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What device on a resuscitation bag-mask device may prevent
sufficient tidal volume in patients with poor lung compliance?
- Correct Answers ✅A) PETCO2 cuvette
B) Manometer
C) Pressure-relief valve
D) HEPA or viral filter
Patients with perfusing rhythms should receive ventilations
one every _____ seconds. - Correct Answers ✅A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
E) 6
What is the most effective way to deliver bag-mask
ventilation? - Correct Answers ✅A) Using a 1-person
technique
B) Using a head tilt-chin life maneuver
C) Using a jaw-thrust maneuver
D) Using a 2-person technique
How long should the second rescuer squeeze the bag-mask
device when providing 2-rescuer ventilation? - Correct
Answers ✅A) 4 seconds
B) 2 seconds
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C) 1 second
D) 3 seconds
When performing the jaw-thrust maneuver on patients with
suspected cervical spine injury, where should you place your
fingers? - Correct Answers ✅A) Just under the angle of the
lower jaw
B) Behind the patient's ears
C) On top of the patient's jaw
D) Under the patient's chin
When you use a bag-mask device, you should deliver
approximately 500 to ______ mL tidal volume. - Correct
Answers ✅A) 800
B) 700
C) 600
Which is a contraindication to the use of an oropharyngeal
airway? - Correct Answers ✅A) Absent gag reflex
B) Conscious patient
C) Pediatric patient
D) Bag-mask ventilation
In which of the following patients can nasopharyngeal
airways be used? - Correct Answers ✅A) Unconscious
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B) Patients with nasal trauma
C) Conscious
D) Semiconscious
Select the first step in the use of an oropharyngeal airway. -
Correct Answers ✅A) Ventilate the patient with a bag-mask
device
B) Clear the mouth and pharynx
C) Measure and select the proper size oropharyngeal airway
D) Rotate the oropharyngeal airway into the proper position
What is a potential complication of inserting an
oropharyngeal airway that is too small? - Correct Answers
✅A) Soft tissue trauma to the lips
B) Pushing the base of the tongue back
C) Trauma to laryngeal structures
D) Laryngeal obstruction
The length of a correctly sized nasopharyngeal airway is the
same as the distance from the tip of the patient's nose to the
______. - Correct Answers ✅A) Earlobe
B) Corner of the mouth
C) Epiglottis
D) Mandible
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What is a potential complication of using a nasopharyngeal
airway that is too long? - Correct Answers ✅A) Exiting
through the oral cavity
B) Entering the esophagus
C) Blocking carotid blood flow
D) Nasopharyngeal obstruction
What is the most serious potential complication of
nasopharyngeal airway insertion into a patient with facial
trauma? - Correct Answers ✅A) Trismus
B) Misplacement into the cranial cavity
C) Hypopharyngeal placement
D) Laryngospasm
What is the maximum length of suction catheter that should
be inserted into the patient's oropharynx beyond the tongue?
- Correct Answers ✅A) The corner of the mouth to the
epigastric region
B) The corner of the mouth to the laryngeal cartilage
C) The tip of the nose to the corner of the mouth
D) The tip of the nose to the earlobe
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What device on a resuscitation bag-mask device may prevent
sufficient tidal volume in patients with poor lung compliance?
- Correct Answers ✅A) PETCO2 cuvette
B) Manometer
C) Pressure-relief valve
D) HEPA or viral filter
Patients with perfusing rhythms should receive ventilations
one every _____ seconds. - Correct Answers ✅A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
E) 6
What is the most effective way to deliver bag-mask
ventilation? - Correct Answers ✅A) Using a 1-person
technique
B) Using a head tilt-chin life maneuver
C) Using a jaw-thrust maneuver
D) Using a 2-person technique
How long should the second rescuer squeeze the bag-mask
device when providing 2-rescuer ventilation? - Correct
Answers ✅A) 4 seconds
B) 2 seconds
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C) 1 second
D) 3 seconds
When performing the jaw-thrust maneuver on patients with
suspected cervical spine injury, where should you place your
fingers? - Correct Answers ✅A) Just under the angle of the
lower jaw
B) Behind the patient's ears
C) On top of the patient's jaw
D) Under the patient's chin
When you use a bag-mask device, you should deliver
approximately 500 to ______ mL tidal volume. - Correct
Answers ✅A) 800
B) 700
C) 600
Which is a contraindication to the use of an oropharyngeal
airway? - Correct Answers ✅A) Absent gag reflex
B) Conscious patient
C) Pediatric patient
D) Bag-mask ventilation
In which of the following patients can nasopharyngeal
airways be used? - Correct Answers ✅A) Unconscious
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B) Patients with nasal trauma
C) Conscious
D) Semiconscious
Select the first step in the use of an oropharyngeal airway. -
Correct Answers ✅A) Ventilate the patient with a bag-mask
device
B) Clear the mouth and pharynx
C) Measure and select the proper size oropharyngeal airway
D) Rotate the oropharyngeal airway into the proper position
What is a potential complication of inserting an
oropharyngeal airway that is too small? - Correct Answers
✅A) Soft tissue trauma to the lips
B) Pushing the base of the tongue back
C) Trauma to laryngeal structures
D) Laryngeal obstruction
The length of a correctly sized nasopharyngeal airway is the
same as the distance from the tip of the patient's nose to the
______. - Correct Answers ✅A) Earlobe
B) Corner of the mouth
C) Epiglottis
D) Mandible
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What is a potential complication of using a nasopharyngeal
airway that is too long? - Correct Answers ✅A) Exiting
through the oral cavity
B) Entering the esophagus
C) Blocking carotid blood flow
D) Nasopharyngeal obstruction
What is the most serious potential complication of
nasopharyngeal airway insertion into a patient with facial
trauma? - Correct Answers ✅A) Trismus
B) Misplacement into the cranial cavity
C) Hypopharyngeal placement
D) Laryngospasm
What is the maximum length of suction catheter that should
be inserted into the patient's oropharynx beyond the tongue?
- Correct Answers ✅A) The corner of the mouth to the
epigastric region
B) The corner of the mouth to the laryngeal cartilage
C) The tip of the nose to the corner of the mouth
D) The tip of the nose to the earlobe
