UCLA EMT Airway Exam Questions
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Croup - ✔✔S/S: low-grade fever, barking cough
Lung Sounds: stridor
Treatment: humidified oxygen
Epiglottitis - ✔✔S/S: drooling, difficulty swallowing, high fever
Treatment: treat respiratory distress if present and transport
Bronchiolitis - ✔✔S/S: dehydration, shortness of breath, fever, refusing
liquids
Treatment: treat respiratory distress with oxygen, treat respiratory failure
with BVM ventilations
Pneumonia - ✔✔S/S: shortness of breath develops over a few days,
productive cough, fever
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, Lung sounds: clear, rales or rhonchi at the site of infection
Treatment: administer oxygen, bronchodilator
Pertussis (whooping cough) - ✔✔S/S: similar to common cold,
characteristic whoop sound during inspiration, sneezing, runny nose
Treatment: keep airway patent, transport
Tuberculosis - ✔✔S/S: long term cough (3+ weeks), sometimes blood
tinged, loss of appetite, fever, chills, night sweats
Treatment: wear N95, treat respiratory distress, transport for long-term
treatment
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - ✔✔Chronic bronchitis,
emphysema
Chronic Bronchitis - ✔✔S/S: productive cough, pursed lip breathing,
prolonged expiration rate, barrel chest
Lung sounds: wheezing and rhonchi
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Croup - ✔✔S/S: low-grade fever, barking cough
Lung Sounds: stridor
Treatment: humidified oxygen
Epiglottitis - ✔✔S/S: drooling, difficulty swallowing, high fever
Treatment: treat respiratory distress if present and transport
Bronchiolitis - ✔✔S/S: dehydration, shortness of breath, fever, refusing
liquids
Treatment: treat respiratory distress with oxygen, treat respiratory failure
with BVM ventilations
Pneumonia - ✔✔S/S: shortness of breath develops over a few days,
productive cough, fever
1
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, Lung sounds: clear, rales or rhonchi at the site of infection
Treatment: administer oxygen, bronchodilator
Pertussis (whooping cough) - ✔✔S/S: similar to common cold,
characteristic whoop sound during inspiration, sneezing, runny nose
Treatment: keep airway patent, transport
Tuberculosis - ✔✔S/S: long term cough (3+ weeks), sometimes blood
tinged, loss of appetite, fever, chills, night sweats
Treatment: wear N95, treat respiratory distress, transport for long-term
treatment
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - ✔✔Chronic bronchitis,
emphysema
Chronic Bronchitis - ✔✔S/S: productive cough, pursed lip breathing,
prolonged expiration rate, barrel chest
Lung sounds: wheezing and rhonchi
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