EMT

EMT practice questions, page 3 of 13, with answer review and explanations.

Question 11

If manually ventilating a patient, you should squeeze the bag every ____ seconds for an adult and every ____ seconds for a child.

  1. 2 to 3, 6 to 8
  2. 5 to 6, 5 to 6
  3. 5 to 6, 3 to 5
  4. 8 to 10, 6 to 8

Question 12

A nasal cannula can be run at how many LPM?

  1. 1 to 8 LPM
  2. 1 to 6 LPM
  3. 1 to 15 LPM
  4. 5 to 10 LPM

Question 13

You are manually ventilating a patient using a bag valve mask (BVM). The patient is connected to a pulse oximetry and the oxygen saturation reading is 80. You do not see the chest rise. What steps can you take?

  1. Reposition the head and make sure you have a tight seal with the mask.
  2. Do a finger sweep of the mouth to make sure it’s clear.
  3. Squeeze the bag much faster.
  4. Put down the ambu bag and start mouth to mouth resuscitation using a barrier device.

Question 14

You’re on scene at a high school football game. A football player collapsed to the ground. He has a pulse, a respiratory rate of 4 breaths per minute, breaths are very shallow and he is grunting slightly. Airway management should include ____.

  1. doing a head tilt-chin lift maneuver, placing an oral airway and transporting.
  2. administering supplemental oxygen with a nasal cannula at 2 LPM.
  3. placing a nasal airway and a non-rebreather with an oxygen flow of 10 LPM.
  4. performing manual ventilation with supplemental oxygen.

Question 15

The lungs are made up of how many lobes?

  1. 6
  2. 2
  3. 5
  4. 4