Paramedic Airway FISDAP Review Part 1 EXAM (2025/2026)
QUESTIONS AND
(elaborated) ANSWETRS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
provides students with the knowledge of legal principles, case law, legal frameworks, and ethical issues. It prepares students for legal practice, with specializations that may include constitutional law, criminal law, corporate law, human rights law, or
Terms in this set (187)
Steps must be performed in order. Bypass steps
that do not apply.
a. Open and maintain a patent airway.
Appropriate airway
b. Recognize and treat airway obstructions.
management
c. Assess ventilation and oxygenation status.
d. Administer supplemental oxygen.
e. Provide ventilatory assistance.
, Consists of all anatomic airway
structures above the glottic
opening.
1. Tongue
a. Must be manipulated
b. Tends to fall back into the
posterior pharynx in
unresponsive patient
Upper airway 2. Pharynx
a. Muscular tube that extends
from the nose and mouth to
the esophagus and trachea
b. Composed of:
i. Nasopharynx
ii. Oropharynx
iii. Laryngopharynx
(hypopharynx)
provides students with the knowledge of legal principles, case law, legal frameworks, and ethical issues. It prepares students for legal practice, with specializations that may include constitutional law, criminal law, corporate law, human rights law, or
, Extends from the glottis to the
pulmonary capillary
membrane.
1. Larynx
2. Thyroid cartilage
Lower airway
3. Cricoid cartilage (cricoid
ring)
4. Cricothyroid membrane
5. Glottis
6. Trachea
-Complex structure formed by
many independent
cartilaginous structures
1. Larynx
-Marks where the upper
airway ends and lower airway
begins
provides students with the knowledge of legal principles, case law, legal frameworks, and ethical issues. It prepares students for legal practice, with specializations that may include constitutional law, criminal law, corporate law, human rights law, or
, -Shield-shaped structure
provides students with the knowledge of legal principles, case law, legal frameworks, and ethical issues. It prepares students for legal practice, with specializations that may include constitutional law, criminal law, corporate law, human rights law, or
in a "V" shape anteriorly to
form the laryngeal
prominence
More pronounced in men
Can be difficult to locate in
obese or short-necked
patients
-Suspended from the hyoid
opening
cartilage
(cricoid ring)
the larynx
and cricoid cartilage
-Site for emergency surgical
membrane airway
inferiorly by the highly
thyroid
QUESTIONS AND
(elaborated) ANSWETRS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
provides students with the knowledge of legal principles, case law, legal frameworks, and ethical issues. It prepares students for legal practice, with specializations that may include constitutional law, criminal law, corporate law, human rights law, or
Terms in this set (187)
Steps must be performed in order. Bypass steps
that do not apply.
a. Open and maintain a patent airway.
Appropriate airway
b. Recognize and treat airway obstructions.
management
c. Assess ventilation and oxygenation status.
d. Administer supplemental oxygen.
e. Provide ventilatory assistance.
, Consists of all anatomic airway
structures above the glottic
opening.
1. Tongue
a. Must be manipulated
b. Tends to fall back into the
posterior pharynx in
unresponsive patient
Upper airway 2. Pharynx
a. Muscular tube that extends
from the nose and mouth to
the esophagus and trachea
b. Composed of:
i. Nasopharynx
ii. Oropharynx
iii. Laryngopharynx
(hypopharynx)
provides students with the knowledge of legal principles, case law, legal frameworks, and ethical issues. It prepares students for legal practice, with specializations that may include constitutional law, criminal law, corporate law, human rights law, or
, Extends from the glottis to the
pulmonary capillary
membrane.
1. Larynx
2. Thyroid cartilage
Lower airway
3. Cricoid cartilage (cricoid
ring)
4. Cricothyroid membrane
5. Glottis
6. Trachea
-Complex structure formed by
many independent
cartilaginous structures
1. Larynx
-Marks where the upper
airway ends and lower airway
begins
provides students with the knowledge of legal principles, case law, legal frameworks, and ethical issues. It prepares students for legal practice, with specializations that may include constitutional law, criminal law, corporate law, human rights law, or
, -Shield-shaped structure
provides students with the knowledge of legal principles, case law, legal frameworks, and ethical issues. It prepares students for legal practice, with specializations that may include constitutional law, criminal law, corporate law, human rights law, or
in a "V" shape anteriorly to
form the laryngeal
prominence
More pronounced in men
Can be difficult to locate in
obese or short-necked
patients
-Suspended from the hyoid
opening
cartilage
(cricoid ring)
the larynx
and cricoid cartilage
-Site for emergency surgical
membrane airway
inferiorly by the highly
thyroid
