Emergency Medical Technician EMT Online Dumps

1. Topic 1, Airways and Breathing

What is the maximum flow rate for a Nasal Cannula?

2. What is the following device?

A device designed to facilitate the blind intubation of a patient. It consists of a cuffed double-lumen tube with one blind end. Inflation of the cuff allows the device to function as an endotracheal tube and closes off the esophagus, allowing ventilation and preventing reflux of gastric contents.

3. In order to provide Oxygen Therapy at "100%" what should the flow rate be?

4. What airway opening maneuver should be used on a man that has fallen off a ladder and is suffering from respiratory distress?

5. A device that deliver a specific amount of medication to the lungs, by supplying a short burst of aerosolized medicine that is inhaled by the patient. Is known as a?

6. The anatomy of the airway consists of the upper and the lower airway. The upper airway starts at the mouth and Nares and ends at the _________?

7. The tongue often is a source of airway obstruction, it falls back and occludes the _________?

8. The lower airway ends at the Alveoli, gas exchange occurs at this level. Oxygen moves to the hemoglobin by passing through a semipermible membrane. Name this membrane.

9. To create negative pressure in the thorax (chest cavity) the diaphragm contracts and moves _____________ which expands the volume of the thorax allowing air to rush into the lungs.

10. When the diaphragm relaxes it regains it’s domed shape causing an increase in thoracic pressure forcing air out of the lungs. To have air forced out of the lungs the pressure in the thorax must rise above _______________ pressure?

11. Which of the following ventilatory techniques is likely to yield the LOWEST tidal volumes?

12. In order to assist intubation, a paramedic may utilize Sellick’s maneuver.

What cartilage are you compressing?

13. You are transporting an elderly male patient in respiratory distress with a history of COPD…

The patient has very shallow, rapid respirations with minimal chest wall motion and slight wheezing in the upper lung fields. Given this situation, what would you expect the arterial carbon dioxide levels to be?

14. You are transporting a 48-year-old male patient between medical facilities…

During the history, you learn that the patient was involved in a fall at work and suffered a hip fracture and a head injury. The patient is now presenting with labored breathing at 30/min that has progressively worsened over the last 24 hours, a heart rate of 104, and a blood pressure of 98/70. On auscultation, you hear diffuse rales. The patient denies any complaints of pain other than those related to his recent fall.

What is the most likely cause of the patient’s respiratory distress?

15. Which of the following is the most effective method for administering ventilations to an apneic patient by health care providers?

16. A blue or greyish coloration of the skin caused be lack of oxygen in the blood is called?

17. You are performing rescue breaths using an Ambu bag attached to 100% O2, after several breaths you notice the patients O2 saturation has dropped significantly.

What should you do next?

18. What is the proper amount of air that should be injected to the color of an Endo Tracheal Tube.

19. The space between the base if the tongue and the epiglottis is called?

20. Slow (3-4 per minute), irregular inspirations followed by irregular pauses, sometimes describes as gasping, labored breathing, accompanied by strange vocalizations are known as?

21. Maximum amount of time that may pass while attempting an intubation.

22. A high pitched sound resulting from turbulent air flow in the upper airway. It may be inspiratory, expiratory or present on both inspiration and expiration. Is called?

23. The inability to move enough air required for adequate perfusion is what?

24. Two large tubes that bring air two and from the lungs.

25. Expansion of the stomach caused by too forceful ventilation pressures, which causes excess air to enter the stomach instead of the lungs.

26. Which of the following is not a sign of adequate breathing.

27. Cyanosis can be checked by observing the patients _______?

28. A n oral and nasal airway should be:

29. Which medication that will open bronchioles and increase effectiveness of breathing is typically used to treat a patient with shortness of breath?

30. You arrive at the scene of en elderly women who has fallen and injured her ribs. She is breathing very rapidly at a rate of 40 and shallow.

How is this a serious life threat.

31. The endotracheal tube is primarily intended to:

32. The Sellick’s maneuver is designed to:

33. Medical control has ordered you to assist a patient with a metered dose inhaler. Before assisting this patient you must ensure what?

