CRITICAL CARE PARAMEDIC EXAM 1 EXAM
Q&A: 2026 STUDY GUIDE BUNDLED EXAMS
GRADED A+.
◍ ET Tube Depth
The question asked which choice was the correct location for ET tube
placement .Answer:3-7cm above the carina
◍ ET Tube Placement
The question asked which choice was the best way to confirm ET tube
placement .Answer:Best way to confirm ET placement is
capnography.
◍ Pediatric Airways
The question asked which choice was TRUE about pediatric airways
and the epiglottis (epiglottis is larger) was the only correct choice.
The others stated pediatrics have a smaller tongue, or the glottis
opening is less cephalad or posterior. .Answer:Epiglottis is
proportionally larger, floppier and omega-shaped.
◍ ARDS
,Question was a scenario with a description of a white out x-ray. It
asked what would you suspect this patient to have. .Answer:Acute
Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
X-ray will be a total white out
◍ Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve
The question asked what you would expect with LEFTWARD shift.
The choices were Hypothermia, Fever, Acidosis, or Increased CO2.
.Answer:RIGHTWARD shift - Decreased affinity for oxygen. Causes:
Increased CO2, Increased BPG level, Increased Temperature and
Decreased pH.
LEFTWARD shift - Increased affinity for oxygen. Causes - Decreased
CO2, Decreased BPG level, Decreased Temperature and Increased
pH.
◍ Tactile Fremitus
The question asked that when fremitus is palpated over the main
bronchus, what is indicated. .Answer:Increased fremitus in a
consolidated lung is the fact that the sound waves travel through a
solid more than they do a gas. Fremitus palpated over the carina/main
bronchus indicates pneumonia.
, ◍ Pneumonia
The question gave a scenario with the above symptoms and asked
what you suspected was wrong with the patient. .Answer:Suspected in
patients with a fever, SOB and yellow odorish sputum. Increased
temperature.
◍ Chest Tube
The question was a scenario and stated you noticed excessive bubbles,
what would that indicate. .Answer:Excessive continual bubbles in the
water seal chamber may indicate a pleural or system leak.
◍ Corticosteriods
The question asked what was the purpose of giving corticosteroids in
an asthma patient. Gave choices such as bronchodilator, dry up
secretions and reduce inflammation. .Answer:Reduces inflammation.
◍ PEEP
Believe the question mentioned about keeping the alveoli open and
increased oxygenation .Answer:Positive End Expiratory Pressure.
Increased functional residual capacity and increases oxygenation.
◍ V/A Mismatch
Q&A: 2026 STUDY GUIDE BUNDLED EXAMS
GRADED A+.
◍ ET Tube Depth
The question asked which choice was the correct location for ET tube
placement .Answer:3-7cm above the carina
◍ ET Tube Placement
The question asked which choice was the best way to confirm ET tube
placement .Answer:Best way to confirm ET placement is
capnography.
◍ Pediatric Airways
The question asked which choice was TRUE about pediatric airways
and the epiglottis (epiglottis is larger) was the only correct choice.
The others stated pediatrics have a smaller tongue, or the glottis
opening is less cephalad or posterior. .Answer:Epiglottis is
proportionally larger, floppier and omega-shaped.
◍ ARDS
,Question was a scenario with a description of a white out x-ray. It
asked what would you suspect this patient to have. .Answer:Acute
Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
X-ray will be a total white out
◍ Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve
The question asked what you would expect with LEFTWARD shift.
The choices were Hypothermia, Fever, Acidosis, or Increased CO2.
.Answer:RIGHTWARD shift - Decreased affinity for oxygen. Causes:
Increased CO2, Increased BPG level, Increased Temperature and
Decreased pH.
LEFTWARD shift - Increased affinity for oxygen. Causes - Decreased
CO2, Decreased BPG level, Decreased Temperature and Increased
pH.
◍ Tactile Fremitus
The question asked that when fremitus is palpated over the main
bronchus, what is indicated. .Answer:Increased fremitus in a
consolidated lung is the fact that the sound waves travel through a
solid more than they do a gas. Fremitus palpated over the carina/main
bronchus indicates pneumonia.
, ◍ Pneumonia
The question gave a scenario with the above symptoms and asked
what you suspected was wrong with the patient. .Answer:Suspected in
patients with a fever, SOB and yellow odorish sputum. Increased
temperature.
◍ Chest Tube
The question was a scenario and stated you noticed excessive bubbles,
what would that indicate. .Answer:Excessive continual bubbles in the
water seal chamber may indicate a pleural or system leak.
◍ Corticosteriods
The question asked what was the purpose of giving corticosteroids in
an asthma patient. Gave choices such as bronchodilator, dry up
secretions and reduce inflammation. .Answer:Reduces inflammation.
◍ PEEP
Believe the question mentioned about keeping the alveoli open and
increased oxygenation .Answer:Positive End Expiratory Pressure.
Increased functional residual capacity and increases oxygenation.
◍ V/A Mismatch
