales sounds come from? - (ANSWER)crackles/popping (fluid in lungs, pulmonary edema
secondary to left-sided CHF)
O2 levels for NC - (ANSWER)2-6
O2 levels for NRB - (ANSWER)10-15
, EMT FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
O2 levels for BVM - (ANSWER)15-25
O2 levels for NEB - (ANSWER)6-8
Proper suctioning technique and what to do if they keep vomiting? - (ANSWER)10-15 sec, suction on no
more than 200mLHg, roll to side if need be
What to do if choking victim - (ANSWER)are you choking, nonresponsive/apneic start chest
compressions, responsive ab thrust, pregnant woman
Seizure PTs - (ANSWER)Keep safe, open airway, suction airway, use NPA of needed POST Seizure
s/s of pulmonary embolism - (ANSWER)recent travel/surgery, skin discoloration, leg pain/swelling
S/S of CHF - (ANSWER)Edema, rales/crackles, feeling of drowning, can't lay flat
s/s of asthma exacerbation - (ANSWER)Sudden onset SOB, wheezing
S/S of spontaneous pneumothorax - (ANSWER)Sudden onset SOB, diminished or absent lung sounds
s/s of pneumonia - (ANSWER)ronchi, fever, coughing up blood, night sweats, put on N95 mask (self),
surgical mask (PT)
What is the rate in which you should be providing positive pressure ventilations with BVM? -
(ANSWER)10-12 breaths per min
Best way to ventilate with single recuer? - (ANSWER)pocket mask
best way to ventilate with 2 rescuers? - (ANSWER)BVM hooked up to O2
If PT is slow to respond, little chest rise and fall and retraction? - (ANSWER)Need to use BVM
If ventilating, and chest doesn't rise, what's the next step? - (ANSWER)Reposition head
Where does stridor sounds come from? - (ANSWER)High pitch, blockage in larynx/trachea (tongue/item)
Where does wheezing sounds come from? - (ANSWER)high pitch, constriction in smaller air passages
(asthma)
Where does Rhonchi sounds come from? - (ANSWER)low pitch, raddling in the lungs (COPD,
emphysema, pneumonia)
Where do rales sounds come from? - (ANSWER)crackles/popping (fluid in lungs, pulmonary edema
secondary to left-sided CHF)
O2 levels for NC - (ANSWER)2-6
O2 levels for NRB - (ANSWER)10-15
, EMT FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
O2 levels for BVM - (ANSWER)15-25
O2 levels for NEB - (ANSWER)6-8
Proper suctioning technique and what to do if they keep vomiting? - (ANSWER)10-15 sec, suction on no
more than 200mLHg, roll to side if need be
What to do if choking victim - (ANSWER)are you choking, nonresponsive/apneic start chest
compressions, responsive ab thrust, pregnant woman
Seizure PTs - (ANSWER)Keep safe, open airway, suction airway, use NPA of needed POST Seizure
s/s of pulmonary embolism - (ANSWER)recent travel/surgery, skin discoloration, leg pain/swelling
S/S of CHF - (ANSWER)Edema, rales/crackles, feeling of drowning, can't lay flat
s/s of asthma exacerbation - (ANSWER)Sudden onset SOB, wheezing
S/S of spontaneous pneumothorax - (ANSWER)Sudden onset SOB, diminished or absent lung sounds
s/s of pneumonia - (ANSWER)ronchi, fever, coughing up blood, night sweats, put on N95 mask (self),
surgical mask (PT)
