EMT Basic Practice Exam
Airway/Respiration/Ventilation
Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the most reliable method to assess if a patient has a patent airway?
A. Feel for exhaled air
✔✔ B. Listen for air movement and observe chest rise
C. Check their pulse
D. Ask them to point to their throat
Which of the following signs most clearly indicates inadequate breathing?
A. Warm, dry skin
B. Pulse oximeter reading of 98%
✔✔ C. Use of accessory muscles and shallow breaths
D. A respiratory rate of 14
Which airway maneuver is best for opening the airway of an unconscious trauma patient?
A. Head tilt–chin lift
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,✔✔ B. Jaw-thrust maneuver
C. Cross-finger technique
D. Tongue sweep
Which of the following patients would benefit most from a bag-valve-mask (BVM)?
A. A child with a nosebleed
B. An adult with a finger laceration
✔✔ C. An unresponsive patient with agonal breathing
D. A teenager with a twisted ankle
What is the correct oxygen flow rate for a nasal cannula?
✔✔ A. 1–6 liters per minute
B. 10–15 liters per minute
C. 20–25 liters per minute
D. 6–10 liters per minute
Which oxygen delivery device provides the highest concentration of oxygen?
✔✔ A. Nonrebreather mask
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, B. Nasal cannula
C. Simple face mask
D. Venturi mask
What should you do if a patient with a BVM has a weak chest rise despite proper seal?
✔✔ A. Reposition the airway and try again
B. Increase oxygen flow rate
C. Stop ventilations immediately
D. Place them on a backboard
When suctioning an adult patient, how long should each suction attempt last?
✔✔ A. No more than 15 seconds
B. 5 seconds
C. 30 seconds
D. 60 seconds
What is the first step before inserting an oropharyngeal airway (OPA)?
✔✔ A. Confirm unresponsiveness and no gag reflex
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Airway/Respiration/Ventilation
Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the most reliable method to assess if a patient has a patent airway?
A. Feel for exhaled air
✔✔ B. Listen for air movement and observe chest rise
C. Check their pulse
D. Ask them to point to their throat
Which of the following signs most clearly indicates inadequate breathing?
A. Warm, dry skin
B. Pulse oximeter reading of 98%
✔✔ C. Use of accessory muscles and shallow breaths
D. A respiratory rate of 14
Which airway maneuver is best for opening the airway of an unconscious trauma patient?
A. Head tilt–chin lift
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,✔✔ B. Jaw-thrust maneuver
C. Cross-finger technique
D. Tongue sweep
Which of the following patients would benefit most from a bag-valve-mask (BVM)?
A. A child with a nosebleed
B. An adult with a finger laceration
✔✔ C. An unresponsive patient with agonal breathing
D. A teenager with a twisted ankle
What is the correct oxygen flow rate for a nasal cannula?
✔✔ A. 1–6 liters per minute
B. 10–15 liters per minute
C. 20–25 liters per minute
D. 6–10 liters per minute
Which oxygen delivery device provides the highest concentration of oxygen?
✔✔ A. Nonrebreather mask
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, B. Nasal cannula
C. Simple face mask
D. Venturi mask
What should you do if a patient with a BVM has a weak chest rise despite proper seal?
✔✔ A. Reposition the airway and try again
B. Increase oxygen flow rate
C. Stop ventilations immediately
D. Place them on a backboard
When suctioning an adult patient, how long should each suction attempt last?
✔✔ A. No more than 15 seconds
B. 5 seconds
C. 30 seconds
D. 60 seconds
What is the first step before inserting an oropharyngeal airway (OPA)?
✔✔ A. Confirm unresponsiveness and no gag reflex
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