EMTB 2020 Airway Quiz 1

Your patient has fallen from the roof of a two story house. How should you open the airway?

• Head-tilt, chin-lift

• Head-tilt, neck-lift

• Jaw thrust

• Modified chin lift

You suspect that your patient has a skull fracture and there is clear fluid coming from the nose and ears. Which airway adjunct should you consider?

• NPA

• OPA

• None

When performing the jaw thrust, you should (check all that apply)

• Stabilize the patients head with your forearms

• Position your self at the top of the patient's head

• Tilt the patient's head by applying gentle pressure to the forehead

• Use your index fingers to push the angle of the upper jaw forward

An OPA or NPA is used to prevent the tongue from blocking the airway

• True

• False

You are on the scene of an apneic patient, the first thing that you should do is

• Look, listen and feel for breaths

• Provide oxygen

• Open the airway

• Check for a pulse

Stridor is a sign of a lower airway obstruction

• True

• False

Wheezing is an indication of bronchoconstriction in the upper airway

• True

• False

Patent is the term used for an airway that is open and clear and will remain so without interference to the passage of air into and out of the body

• True

• False

When opening the airway of an infant

• Hyperextend the neck

• Hypoextend the neck

• Leave the neck in a neutral position with slight extension

You should suction for no more than 20 seconds at a time

• True

• False