Test Prep EMT Exam
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Updated On: 19-Jan-2026

What differences in a child’s airway might make airway management more difficult than in an adult?

  1. a smaller jaw and a proportionally larger tongue
  2. smaller jaw, smaller teeth
  3. There are no anatomic differences that affect airway management in children versus adults.
  4. longer airway and small tongue

Answer(s): A



You have a patient who has a history of asthma and is having shortness of breath. The patient has a doctor’s prescription to take 4 puffs of an Albuterol MDI every four hours as needed. Your local EMS policies allow you to help a patient self administer the MDI.

What side effect should you watch for from the MDI?

  1. bradycardia
  2. sleepiness
  3. increased heart rate
  4. vomiting

Answer(s): C



You arrive on scene to a car accident and are treating a 35-year-old patient. He is unresponsive and not breathing.

You should open his airway by______________.

  1. doing the jaw thrust maneuver
  2. placing a cervical collar and then doing a head tilt-chin lift
  3. opening his mouth wide, while slightly hyperextending his neck
  4. doing the head tilt-chin lift

Answer(s): A



The lungs are made up of how many lobes?

  1. 6
  2. 2
  3. 5
  4. 4

Answer(s): C



You’re on scene at a high school football game. A football player collapsed to the ground. He has a pulse, a respiratory rate of 4 breaths per minute, breaths are very shallow and he is grunting slightly.

Airway management should include______________.

  1. doing a head tilt-chin lift maneuver, placing an oral airway and transporting.
  2. administering supplemental oxygen with a nasal cannula at 2 LPM.
  3. placing a nasal airway and a non-rebreather with an oxygen flow of 10 LPM.
  4. performing manual ventilation with supplemental oxygen.

Answer(s): D



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