EMT Airway Exam Test Questions with Answers Graded A+
1. You are assessing an elderly man with respiratory dis- A) this is indicative of left
tress. He is coughing up bloody sputum and has an sided heart failure which
oxygen saturation of 85%. You auscultate his breath leads to a pooling of blood
sounds and hear coarse crackles in all lung fields. This in the lungs, B is a chron-
patient MOST likely has: ic condition, C will show
A) congestive heart failure. diminished lung sounds,
B) acute-onset emphysema. and D will show lung
C) decompensated asthma. sounds typically localized
D) severe bacterial pneumonia.
2. tidal volume amount of air that is
breathed into or out of the
lungs in a single breath
3. eupnea normal, good, unlabored
breathing
4. minute alveolar volume volume of air that reaches
alveoli per minute
5. A young female experienced massive facial trau- A) while jaw thrust is pre-
ma and is unresponsive. After several attempts, you ferred since it minimizes
are unable to adequately open her airway with the movement of the spine,
jaw-thrust maneuver. You should: the head tilt chin lift is
A) carefully tilt her head back and lift up on her chin. the next best option, avoid
B) insert a nasopharyngeal airway and apply oxygen. NPA with head or face
C) apply oxygen and reattempt the jaw-thrust maneu- trauma b/c it may punch
ver. through damaged skull
D) assist her ventilations with a bag-valve-mask de- into the cranium
vice.
6. You are assessing a 66-year-old man who has emphy- A) a sign of possible se-
sema and complains of worsened shortness of breath. vere hypoxia in the brain
,EMT Airway Exam Test Questions with Answers Graded A+
He is confused, has a heart rate of 120 beats/min, and
has an oxygen saturation of 83%. Which of the fol-
lowing assessment findings should concern you the
MOST?
A) Confusion
B) Tachycardia
C) Low oxygen saturation
D) Worsened shortness of breath
7. contraindicated suggest or indicate
that a treatment/tech-
nique should not be used
due to the current circum-
stances
8. Which of the following devices is contraindicated in D) which delivers
patients with blunt thoracic trauma? oxy- gen under high
A) Oral airway pressure and can cause
B) Nasal airway pneumoth- orax, also
C) Bag-valve-mask device avoid in pedi- atric
D) Oxygen-powered ventilator patients and those with
COPD
9. After an adult cardiac arrest patient has been intu-
bated by a paramedic, you are providing ventilations B) this is method after ad-
as your partner performs chest compressions. When vanced airway has been
ventilating the patient, you should: put in place
A) deliver 2 breaths during a brief pause in chest com-
pressions.
B) deliver each breath over 1 second at a rate of 10
breaths/min.
C) hyperventilate the patient to maximize carbon diox-
ide elimination.
, EMT Airway Exam Test Questions with Answers Graded A+
D) deliver each breath over 2 seconds at a rate of 15
breaths/min.
10. sonorous breathing indicates ? anatomical obstruction
11. immediate step after chest rise is seen while manually allow for exhalation
ventilating a patient
12. You are administering oxygen at 15 L/min to a patient C) length of time = (gauge
with respiratory distress. If you are using a D cylinder pressure - safe resid-
(cylinder constant, 0.16), which reads 1500 psi, how ual pressure) x (cylin-
long will it take before you need to replace the oxygen der constant) / (flow
cylinder? rate) or (P-rP)(C)/(V)
A) 9 minutes or (1500-200)(.16)/(15) =
B) 11 minutes 13.8
C) 14 minutes
D) 18 minutes
13. You are assessing a middle-aged male who is expe- C) labored breathing in-
riencing respiratory distress. The patient has a histo- dicates respiratory failure
ry of emphysema and hypertension. He appears fa- and should be treated
tigued; has weak retractions; and has labored, shallow with BVM. Get O2 sat and
breathing. You should: auscultate after assisting
A) administer oxygen with a nonrebreathing mask. ventilations
B) auscultate his breath sounds to detect wheezing.
C) ventilate him with a bag-valve-mask device.
D) assess his oxygen saturation with a pulse oximeter.
