EMT-B Airway

You should ventilate an adult patient at:

• 12-20 breaths per minute

• 18-24 breaths per minute

• 10-12 breaths per minute

• 5-6 breaths per minute

You should ventilate a child at:

• one breath every 6 seconds

• one breath every 2 seconds

• one breath every 12 seconds

• one breath every 3 seconds

A bronchodilator is a ________________ type medication:

• Beta 1

• Beta 2

• Alpha 1

• Alpha 2

What breath sound would indicate asthma?

• Rales

• Rhonchi

• Crackles

• Wheeze

If a patient is diagnosed with asthma, what medication could they have?

• MDI with albuterol

• Nitroglycerin tablets

• Nitroglycerin paste

• Epi-pen

In a patient that has a possible "Foreign Body Airway Obstruction/FBAO", what is the first thing we look for?

• is the airway open and is air moving

• is the airway open and is the patient not speaking

• is the patient lethargic

• does the patient have a pulse

A patient with a possible FBAO, if they are moving air, we should?

• Do abdominal thrusts

• Do chest thrusts

• Coach them to continue moving air

• Lay them down

If a patient is choking, and they were speaking but has stopped, we should?

• do abdominal thrusts

• do chest thrusts

• do CPR

• do nothing

A complication of assisted ventilations:

• lung rupture

• poor perfusion

• altered mental staus

• abdominal distention

An early sign of hypoxia is:

• Anxiousness

• Low blood pressure

• Unresponsiveness

• Cyanosis