Paramedic Airway Practice Test 1

Pediatric patients with tracheostomy tubes are at risk of tracheostomy dysfunction, causing airway obstruction. What is the most common cause of the dysfunction?

Which of the following is contraindicated for use with pediatric patients?

What are the lower airway’s terminal (end) structures?

What type of patients do you expect to see hypoxic drive present?

What factor increases carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in patients?

What percentage of inspired oxygen (Fi02) is given with a bag-valve mask at 10 to 15 liters per minute (Lpm) with an oxygen reservoir?

Patients with emphysema often develop thin-walled cystic lesions in the lung from the destruction of the alveolar walls. What are these lesions called?

Which of the following is the definition of adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?

What defines pulsus paradoxus?

Which of the following is proper management of a patient with laryngeal spasms?