EMT Airway Exam with Verified Answers 100% Pass
1. Aerobic Metabolism Metabolism that can proceed only in the
presence of oxygen
2. Agonal gasps Occasional, gasping breaths that occur
agter the heart has stopped
3. Airway The upper airway tract or the passage
above the larynx, which include t...
1. Aerobic Metabolism Metabolism that can proceed only in the
presence of oxygen
2. Agonal gasps Occasional, gasping breaths that occur
agter the heart has stopped
3. Airway The upper airway tract or the passage
above the larynx, which include the
nose, mouth and throat.
4. Alveolar Minute Volume The volume of air moved through the
lungs in 1 minute minus dead space; cal-
culated by multiplying the tidal volume
and resp. rate
5. Alveolar Ventilation Volume of air that reaches the alveoli. It
is determined by subtracting the amount
of dead space air from the tidal volume
6. American Standard Safety Sys- A safety system for large oxygen cylin-
tem ders, designed to prevent the acciden-
tal attachment of regulator to a cylinder
containing the wrong type of gas.
7. Anaerobic Metabolism metabolism that takes place in the ab-
sence of oxygen; principle by product is
lactic acid.
8. Apnea absence of spontaneous breathing
9. Aspirations the introduction of vomitus or other for-
eign material into the lungs
10. Ataxic Respirations Irregular, ineffective respirations that
may or may not have an identifiable pat-
tern
11. Automatic Transport Ventilator Ventilation device attached to a control
(ATV) box that allows the variables of ventila-
tion to be set. It frees the EMT to perform
, EMT Airway Exam with Verified Answers 100% Pass
other tasks while the patient is being
ventilated
12. Bag-valve Mask (BVM) device with one way valve and a face
mask attached to a ventilation bag; when
attached to a reservoir and connected
to oxygen, it delivers more than 90%
supplemental oxygen
13. Barrier device a protective item such as a pocket mask
with a valve, that limits exposure to a
patient's body fluids
14. Bilateral A body part or condition that appears on
both sides of the midline
15. Bronchioles Subdivision of the smaller bronchi in the
lungs; made of smooth muscle and di-
late or constrict in response to various
stimuli
16. Copnography a noninvasive method to quickly and effi-
ciently provide information on a patient's
ventilatory status, circulation and metab-
olism. Effectively measures the concen-
tration of CO2 in expired over time
17. Capnometry A device that measures the amount of
expired CO2, capnometer
18. Carina point at which the trachea bifurcates into
the left and right mainstem bronchi
19. Chemoreceptors monitor the levels of O2, CO2, and the
pH of the cerbrospinal fluid and then
provide feed back to the resp. centers to
modify the rate and depth of breathing
based on the body's needs
20. Compliance
, Ability of the alveoli to expand when air
is drawn in during inhalation
21. Continous Positive airway pres- method of ventilation used primarily in
sure (CPAP) the treatment of critically ill patients with
resp. distress; can prevent the need for
endotracheal intubation
22. dead space portion of the tidal volume that does not
reach the alveoli and thus does not par-
ticipate in gas exchange
23. Diffusion process in which molecules move from
an area of higher concentration to an
area of lower concentration
24. dyspnea shortness of breath
25. end-tidal the amount of CO2 present at the end of
an exhaled breath
26. external respiration the exchange of gases between the
lungs and the blood cells in the pul-
monary capillaries; also called pul-
monary respiration
27. gag reflex a normal reflex mechanism that causes
retching; activated by touching the soft
palate or the back of the throat.
28. gastric distention condition in which are fills the stomach,
often as a result of hight volume and
pressure during artificial ventilation
29. glottis the space in between the vocalcords
that is the narrowest portion of the
adult's airway; also caled the glottic
opening
30. good air exchange
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