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EMT Chapter 10 - Airway Management

• Multiple Choice Questions and

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What is the most important function of the airway in the human body?

• Regulating body temperature

✔✔ B. Delivering oxygen to the lungs and removing carbon dioxide

• Pumping blood to the heart
• Absorbing nutrients

Which airway maneuver is best used to open the airway in a patient without suspected spinal injury?✔✔ A. Head tilt–chin lift

• Jaw thrust
• Cross-finger technique
• Abdominal thrust

Which airway maneuver is best used for a trauma patient with suspected cervical spine injury? 1 / 3

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• Head tilt–chin lift

✔✔ B. Jaw thrust

• Abdominal thrust
• Chest compression

What is the primary indication for inserting an oropharyngeal airway (OPA)?✔✔ A. Unconscious patient with no gag reflex

• Conscious patient with chest pain
• Seizing patient
• Infant with a blocked nose

What is the main purpose of a nasopharyngeal airway (NPA)?

• To deliver oxygen

✔✔ B. To maintain an open airway in patients with an intact gag reflex

• To suction the nose
• To ventilate a seizing patient

Which of the following is a contraindication for using an NPA? 2 / 3

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• A gag reflex is present

✔✔ B. Evidence of basal skull fracture

• The patient is semi-conscious
• Snoring is present

What is the correct placement location for an oropharyngeal airway?✔✔ A. From the corner of the mouth to the angle of the jaw

• From the nostril to the earlobe
• In the nose until resistance is met
• At the base of the tongue

What is the most reliable sign of airway obstruction in an unconscious patient?

• Pale skin

✔✔ B. Absence of chest rise and abnormal breath sounds

• Fast heart rate
• Dilated pupils

Which device is used to provide high-concentration oxygen to a breathing patient?

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