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Chapter !5 Final

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COPD is characterized by   changes in function that are progressive and irriversable  
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The Venturi mask is most useful in the prehospital setting when   COPD patient requiring long range transport and specific oxygen levels  
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The primary treatment to reverse bronchospasm is   bronchodilator therapy  
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Use of a spacer device in conjunction with a metered dose inhaler   collects in the canister allowing more to be given  
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Signs of clinical improvement during CPAP therapy include   increased ease of speaking  
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The oral pharynx   posterior portion of the oral cavity  
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A person experiences sharp chest pain followed by increased dyspnea coughs or strains to lift something most likely has   Spontaneous Pneumothorax  
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If you suspect that a unconscious patient has experienced a spinal injury you should open his or her airway by   place your fingers behind the angle of the jaw and lift the jaw forward  
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Digital clubbing is most indicative of   hypoxia  
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A patient with a prolonged asthma attack which does not respond to treatment may become a patient with status asthmaticus which commonly presents with   physical exhaustion, dehydration and inaudible breath sounds  
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Based on the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve graph with regard to pulse ox symmetry The more hypoxic a patient becomes   The faster he or she will desaturate  
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Which of the following statements regarding Austin is correct   Oxygen supports the process of combustion  
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What function do the Nasal turbinates serve   warm the air  
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You should insert the ET tube between the vocal chords until the   Proximal end of the cuff is 1 to 2cm past the vocal cords  
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As a paramedic your chest compressions and repositioning of the airway unsuccessful remove a severely instruction and unconscious patient you should   Preform laryngoscopy and use Magill forceps  
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Portland compliance during your initial attempt to ventilate unconscious adult should be treated by   reopen the airway  
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The hypoxic drive stimulates breathing in patients with   decrease in paO2  
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Which of the following statements regarding field extubation is correct   Better to sedate than to remove the tube  
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A patient with Orthopnea   seeks a sitting position when short of breath  
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Paramedics plus he's extreme caution when accessing the airway view the cricothyroid memory because   its bordered laterally and inferiorly by the highly vascular thyroid gland  
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Before securing ET tube with a commercial device you should   note the centimeter markings on the ET tube  
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A pulse oximetry reading would be least accurate in a patient with   poor peripheral perfusion  
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Before activating a patient who has been chemically sedated and paralyzed it is most important for the paramedic too   adequately pre oxygenate with 100% O2  
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When using a straight blade a major mistake a new paramedics is too   try and pass the ET tube down the blade which obstructs their vison  
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On either side of the glottis tissue forms a dead end pocket called the   Piriform fossae  
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According to the most current guidelines for emergency cardiac care the most reliable method for monitoring correct easy to placement is   waveform capnogrophy  
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The flow restricted oxygen powered ventilation device   has a demand valve that delivers oxygen when a patient breaths in  
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Which of the following represents the correct sequence for managing a patient airway   open, clear, asses, intervine  
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The procedure in which the vocal cords or visualized for placement of an ET tube is called   direct laryngoscopy  
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Approximately 10 seconds into an incubation time to cut glimpse of the patients vocal chords but quickly leucite of them you should   pry back on the laryngoscope to improve your view  
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______ cells are found in the lining of the airways and produce a blanket of mucus that covers the entire lining of the conducting airways   Goblet  
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Several cycles of basic life support maneuvers have failed to relieve the severe airway obstruction and unresponsive 44-year-old woman you should   preform direct laryngoscope with magill forceps  
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In contrast to the right long the left long   has 2 lobes  
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A bird on gauge oxygen flow meter   reduces the high pressure in the oxygen cylinder to safe pressure  
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Which of the following patients has the lowest minute volume   350 and 12  
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The________is an automated space located between the base of the tongue in the epiglottis   Vallecula  
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The use of capnography in patients with prolonged cardiac arrest may be limited because   acidosis and minimal carbon dioxide elimination  
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When performing a needle cricothyroidotomy of the proper insertion angle of the needle into the cricothyroid membrane involves a blank angle towards the blank   45 degree feet  
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Whistle tips suction catheters most often used to   remove stuff from the ET tube  
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The volume of air that is moved into or out of the respiratory tract in one breath is called   Tidal Volume  
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Hyperventilating patients   hypercapneic  
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A morbidly obese man call 911 because of difficulty breathing when you arrive to find the 39-year-old patient lying supine in his bed   Sit him up or place him on his side  
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Respiratory alkalosis is the result of   Carbon dioxide retention  
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With regard to patient difficulty neck mobility problems are most commonly associated with which grouping of patients   Elderly  
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Normally an adult male wll require what size ET tube   7.5mm - 8.5mm  
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You will know what you have the proper Laron just go pick up view of the vocal cords when you see   two white fibrous bands that lie vertiacally within the glottis opening  
