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EMT- Chapter 11- Airway Management Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified

What is the best method to assess if a patient’s airway is open?

• Check their pulse

✔✔ B. Look, listen, and feel for breathing

• Ask their name
• Look for skin color changes

Which of the following is the correct method for inserting a nasopharyngeal airway?

• Use the mouth

✔✔ B. Insert into the right nostril, bevel toward the septum

• Apply suction before insertion
• Always use a straight blade

Which oxygen delivery device provides the highest concentration of oxygen?✔✔ A. Bag-valve mask with reservoir

• Nasal cannula 1 / 4

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• Simple face mask
• Venturi mask

When should you use a BVM with oxygen for a patient?

• When respirations are over 24
• When the patient has mild wheezing

✔✔ C. When the patient is not breathing adequately

• When the patient has a nosebleed

What is the flow rate for a nasal cannula?

• 10–15 L/min

✔✔ B. 1–6 L/min

• 6–12 L/min
• 15–20 L/min

What is the oxygen concentration delivered by a non-rebreather mask?

A. 60%

B. 45% 2 / 4

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✔✔ C. Up to 90–100%

D. 30%

How can you tell that your bag-valve mask ventilations are effective?

• Patient’s eyes open

✔✔ B. Visible chest rise and fall

• Pulse goes up
• Skin becomes red

What is a sign of inadequate breathing in an adult?

• Warm skin

✔✔ B. Use of accessory muscles

• Pulse oximetry of 96%
• Calm demeanor

What should be done if the patient has gurgling sounds in the airway?✔✔ A. Suction the airway

• Administer oxygen 3 / 4

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• Insert an NPA
• Reassess blood pressure

What is the correct technique for using a suction catheter?

• Insert and suction continuously

✔✔ B. Insert without suction, then suction on the way out

• Only suction during inspiration
• Use suction before airway insertion

Which airway device can be used in a conscious patient with an intact gag reflex?✔✔ A. Nasopharyngeal airway

• Oropharyngeal airway
• King LT
• Combitube

Which oxygen delivery device is best for a conscious patient with mild shortness of breath and a SpO₂ of 92%?

• BVM
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