CDH Paramedic Entrance 2024-2025 Latest Exam
Questions And Correct Answers
What are the normal respirations of adults? Infants? -Answer 12-20 and 20-40
What is the purpose of surfactant? -Answer Reduces surface tension in alveoli
(lubricant)
What is the normal stimulus to breathe in a healthy patient? -Answer Carbonic drive
What is a pink puffer? Blue Bloater? -Answer A COPD Patient with Emphysema. A COPD
Patient with Chronic Bronchitis
What causes inhalation? -Answer Diaphragm and Intercostal muscles contract
Where are the different lung sounds located? (Upper, Lower Airway) What causes
them? (Fluid, Constriction, Rubbing) - Answer .
What is agonal breathing? - Answer Abnormal breathing pattern characterized by
gasping and or labored breathing.
What is Cheyne-Stokes respirations? - Answer Abnormal Respirations characterized by
progressively deeper and sometimes faster breathing, gradually decreases then stops
briefly.
What is the difference between Ventilation and Respiration? - Answer Ventilation -
Mechanical process behind breathing.
Respiration-Cellar process which is involved in breathing.
, What is Diffusion and where does it take place in the lungs? -Answer Diffusion is the
movement of particles from a region of high concentration to a region low
concentration. It takes place in the alveoli.
Why does suctioning causes a decrease in HR?-Answer Vagal Nerve Stimulation
resulting in Bradycardia
Physically, what happens with pulmonary edema? -Answer Pulmonary edema is an
abnormal accumulation of fluid in the air sacs of the lungs that causes breathlessness.
What is the pathophysiology of chronic bronchitis? -Answer Air passages become
blocked by debris and irritation rises. Consequently a large amount of mucus is
produced that causes a cough.
What is the pathophysiology of Emphysema? - Answer Decreased Pulmonary elastic
recoil. Compression results and limits airflow. Additionally alveolar walls are destroyed
resulting in a lower quality of perfusion.
What role in breathing does the diaphragm have? - Answer The diaphragm controls the
increase or decrease in the pleural cavity. When the diaphragm relaxes air is drawn into
the lungs, when the diaphragm contracts air is expelled from the lungs.
What is unusual about the diaphragm? - Answer It is unusual because it is two muscles
working synchronously together.
What is a late sign of hypoxia? - Answer Cyanosis
What is consolidation in a pneumonia patient? - Answer An area of lung tissue which has
filled with fluid.
How does Carbon Monoxide affect oxygen in the body? - Answer Carbon monoxide
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