Question

3.) Which of the following patients definitely has inadequate breathing?

a. a dyspnea patient with a SpO2 of 94%

b. a pediatric patient with wheezing

c. An alert adult breathing 24 times per minute

d. An unresponsive patient with agonal breaths

5.) Your patient refuses oxygen by NRB mask. She says it makes her claustrophobic. You should:

a. tell the patient she may die if she doesn't cooperate.

b. document that the patient refuses oxygen therapy

c. switch the patient to a nasal cannula

d. attempt artificial ventilations

9.) Which breath sound s the EMT most likely to hear when caring for an adult male with a partial airway obstruction that occurred while eating steak?

a. Rhonchi

b. Stridor

c. Wheezes

d. Crackles

13.) You are called to a care center for an unresponsive person. Upon arrival, you find an unresponsive patient with slow, shallow respirations. A caregiver placed the patient on an NRB mask at 6 1pm of oxygen prior to your arrival. You should immediately:

a. Change the oxygen delivery device to 15 1pm by NRB

b. Determine the patient's history of present illness

c. Insert a nasopharyngeal airway

d. Begin artificial ventilation using a bag valve mask

Answer 1

3. ANS: d. An unresponsive patient with agonal breaths.

Explanation: Agonal breathing is an abnormal pattern of breathing and it can require immediate medical attention.

5. ANS: c. switch the patient to a nasal cannula

Explanation: If a patient refuses oxygen by NRB mask, then switch the patient to a nasal cannula. The optimum flow rate of oxygen was delivered via non rebreather mask​ or nasal cannula.

9. ANS: b. Stridor

Explanation: Stridor is a high pitched breath sound s the EMT most likely to hear when caring for an adult male with a partial airway obstruction that occurred while eating steak.

13. ANS: d. Begin artificial ventilation using a bag valve mask

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