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It would be appropriate to insert the nasopharyngeal airway in patients who   are altered mental with an intact gag reflex  
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A patient with a suppress off mechanism   severe risk for aspiration  
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Anatomically the _____ is directly interior of the glottic opening   thyroid cartilage  
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hypoventilation causes ___and leads to ___   decreased minute volume and hypercarbia (higher CO2 levels in the blood)  
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Which of the following findings is most clinically significant and 30-year-old woman with difficulty breathing in a history of asthma   Prior ICU admission  
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Surgical opening into the trachea is called   Tracheostomy  
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A 19-year-old woman ingested a large quantity of Darvan she is responsible for pain only and has an eyelash reflex with slow shallow respirations the most appropriate airway management for this patient evolves   Nasal airway  
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The king airway should not be used in patients with known esophageal disease   known esophageal diesease  
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The classic presentation and chronic bronchitis is   Excessive mucus production and a chronic or recurrent productive cough  
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The diagram of the stethoscope is designed to auscultate   high pitch sounds  
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If a patient has a stoma but no trach tube in place you should   mask over the stoma  
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Regardless of the interior diameter all ET tubes have   15/22 proximal adaptor  
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The hearing Burr reflexes a productive mechanism that   prevents lung overexpansion  
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Under normal conditions the central chemo receptors in the brain increase the rate and depth of breathing when the    
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_____Breath sounds are the most commonly heard breath sound and have a much more obvious inspiratory component   Tracheal  
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The most clinically significant finding when questioning a patient with chronic respiratory disease is   recent emergency room visit  
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larygospasm is defined as   Spasmodic closure of the vocal cords  
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Common clinical findings in patients with obstructive lung disease include all The following except    
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The function of the lower airway is too   exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide  
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Asymmetric chest wall movement is characterized by   one side of the chest moving less than the other  
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You would most likely observe a grossly lower respiratory rate in a volume in a patient who is overdose on   Heroin  
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When a patient's respirations are too rapid and too shallow   lingers in the dead space  
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When performing an open cricothyroid to me you most likely avoid damage in the jugular vein's if   its cut vertically  
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During ventilation with the LMA the paramedic should   observe for inadequate ventilations  
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In a person who is not bedridden the most pulmonary infections occur in the blank   base of the lungs  
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Use of an automated transport ventilator is not appropriate patients who are   breathing spontaneously  
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If I remember it is the ideal site for making surgical opening of the trachea because   no important structures lie between the skin and the trachea  
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In contrast to the negative pressure ventilation positive pressure ventilation occurs when   air is forced into the lungs  
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Hepatomegaly and JVD are most suggestive of   Right side heart failure  
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You were transporting a middle-age man on CPAP unit for a severe pulmonary Dema and IV line of normal saline is in place prior to applying the CPAP device the patient was   Remove the CPAP  
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Patient was obvious respiratory failure requiring immediate   ventilation support  
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Which of the following factors would most likely produce a falsely normal pulse oximeter he reading   carboxyhemoglobin  
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Pickwikian syndrome is a sedition in which respiratory compromise results from extreme obesity   Extreme Obesity  
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oxygen that is entirely devoid of moisture   will dry the patients mucous membranes  
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The major advantage of the ET intubation is that it   protects the airway from asperation  
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60-year-old man in cardiac arrest and a visualize easy to pass in between the vocal chords after moving or just go blade for the patient's mouth mentally stable   inflate the cuff  
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Cor Pulmonale is defined as    
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Proper placement of the king airway is performed by all the following techniques except   esophageal detection device  
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Stress receptors in the lungs are responsible for the___reflux which causes you to cost if you take into the too deep a breath   hering-breuer  
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Incising the cricothyroid membrane vertically will    
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Which of the following statements regarding the tonsils is correct    
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During sleep to metabolic rate is___and the number respirations___   high, decreases  
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Reactive airway disease is characterized by   bronchospasm  
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open cricothyrotomy is indicated when   you are unable to secure the patients airway with less invasive means  
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Heptojugular reflex occurs when   pressure on the lover engorges the jugular veins  
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Which of the following conditions would least likely present with an acute onset of respiratory distress   Pneumonia  
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You're transporting a debated patient a note that the digital capnography reading as quickly fell below 30 mmHg you should    
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Which of the following patient may benefit from CPAP    
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Cuffed ET tubes are generally not used in the field until the child is 8 to 10 years old because    
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The nasal cannula is a most benefit to patients   Mild hypoxemia  
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Women on birth control be most cautious of   Acute Emboli  
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