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FISDAP AIRWAY EXAM 3 VERSIONS (VERSION A, B & C) LATESTACTUAL EXAM
An unresponsive 73 year old male is on the floor after passing out. Bystanders placed
a rolled coat under his head. What should you do?
A. Begin BVM ventilations
B. Insert an OPA
C. Remove the coat
D. Perform a head tilt-chin lift - ANSWER: C. Remove the coat
A 23 year old female was involved in a car crash. Her skin is pale, cool, and wet. She
is shivering. Vital signs are BP 80/60, p146. What kind of metabolism is she?
A. Physiologic
B. Aerobic
C. Alveolar
D. Anaerobic - ANSWER: D. Anaerobic
An anxious 32-year-old female complains of chest tightness and trouble catching her
breath. Vital signs are BP 148/85 P 106. What should you do?
A. Auscultate lung sounds
B. Administer Nitroglycerin
C. Acquire a 12-lead ECG
D. Administer aspirin - ANSWER: B. Administer Nitroglycerin
What would indicate a patient has adequate ventilation?
A. Pulse oximetry reading of 99%
B. Absence of muscle retraction
C. Full equal chest expansion
D. Presence of breath sounds - ANSWER: C. Full equal chest expansion
A 44 year old female is unconscious after coughing up bright red blood. She has a
history of alcohol abuse. What should you do?
A. Check her BGL
B. Insert a supraglottic airway
C. Suction her airway
D. Establish an IV - ANSWER: C. Suction her airway
A 2 year old girl is tachypneic and working to breathe. You observe nasal flaring and
belly breathing. When you put a non-rebreather she takes it off. What should you
do?
A. Prepare to place the patient on the CPAP machine
B. Have the mother help administer blow-by oxygen
C. Change the oxygen delivery method to a nasal cannula
D. Explain that the oxygen-rich air will help her breathe - ANSWER: B. Have the
mother help administer blow-by oxygen
, What transports oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart?
A. pulmonary veins
B. Pulmonary arteries
C. Superior vena cava
D. Inferior vena cava - ANSWER: A. pulmonary veins
What is tidal volume?
A. The amount of air inhaled during 1 respiratory cycle
B. The volume of air that remains after maximum expiration
C. The maximum amount of air that can be inhaled and exhaled
D. The volume of air inhaled and exhaled during 1 minute - ANSWER: A. The amount
of air inhaled during 1 respiratory cycle
A 18 year old female complains of shortness of breath. She is speaking in short
sentences with diminished breath sounds. What is happening to the patient?
A. Bronchospasm
B. Tension Pneumothorax
C. Emphysema
D. Pulmonary embolism - ANSWER: A. Bronchospasm
After assisting ventilations to an adult for 5 minutes the patient becomes less
responsive. The thoracic cavity remains inflated during exhalation. What do you
suspect?
A. Myocardial rupture and tamponade
B. Dislodgment of a pulmonary artery occlusion and massive bleeding
C. Increased intrathoracic pressure and decreased venous return
D. A pulmonary artery spasm and reduced cardiac afterload - ANSWER: C. Increased
intrathoracic pressure and decreased venous return
What location is a central pulse?
A. Brachial
B. Femoral
C. Radial
D. Dorsal Pedis - ANSWER: B. Femoral
A 56 year old female complains of an acute onset of shortness of breath after
coughing vigorously. What should you expect?
A. Bronchitis
B. Congestive Heart Failure
C. Pneumonia
D. Pneumothorax - ANSWER: D. Pneumothorax
A 78 year old man has difficulty breathing. He was recently discharged from the
hospital to a nursing home. He is hot to the touch. What do you expect?
A. Pneumonia
B. Status Asthmaticus
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