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National Registry Emergency Medical Technician (Page 11 )

Updated On: 17-Jul-2026

What is the most common cause of airway obstruction?

  1. Fluid
  2. The tongue
  3. Vomit
  4. Toys

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

The tongue is the most common cause of an airway obstruction.



Out of the following choices, which depicts a patient who is breathing adequately?

  1. A patient with respirations at 16 per minute and equal chest rise and fall.
  2. A patient with rapid, shallow respirations.
  3. A patient with shallow respirations at 8 per minute.
  4. A patient with snoring respirations and cyanosis

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

A regular respiratory rate and equal chest rise are signs of sufficient breathing patterns. Shallow respirations, cyanosis and unusually fast or slow breathing, are all signs of inadequate breathing.



You have been dispatched to the local incarceration facility. You now have a patient who was found unresponsive in her jail cell. Her airway is clear, but her respirations are rapid and slow. The pulse oximeter (SaO2) reads 90%.
What should your primary action be?

  1. You should immediately check her blood glucose levels.
  2. You should immediately initiate transport.
  3. You should immediately begin positive pressure ventilations.
  4. You should immediately assess her blood pressure.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

This patient is breathing inadequately, and has a low pulse oximeter and a decreased LOC; therefore, she requires artificial ventilations. These ventilations should be administered before assessing her blood glucose levels, her blood pressure or before initiating her transport.



The patient you are caring for is a child. He is having spontaneous respirations.
What does this mean?

  1. He is breathing at a normal rate.
  2. He is breathing with adequate tidal volume.
  3. He is breathing without difficulty.
  4. He is breathing without assistance.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

When your patient is taking unassisted breaths, this is also known as spontaneous breaths. Spontaneous breaths may occur at any rate or tidal volume and with or without difficulty.



CPAP, also known as continuous positive airway pressure, can reduce a patient’s respiratory distress by:

  1. increasing the body’s need for intubation.
  2. relieving the foreign body airway obstruction.
  3. stimulating sleep apnea.
  4. aiding in keeping the alveoli open.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

CPAP aids in keeping the alveoli open. It is also a treatment for sleep apnea and can also help to avoid intubation. CPAP does not relieve FBAO.



Why is carbon monoxide exposure dangerous?

  1. Because it stimulates bronchial constriction.
  2. Because it causes pulmonary edema.
  3. Because it reduces the delivery of oxygen.
  4. Because it collapses red blood cells.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Carbon monoxide binds with hemoglobin, more easily than with oxygen. This process prevents sufficient delivery of oxygen to the body.



Which is the primary intervention that should be performed when you are faced with an unresponsive patient with a suspected spinal cord injury?

  1. You should perform a head-tilt, chin-lift.
  2. You should perform a jaw thrust maneuver.
  3. You should perform an oropharyngeal airway.
  4. You should perform a nasopharyngeal airway.

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

When you are faced with a patient who has a suspected spinal injury, the head-tilt, chin-lift is contraindicated. The jaw thrust maneuver is an example of an airway technique that should be performed before inserting a mechanical airway adjunct.



Which symptom would indicate partial obstruction of the upper airway?

  1. Rales
  2. Wheezes
  3. Stridor
  4. Rhonchi

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Stridor occurs in the upper airway. Rales, rhonchi and wheezes all occur in the lower airway.



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