UCLA EMT-(13) RESPIRATORY
EMERGENCIES EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
ACIDOSIS - ✔✔THE BUILDUP OF EXCESS ACID IN THE BLOOD OR BODY
TISSUES THAT RESULTS FROM A PRIMARY ILLNESS
ADVENTITIOUS BREATH SOUNDS - ✔✔ABNORMAL BREATH SOUNDS SUCH AS
WHEEZES, RHONCHI AND RALES
ALKALOSIS - ✔✔THE BUILDUP OF EXCESS BASE (LACK OF ACIDS) IN THE BODY
FLUIDS
ALLERGEN - ✔✔A SUBSTANCE THAT CAUSES AN ALLERGIC REACTION
ANAPHYLAXIS (ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK) - ✔✔AN EXTREME, LIFE
THREATENING SYSTEMIC ALLERGIC REACTION THAT MAY INCLUDE SHOCK
AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE.
ASTHMA - ✔✔AN ACUTE SPASM OF THE SMALLER AIR PASSAGES, CALLED
BRONCHIOLES ASSOCIATED WITH, ASSOCIATED WITH EXCESSIVE MUCUS
PRODUCTION AND WITH SWELLING OF THE MUCOUS LINING OF THE
RESPIRATORY PASSAGES.
ATELECTASIS - ✔✔COLLAPSE OF THE ALVEOLAR AIR SPACES OF THE LUNGS.
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, BRONCHIAL BREATH SOUNDS - ✔✔NORMAL BREATH SOUNDS MADE BY AIR
MOVEMENT THROUGH THE BRONCHI.
BRONCHIOLITIS - ✔✔INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHIOLES THAT USUALLY
OCCURS IN CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 2 YEARS AND IS OFTEN CAUSED BY
THE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS.
BRONCHITIS - ✔✔AN ACUTE OR CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNG
THAT MAY DAMAGE LUNG TISSUE; USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH COUGH AND
PRODUCTION OF SPUTUM AND, DEPENDING ON IT'S CAUSE SOMETIMES
FEVER.
CARBON DIOXIDE RETENTION - ✔✔A CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY A
CHRONICALLY HIGH BLOOD LEVEL OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN WHICH THE
RESPIRATORY CENTER NO LONGER RESPONDS TO HIGH BLOOD LEVELS OF
CARBON DIOXIDE.
CARBON MONOXIDE - ✔✔AN ORDERLESS, HIGHLY POISONOUS GAS THAT
RESULTS FROM INCOMPLETE OXIDATION OF CARBON IN COMBUSTION.
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS - ✔✔IRRITATION OF THE MAJOR LUNG PASSAGEWAYS
FROM INFECTIONS DISEASE OR IRRITANTS SUCH AS SMOKE.
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) - ✔✔A SLOW PROCESS
OF DILATION AND DISRUPTION OF THE AIRWAYS AND ALVEOLI CAUSED BY
CHRONIC BRONCHIAL OBSTRUCTION.
COMMON COLD - ✔✔A VIRAL INFECTION USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH
SWOLLEN NASAL MUCOUS MEMBRANES AND THE PRODUCTION OF FLUID
AND THE SINUSES AND NOSE.
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EMERGENCIES EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
ACIDOSIS - ✔✔THE BUILDUP OF EXCESS ACID IN THE BLOOD OR BODY
TISSUES THAT RESULTS FROM A PRIMARY ILLNESS
ADVENTITIOUS BREATH SOUNDS - ✔✔ABNORMAL BREATH SOUNDS SUCH AS
WHEEZES, RHONCHI AND RALES
ALKALOSIS - ✔✔THE BUILDUP OF EXCESS BASE (LACK OF ACIDS) IN THE BODY
FLUIDS
ALLERGEN - ✔✔A SUBSTANCE THAT CAUSES AN ALLERGIC REACTION
ANAPHYLAXIS (ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK) - ✔✔AN EXTREME, LIFE
THREATENING SYSTEMIC ALLERGIC REACTION THAT MAY INCLUDE SHOCK
AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE.
ASTHMA - ✔✔AN ACUTE SPASM OF THE SMALLER AIR PASSAGES, CALLED
BRONCHIOLES ASSOCIATED WITH, ASSOCIATED WITH EXCESSIVE MUCUS
PRODUCTION AND WITH SWELLING OF THE MUCOUS LINING OF THE
RESPIRATORY PASSAGES.
ATELECTASIS - ✔✔COLLAPSE OF THE ALVEOLAR AIR SPACES OF THE LUNGS.
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY BRITTIE DONALD, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, BRONCHIAL BREATH SOUNDS - ✔✔NORMAL BREATH SOUNDS MADE BY AIR
MOVEMENT THROUGH THE BRONCHI.
BRONCHIOLITIS - ✔✔INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHIOLES THAT USUALLY
OCCURS IN CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 2 YEARS AND IS OFTEN CAUSED BY
THE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS.
BRONCHITIS - ✔✔AN ACUTE OR CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNG
THAT MAY DAMAGE LUNG TISSUE; USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH COUGH AND
PRODUCTION OF SPUTUM AND, DEPENDING ON IT'S CAUSE SOMETIMES
FEVER.
CARBON DIOXIDE RETENTION - ✔✔A CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY A
CHRONICALLY HIGH BLOOD LEVEL OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN WHICH THE
RESPIRATORY CENTER NO LONGER RESPONDS TO HIGH BLOOD LEVELS OF
CARBON DIOXIDE.
CARBON MONOXIDE - ✔✔AN ORDERLESS, HIGHLY POISONOUS GAS THAT
RESULTS FROM INCOMPLETE OXIDATION OF CARBON IN COMBUSTION.
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS - ✔✔IRRITATION OF THE MAJOR LUNG PASSAGEWAYS
FROM INFECTIONS DISEASE OR IRRITANTS SUCH AS SMOKE.
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) - ✔✔A SLOW PROCESS
OF DILATION AND DISRUPTION OF THE AIRWAYS AND ALVEOLI CAUSED BY
CHRONIC BRONCHIAL OBSTRUCTION.
COMMON COLD - ✔✔A VIRAL INFECTION USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH
SWOLLEN NASAL MUCOUS MEMBRANES AND THE PRODUCTION OF FLUID
AND THE SINUSES AND NOSE.
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY BRITTIE DONALD, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
