68W EMT MOD 4 ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT
2026 AUTHENTIC QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS FULL REVIEW GRADED A+
⩥ What does CPAP stand for?
Answer: Continuous positive airway pressure
⩥ What does CPAP do.
Answer: consists of a mask and a means of blowing oxygen or air into
the mask at relatively low pressures
⩥ What type of people usually use a CPAP.
Answer: Patients with sleep apnea
⩥ What are the two contraindications of CPAP.
Answer: Anatomic-physiologic and pathologic
⩥ What is Anatomic-physiologic.
Answer: mental status so depressed that they can't protect their airway or
follow instructions, lack of normal or contains spontaneous respiratory
rate
, ⩥ What is Pathologic.
Answer: Nausea and vomiting, penetrating chest trauma, shock, upper
G.I bleeding
⩥ What does COPD stand for.
Answer: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
⩥ What habit causes the overwhelming majority of cases of COPD?.
Answer: Cigarette smoking
⩥ What happens in Chronic Bronchitis?.
Answer: Bronchiole lining is inflammed and excess mucus is formed.
The cilia on the cells are damaged/destroyed
⩥ What happens in Emphysema?.
Answer: Walls of the alveoli break down, greatly reducing the surface
area for respiratory exchange and the lungs begin to lose elasticity. This
causes stale air with carbon dioxide to be trapped in the lungs.
⩥ What is the usually the reason for a person with COPD to call the
ambulance?.
Answer: A recent upper respiratory infection has caused an acute
worsening of his chronic disease
2026 AUTHENTIC QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS FULL REVIEW GRADED A+
⩥ What does CPAP stand for?
Answer: Continuous positive airway pressure
⩥ What does CPAP do.
Answer: consists of a mask and a means of blowing oxygen or air into
the mask at relatively low pressures
⩥ What type of people usually use a CPAP.
Answer: Patients with sleep apnea
⩥ What are the two contraindications of CPAP.
Answer: Anatomic-physiologic and pathologic
⩥ What is Anatomic-physiologic.
Answer: mental status so depressed that they can't protect their airway or
follow instructions, lack of normal or contains spontaneous respiratory
rate
, ⩥ What is Pathologic.
Answer: Nausea and vomiting, penetrating chest trauma, shock, upper
G.I bleeding
⩥ What does COPD stand for.
Answer: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
⩥ What habit causes the overwhelming majority of cases of COPD?.
Answer: Cigarette smoking
⩥ What happens in Chronic Bronchitis?.
Answer: Bronchiole lining is inflammed and excess mucus is formed.
The cilia on the cells are damaged/destroyed
⩥ What happens in Emphysema?.
Answer: Walls of the alveoli break down, greatly reducing the surface
area for respiratory exchange and the lungs begin to lose elasticity. This
causes stale air with carbon dioxide to be trapped in the lungs.
⩥ What is the usually the reason for a person with COPD to call the
ambulance?.
Answer: A recent upper respiratory infection has caused an acute
worsening of his chronic disease
