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AZ Paramedic Airway Respiratory Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved A 42-year old female is having trouble breathing. She has dysphagia and stridor. You should suspect: - Epiglottitis Overinflating the distal cuff of an endotracheal tube can cause: - Ischemia of the tracheal wall A hospice...

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A 42-year old female is having trouble breathing. She has dysphagia and

stridor. You should suspect: - ✔✔Epiglottitis

Overinflating the distal cuff of an endotracheal tube can cause: -

✔✔Ischemia of the tracheal wall

A hospice patient has developed dyspnea. Raspy sounds are coming from

his tracheostomy tube. You should: - ✔✔Assess and suction if needed

When using the Macintosh blade for orotracheal intubation, the blade: -

✔✔Fits into the vallecula

A 58-yo male has a newly placed stoma and is experiencing difficulty

breathing. Vital signs are P 104, R 22 and labored, SpO2 83%. How can

you rapidly confirm that his stoma is clear? - ✔✔Insert a soft catheter

completely through the stoma

A 48 yo patient is choking on a hot dog. He is unresponsive, apneic, and

has a strong pulse. Chest compressions are ineffective at relieving the



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, obstruction. You should: - ✔✔Use laryngoscopy and Magill forceps to

remove the object

A 19 yo female is unresponsive. Her pupils are nonreactive, she has dried

vomit on her oropharynx, and bilateral rhonchi in her lungs. Vital signs are

P 60, R 6. What should you suspect? - ✔✔Recent aspiration

A 28 yo male was driving his motorcycle at 45 mph when it hit a parked car.

He was not wearing a helmet. He is supine with an open fracture to his

maxilla. Vital signs are P 120, R 4. What should you do? - ✔✔Perform a

surgical cricothyrotomy

EM Responders are performing BVM ventilations on a pt in respiratory

arrest. The pt's abdomen is distended. After you intubate the pt. you notice

resistance when you squeeze the BVM. Lung sounds are diminished

bilaterally, neck veins are normal, and the trachea is midline. You should: -

✔✔Insert a nasogastric tube

When moving a pt that is endotrachially intubated, which is the most

common life-threatening hazard? - ✔✔Dislodging the tube

Which of the following is a complication caused by orotracheal intubation? -

✔✔The right mainstem bronchi is intubated




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