EMGM 106 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
You are performing CPR on a 30-year-old victim in cardiac arrest. Your partner has placed an
OPA and is ventilating effectively with a BVM. Per San Diego County protocols, compression to
ventilation ratio should be performed at a: - Answers 10 to 1 ratio
You and your partner are performing CPR on an adult cardiac arrest victim with a King Airway in
place. Properly performed chest compressions should be: - Answers Continuous and
asynchronous to ventilations
The preferred method for opening the airway of a medical patient is: - Answers Head tilt - chin
lift
Before beginning chest compression, the EMT- D/ETAD first should check for: - Answers
Absence of pulse
In adult, child, and infant cardiac arrest victims, chest compressions should be performed at a
rate of: - Answers 100 - 120 times per minute
When performing chest compressions on an adult, the sternum should be compressed: -
Answers At least 2 inches but no greater than 2.4 inches
You respond to the scene of an adult cardiac arrest victim with a tracheal stoma. You should
ventilate the patient using: - Answers A BVM device using an infant mask attached
The function of the respiratory system is to provide: - Answers The blood with oxygen
Characteristics of normal breathing include all of the following EXCEPT: - Answers Accessory
muscle use (muscles of the neck, chest, or abdomen)
You are applying the AED on a cardiac arrest patient when you palpate an implanted device on
the right anterior chest wall. You should: - Answers Avoid placing pads over device, if possible
According to San Diego County protocols, hypoglycemia is defined as any blood glucose: -
Answers Less than 60 mg/dl
On which of the following cardiac arrest patients should you apply the AED? - Answers A 10-year
-old pulseless and apneic drowning victim
You have successfully defibrillated a cardiac arrest victim and are transporting the patient to the
hospital. During transport the patient goes into cardiac arrest again. You should: - Answers
Advise your partner to pull over to the side of the road in order to activate the AED, and analyze
the patient
After an initial shock, a patient has converted to a non-shockable rhythm with a pulse. If the
patient goes into cardiac arrest again and the AED indicates a non-shockable rhythm, you would:
- Answers Restart CPR, starting with chest compressions
, An EMT-firefighter finds an unconscious, pulseless, and apneic victim that has a nitroglycerin
patch on his chest. The EMT should: - Answers Remove the nitro patch, and apply the AED pads
You are dispatched to a park for a suspected heroin overdose. Upon arrival you find a 28-year-
old male who is a known heroin user, unresponsive with pinpoint pupils and has slow
inadequate breathing. As an EMT, you may: - Answers Administer the Naloxone by intranasal
injection on standing order
A defibrillator check to ensure that the AED unit is operational, with all needed supplies, must be
completed: - Answers Daily, during morning apparatus and equipment checks
The proper administration of Naloxone by the intranasal route includes: - Answers Injecting
2mg/2ml by atomizing 1mg/1ml at a time into each nostril
You have encountered a semiconscious adult narcotic overdose patient whose breathing is
slow and ineffective. You should immediately: - Answers Both A and C are correct
How far should the EMT advance the King Airway? - Answers Until the colored flange of the tube
touches the teeth or gum line
How much air should be injected into the cuff of the Size 4 King Airway? - Answers 70cc
If you are successfully ventilating through the King Airway, the tube is placed in the patient's: -
Answers Esophagus
The King Airway device may be used in which of the following situations? - Answers An apneic
unresponsive 25-year old male without a gag reflex
Which is NOT a component of LEADSD? - Answers Respiratory rate
When should you use LEADSD to verify the proper placement of any San Diego County-approved
perilaryngeal airway adjunct (PAA)? - Answers After initial placement and after every time the
patient is moved.
