JONES AND BARTLETT EMT
TESTPREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT!!!
Q1: What is the active muscular phase of breathing called?
✔✔ Inhalation.
Q2: A motorcycle crash patient is responsive only to pain, and the jaw-thrust
maneuver does not open his airway. What should you do next?
✔✔ Carefully perform a head-tilt chin-lift maneuver to open the airway.
Q3: What is the function of pulmonary surfactant?
✔✔ It reduces surface tension in the alveoli, helping them expand and recoil
properly.
Q4: Which ventilation device is contraindicated in patients with blunt chest
trauma?
✔✔ Oxygen-powered ventilator.
You are performing abdominal thrusts on a 19-year-old male with a severe airway
obstruction when he becomes unresponsive. After lowering him to the ground and
placing him in a supine position, you should: -ANSWER ✔✔begin CPR, starting
with chest compressions.
As you begin ventilating an unresponsive apneic man, you hear gurgling in his
upper airway. Your MOST immediate action should be to -ANSWER ✔✔quickly
turn the patient onto his side so secretions can drain
,Which of the following injuries or conditions should be managed FIRST -
ANSWER ✔✔Bleeding within the oral cavity
You are assessing a 66-year-old man who has emphysema and complains of
worsened shortness of breath. He is confused, has a heart rate of 120 beats/min,
and an oxygen saturation of 89%. Which of the following assessment findings
should concern you the MOST? -ANSWER ✔✔Confusion
An inaccurate pulse oximetry reading may be caused by: -ANSWER ✔✔severe
peripheral vasoconstriction.
A patient who is breathing with reduced tidal volume would MOST likely have -
ANSWER ✔✔shallow respirations
During your assessment of an unresponsive adult female, you determine that she is
apneic. You should: -ANSWER ✔✔assess for a carotid pulse.
In which of the following situations would you MOST likely encounter agonal
gasps? -ANSWER ✔✔Shortly after becoming unresponsive and pulseless
A patient overdosed on heroin and is unresponsive. He is cyanotic; he has slow,
shallow breathing; and his oxygen saturation is 80%. The primary cause of this
patient's condition is inadequate -ANSWER ✔✔ventilation
which of the following statements regarding the head tilt-chin lift maneuver is
correct? -ANSWER ✔✔it should be used in conjunction with an appropriate
airway adjunct.
,Hypoxia is defined as: -ANSWER ✔✔inadequate oxygen to the body's cells and
tissues.
Which of the following signs or symptoms is indicative of cerebral hypoxia -
ANSWER ✔✔decreased level of consciousness
Clinically, reduced tidal volume would MOST likely present with respirations that
are: -ANSWER ✔✔shallow
To obtain the most reliable assessment of a patient's tidal volume, you should -
ANSWER ✔✔look at the rise of the chest
A patient overdosed on several drugs and is unresponsive with shallow breathing
and facial cyanosis. As you continue your assessment, the patient suddenly vomits.
You should: -ANSWER ✔✔turn the patient onto his side
A properly placed oropharyngeal airway -ANSWER ✔✔keeps the tongue off of
the posterior pharynx.
An elderly woman with COPD is semiconscious with labored breathing. Her face
is cyanotic, her pulse is rapid and weak, and her oxygen saturation is 75%. You
should -ANSWER ✔✔ventilate her with a bag-valve-mask device and high-flow
oxygen.
Shallow breathing is an indication of: -ANSWER ✔✔decreased tidal volume.
, During your initial attempt to ventilate an unresponsive apneic patient, you meet
resistance and do not see the patient's chest rise. You should -ANSWER
✔✔reposition the head and reattempt to ventilate
If an adult patient presents with a respiratory rate of 26 breaths/min, your initial
action should be to -ANSWER ✔✔Evaluate his mental status and the depth of his
respirations
To ensure you deliver the highest concentration of oxygen with a nonrebreathing
mask, you should: -ANSWER ✔✔make sure the reservoir bag is pre-inflated
The lower airway begins at the -ANSWER ✔✔larynx
Which of the following yields the lowest minute volume? -ANSWER
✔✔Respiratory rate of 14 breaths/min; tidal volume of 300 mL.
When attaching an oxygen regulator to a D cylinder and preparing it for use, you
should recall that: -ANSWER ✔✔oxygen supports combustion and should not be
used where sparks are easily generated.
All of the following would cause an increased level of carbon dioxide in the
arterial blood, EXCEPT: -ANSWER ✔✔deep, rapid breathing
an unresponsive patients respirations are 28 breaths/min and shallow. The MOST
appropriate treatment includes: -ANSWER ✔✔assisted ventilations with 100%
oxygen.
TESTPREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT!!!
Q1: What is the active muscular phase of breathing called?
✔✔ Inhalation.
Q2: A motorcycle crash patient is responsive only to pain, and the jaw-thrust
maneuver does not open his airway. What should you do next?
✔✔ Carefully perform a head-tilt chin-lift maneuver to open the airway.
Q3: What is the function of pulmonary surfactant?
✔✔ It reduces surface tension in the alveoli, helping them expand and recoil
properly.
Q4: Which ventilation device is contraindicated in patients with blunt chest
trauma?
✔✔ Oxygen-powered ventilator.
You are performing abdominal thrusts on a 19-year-old male with a severe airway
obstruction when he becomes unresponsive. After lowering him to the ground and
placing him in a supine position, you should: -ANSWER ✔✔begin CPR, starting
with chest compressions.
As you begin ventilating an unresponsive apneic man, you hear gurgling in his
upper airway. Your MOST immediate action should be to -ANSWER ✔✔quickly
turn the patient onto his side so secretions can drain
,Which of the following injuries or conditions should be managed FIRST -
ANSWER ✔✔Bleeding within the oral cavity
You are assessing a 66-year-old man who has emphysema and complains of
worsened shortness of breath. He is confused, has a heart rate of 120 beats/min,
and an oxygen saturation of 89%. Which of the following assessment findings
should concern you the MOST? -ANSWER ✔✔Confusion
An inaccurate pulse oximetry reading may be caused by: -ANSWER ✔✔severe
peripheral vasoconstriction.
A patient who is breathing with reduced tidal volume would MOST likely have -
ANSWER ✔✔shallow respirations
During your assessment of an unresponsive adult female, you determine that she is
apneic. You should: -ANSWER ✔✔assess for a carotid pulse.
In which of the following situations would you MOST likely encounter agonal
gasps? -ANSWER ✔✔Shortly after becoming unresponsive and pulseless
A patient overdosed on heroin and is unresponsive. He is cyanotic; he has slow,
shallow breathing; and his oxygen saturation is 80%. The primary cause of this
patient's condition is inadequate -ANSWER ✔✔ventilation
which of the following statements regarding the head tilt-chin lift maneuver is
correct? -ANSWER ✔✔it should be used in conjunction with an appropriate
airway adjunct.
,Hypoxia is defined as: -ANSWER ✔✔inadequate oxygen to the body's cells and
tissues.
Which of the following signs or symptoms is indicative of cerebral hypoxia -
ANSWER ✔✔decreased level of consciousness
Clinically, reduced tidal volume would MOST likely present with respirations that
are: -ANSWER ✔✔shallow
To obtain the most reliable assessment of a patient's tidal volume, you should -
ANSWER ✔✔look at the rise of the chest
A patient overdosed on several drugs and is unresponsive with shallow breathing
and facial cyanosis. As you continue your assessment, the patient suddenly vomits.
You should: -ANSWER ✔✔turn the patient onto his side
A properly placed oropharyngeal airway -ANSWER ✔✔keeps the tongue off of
the posterior pharynx.
An elderly woman with COPD is semiconscious with labored breathing. Her face
is cyanotic, her pulse is rapid and weak, and her oxygen saturation is 75%. You
should -ANSWER ✔✔ventilate her with a bag-valve-mask device and high-flow
oxygen.
Shallow breathing is an indication of: -ANSWER ✔✔decreased tidal volume.
, During your initial attempt to ventilate an unresponsive apneic patient, you meet
resistance and do not see the patient's chest rise. You should -ANSWER
✔✔reposition the head and reattempt to ventilate
If an adult patient presents with a respiratory rate of 26 breaths/min, your initial
action should be to -ANSWER ✔✔Evaluate his mental status and the depth of his
respirations
To ensure you deliver the highest concentration of oxygen with a nonrebreathing
mask, you should: -ANSWER ✔✔make sure the reservoir bag is pre-inflated
The lower airway begins at the -ANSWER ✔✔larynx
Which of the following yields the lowest minute volume? -ANSWER
✔✔Respiratory rate of 14 breaths/min; tidal volume of 300 mL.
When attaching an oxygen regulator to a D cylinder and preparing it for use, you
should recall that: -ANSWER ✔✔oxygen supports combustion and should not be
used where sparks are easily generated.
All of the following would cause an increased level of carbon dioxide in the
arterial blood, EXCEPT: -ANSWER ✔✔deep, rapid breathing
an unresponsive patients respirations are 28 breaths/min and shallow. The MOST
appropriate treatment includes: -ANSWER ✔✔assisted ventilations with 100%
oxygen.
