EMT Class Quiz 4 (Ch 14)

Which of the following techniques should you use to dislodge a foreign body airway obstruction in a patient who is in an advanced stage of pregnancy or who is very obese?

• Back slaps

• Finger sweeps

• Chest thrusts

• Abdominal thrusts

Which of the following maneuvers should be used to open a patient’s airway when a spinal injury is suspected?

• Jaw-thrust

• Tongue–jaw lift

• Head tilt–neck lift

• Head tilt–chin lift

Which of the following is NOT a BLS intervention?

• Abdominal thrusts

• Chest compressions

• Cardiac monitoring

• Automated defibrillation

When assessing the pulse of an unresponsive infant, you should palpate the ________ artery.

• radial

• carotid

• femoral

• brachial

What is the correct ratio of compressions to ventilations when performing two-rescuer child CPR?

• 3:1

• 5:1

• 30:2

• 15:2

To ensure that you will deliver the appropriate number of chest compressions during one-rescuer adult CPR, you should compress the patient’s chest at a rate of:

• 80 to 100 compressions per minute.

• at least 120 compressions per minute.

• 100 to 120 compressions per minute.

• no greater than 100 compressions per minute.

Initial treatment to dislodge a severe foreign body airway obstruction in a responsive infant involves:

• back slaps.

• bag-mask ventilation.

• abdominal thrusts.

• blind finger sweeps.

If gastric distention begins to make positive-pressure ventilation difficult, you should:

• reposition the patient’s airway

• suction the patient’s oropharynx

• insert an oropharyngeal airway.

• increase the rate of ventilation.

Complications associated with chest compressions include all of the following, EXCEPT:

• rib fractures.

• liver laceration.

• gastric distention.

• a fractured sternum.

A 60-year-old man is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. You should:

• start CPR and transport immediately.

• withhold CPR until he is defibrillated.

• determine if he has a valid living will.

• begin CPR until an AED is available.