34. A spontaneous pneumothorax is?

35. An intervention for someone who is apneic would be?

36. Paradoxical motion of the chest during exhalation is often caused by what type of injury?

37. Cardiac arrest in children is most often caused by:

38. The first step in artificial ventilation with a bagvalve-mask unit in patients with no suspected trauma is to:

39. A 70-year-old patient is complaining of shortness of breath. She has a history of emphysema. You should

40. A danger of using a rigid suction catheter with infants and young children is that stimulating the back of the throat can:

41. Your patient is a 35-year-old trauma victim who is not breathing. You are unable to open the airway by means of the jaw thrust and suctioning. You should:

42. Which statement about inadequate breathing is correct?

43. Topic 2, Cardiology

Your patient is a 52-year old male complaining of dull, achy chest pains. He is alert & oriented but upon assessment, you notice his skin is pale, cool and clammy.

What is your next step?

44. Cardiac Compromise is:

45. An AED is used to treat patients in:

46. The normal heart rate for an infant under the age of 1 is:

47. The two-flap valve located on the left side of the heart is the:

48. The cardiovascular system or the circulatory system is made up of three major components; which of the following is not a component of the cardiovascular system?

49. Name the layers of the heart from the outside in.

50. What complaints describes a typical presentation of chest pain is often used to describe a cardiac event type of pain?

51. What artery caries deoxygenated blood and which vein caries oxygenated blood?

52. Which are not blood components which are responsible for clot formation?

53. You are dispatched to a residence for a 46-year-old female patient complaining of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal cramping. She states that the onset occurred shortly after eating some cheesecake. Her only medical history is lactose intolerance. Her blood pressure is 136/88 mm Hg. Her radial pulse is 94 beats per minute and her respiratory rate is 18 breaths per minute.

She vomited two times prior to your arrival. From what condition is this patient most likely suffering?

54. Your patient is a 32-year-old male who was complaining of a severe, crushing feeling in the center of his chest and shortness of breath that began while he was mowing his lawn 45 minutes prior to your arrival. He is now only responding to painful stimuli. Presently, his minute ventilation is still adequate, his pulse oximeter reads 95% on room air, and you find his skin to be pale, cool, and diaphoretic.

What would be your initial action?

55. You are called to a nursing home for a patient with swelling to her legs. Upon arrival, you find a 76-year-old patient sitting in a wheelchair. Assessment confirms pitting edema to both lower legs. You are able to palpate a dorsalis pedal pulse bilaterally. Her skin is warm, pink, and dry. Her lungs are clear bilaterally.

Which of the following conditions do you suspect?

56. You are treating a 49-year-old patient who complains of an intense pain between his shoulder blades radiating to his lower back. Pain began 10 minutes prior to your arrival while he was eating and has been constant. He rates the pain as a 10 out of 10. Pain is described as a sharp, tearing pain. He has no significant past medical history. Blood pressure is 130/76 mm Hg in the right arm and 78/48 mm Hg in the left arm, radial pulse in his right arm is 98 beats per minute and regular, and respiratory rate is 20 per minute and non-labored.

What condition would you most likely suspect?

57. The single largest cause of death for Americans is/are:

58. The normal heart rate for a newborn is:

59. The normal heart rate for a child between the ages of 1-6:

60. The normal heart rate for a child over the age of 6 is:

61. The correct flow of blood through the heart and lungs is…?

62. What is the difference between angina pectoris and a myocardial infarction?

63. Your patient is an 80-year old male with shortness of breath.

Which of the following could your patient be suffering from?

64. The three-flap valve located on the right side of the heart is the:

65. What does the Mitral valve do?

66. A 45-year-old male patient is experiencing chest discomfort. After placing him in his position of comfort, your next action should be to:

67. Your patient is a 62-year-old man with a history of heart disease. He is experiencing chest pain. Your first action should be to:

68. Which heart rhythm often converts to ventricular fibrillation?

69. Patients commonly describe heart attack pain as which of the following characteristic?

70. Which patient is showing signs and symptoms of cardiac compromise?

71. Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygen-rich blood out to the body tissues?

72. A 64-year-old female has just collapsed in cardiac arrest. You are alone. After your initial assessment, you should give two ventilations, then:

73. Where does blood travel when it leaves the right ventricle of the heart?

74. Research shows that most of the cases of inappropriately delivered shocks from an AED have been caused by:

75. Which statement about the assessment of a patient with cardiac compromise is correct?

76. The left atrium:

77. You should apply the AED pads to your patient when he

78. "What are the two lower chambers of the heart called? "

79. "In the heart, which valve is located between the right atrium and right ventricle?"

80. "You are dispatched to a 65-year old male who is complaining of severe chest pain, and has a history of cardiac problems.

What is the primary role of medical direction in this scenario? "