During initial verification of the placement of a King Airway you auscultate gurgling sounds over
the epigastrium, you should immediately: - Answers Completely remove the King Airway and
reinsert it
Which of the following patients would a size 4 King Airway be the appropriate for: - Answers 20-
year-old unresponsive female who appears to be 5½ feet tall
When the King Airway is placed in the trachea, the EMT must ventilate through which tube? -
Answers Remove the tube, the King Airway only works in the esophagus
Prior to insertion of any perilaryngeal airway adjunct (PAA), the patient should be treated with
which of the following oxygen therapies? - Answers Provide effective BVM ventilations using
100% oxygen
You are performing CPR on a 30-year-old victim in cardiac arrest. Your partner has placed an
OPA and is ventilating effectively with a BVM. Per San Diego County protocols, compression to
ventilation ratio should be performed at a: - Answers 10 to 1 ratio
You and your partner are performing CPR on an adult cardiac arrest victim with a King Airway in
place. Properly performed chest compressions should be: - Answers Continuous and
asynchronous to ventilations
The preferred method for opening the airway of a medical patient is: - Answers Head tilt - chin
lift
Before beginning chest compression, the EMT- D/ETAD first should check for: - Answers
Absence of pulse
In adult, child, and infant cardiac arrest victims, chest compressions should be performed at a
rate of: - Answers 100 - 120 times per minute
When performing chest compressions on an adult, the sternum should be compressed: -
Answers At least 2 inches but no greater than 2.4 inches
You respond to the scene of an adult cardiac arrest victim with a tracheal stoma. You should
ventilate the patient using: - Answers A BVM device using an infant mask attached
The function of the respiratory system is to provide: - Answers The blood with oxygen
Characteristics of normal breathing include all of the following EXCEPT: - Answers Accessory
muscle use (muscles of the neck, chest, or abdomen)
You are applying the AED on a cardiac arrest patient when you palpate an implanted device on
the right anterior chest wall. You should: - Answers Avoid placing pads over device, if possible
According to San Diego County protocols, hypoglycemia is defined as any blood glucose: -
Answers Less than 60 mg/dl
On which of the following cardiac arrest patients should you apply the AED? - Answers A 10-year
-old pulseless and apneic drowning victim
You have successfully defibrillated a cardiac arrest victim and are transporting the patient to the
hospital. During transport the patient goes into cardiac arrest again. You should: - Answers
Advise your partner to pull over to the side of the road in order to activate the AED, and analyze
the patient
After an initial shock, a patient has converted to a non-shockable rhythm with a pulse. If the
patient goes into cardiac arrest again and the AED indicates a non-shockable rhythm, you would:
- Answers Restart CPR, starting with chest compressions
, An EMT-firefighter finds an unconscious, pulseless, and apneic victim that has a nitroglycerin
patch on his chest. The EMT should: - Answers Remove the nitro patch, and apply the AED pads
You are dispatched to a park for a suspected heroin overdose. Upon arrival you find a 28-year-
old male who is a known heroin user, unresponsive with pinpoint pupils and has slow
inadequate breathing. As an EMT, you may: - Answers Administer the Naloxone by intranasal
injection on standing order
A defibrillator check to ensure that the AED unit is operational, with all needed supplies, must be
completed: - Answers Daily, during morning apparatus and equipment checks
The proper administration of Naloxone by the intranasal route includes: - Answers Injecting
2mg/2ml by atomizing 1mg/1ml at a time into each nostril
You have encountered a semiconscious adult narcotic overdose patient whose breathing is
slow and ineffective. You should immediately: - Answers Both A and C are correct
How far should the EMT advance the King Airway? - Answers Until the colored flange of the tube
touches the teeth or gum line
How much air should be injected into the cuff of the Size 4 King Airway? - Answers 70cc
If you are successfully ventilating through the King Airway, the tube is placed in the patient's: -
Answers Esophagus
The King Airway device may be used in which of the following situations? - Answers An apneic
unresponsive 25-year old male without a gag reflex
Which is NOT a component of LEADSD? - Answers Respiratory rate
When should you use LEADSD to verify the proper placement of any San Diego County-approved
perilaryngeal airway adjunct (PAA)? - Answers After initial placement and after every time the
patient is moved.
During initial verification of the placement of a King Airway you auscultate gurgling sounds over
the epigastrium, you should immediately: - Answers Completely remove the King Airway and
reinsert it
Which of the following patients would a size 4 King Airway be the appropriate for: - Answers 20-
year-old unresponsive female who appears to be 5½ feet tall
When the King Airway is placed in the trachea, the EMT must ventilate through which tube? -
Answers Remove the tube, the King Airway only works in the esophagus
Prior to insertion of any perilaryngeal airway adjunct (PAA), the patient should be treated with
which of the following oxygen therapies? - Answers Provide effective BVM ventilations using
100% oxygen