14. bronchodilators albuterol (Ventolin),
metaproterenol (Alu-
pent) and levalbuterol
(Xopenex)
1. You are assessing an elderly man with respiratory dis- A) this is indicative of left
tress. He is coughing up bloody sputum and has an sided heart failure which
oxygen saturation of 85%. You auscultate his breath leads to a pooling of blood
sounds and hear coarse crackles in all lung fields. This in the lungs, B is a chron-
patient MOST likely has: ic condition, C will show
A) congestive heart failure. diminished lung sounds,
B) acute-onset emphysema. and D will show lung
C) decompensated asthma. sounds typically localized
D) severe bacterial pneumonia.
2. tidal volume amount of air that is
breathed into or out of the
lungs in a single breath
3. eupnea normal, good, unlabored
breathing
4. minute alveolar volume volume of air that reaches
alveoli per minute
5. A young female experienced massive facial trau- A) while jaw thrust is pre-
ma and is unresponsive. After several attempts, you ferred since it minimizes
are unable to adequately open her airway with the movement of the spine,
jaw-thrust maneuver. You should: the head tilt chin lift is
A) carefully tilt her head back and lift up on her chin. the next best option, avoid
B) insert a nasopharyngeal airway and apply oxygen. NPA with head or face
C) apply oxygen and reattempt the jaw-thrust maneu- trauma b/c it may punch
ver. through damaged skull
D) assist her ventilations with a bag-valve-mask de- into the cranium
vice.
6. You are assessing a 66-year-old man who has emphy- A) a sign of possible se-
sema and complains of worsened shortness of breath. vere hypoxia in the brain
,EMT Airway Exam Test Questions with Answers Graded A+
He is confused, has a heart rate of 120 beats/min, and
has an oxygen saturation of 83%. Which of the fol-
lowing assessment findings should concern you the
MOST?
A) Confusion
B) Tachycardia
C) Low oxygen saturation
D) Worsened shortness of breath
7. contraindicated suggest or indicate
that a treatment/tech-
nique should not be used
due to the current circum-
stances
8. Which of the following devices is contraindicated in D) which delivers
patients with blunt thoracic trauma? oxy- gen under high
A) Oral airway pressure and can cause
B) Nasal airway pneumoth- orax, also
C) Bag-valve-mask device avoid in pedi- atric
D) Oxygen-powered ventilator patients and those with
COPD
9. After an adult cardiac arrest patient has been intu-
bated by a paramedic, you are providing ventilations B) this is method after ad-
as your partner performs chest compressions. When vanced airway has been
ventilating the patient, you should: put in place
A) deliver 2 breaths during a brief pause in chest com-
pressions.
B) deliver each breath over 1 second at a rate of 10
breaths/min.
C) hyperventilate the patient to maximize carbon diox-
ide elimination.
, EMT Airway Exam Test Questions with Answers Graded A+
D) deliver each breath over 2 seconds at a rate of 15
breaths/min.
10. sonorous breathing indicates ? anatomical obstruction
11. immediate step after chest rise is seen while manually allow for exhalation
ventilating a patient
12. You are administering oxygen at 15 L/min to a patient C) length of time = (gauge
with respiratory distress. If you are using a D cylinder pressure - safe resid-
(cylinder constant, 0.16), which reads 1500 psi, how ual pressure) x (cylin-
long will it take before you need to replace the oxygen der constant) / (flow
cylinder? rate) or (P-rP)(C)/(V)
A) 9 minutes or (1500-200)(.16)/(15) =
B) 11 minutes 13.8
C) 14 minutes
D) 18 minutes
13. You are assessing a middle-aged male who is expe- C) labored breathing in-
riencing respiratory distress. The patient has a histo- dicates respiratory failure
ry of emphysema and hypertension. He appears fa- and should be treated
tigued; has weak retractions; and has labored, shallow with BVM. Get O2 sat and
breathing. You should: auscultate after assisting
A) administer oxygen with a nonrebreathing mask. ventilations
B) auscultate his breath sounds to detect wheezing.
C) ventilate him with a bag-valve-mask device.
D) assess his oxygen saturation with a pulse oximeter.
14. bronchodilators albuterol (Ventolin),
metaproterenol (Alu-
pent) and levalbuterol
(Xopenex)
