Chapter 9 Quiz: Airway Management (Part 1)

The first step of emergency care in a patient with inadequate breathing is:

• checking for the patient’s pulse.

• manually stabilizing the cervical spine.

• opening and maintaining the patient’s airway.

• looking for and controlling severe bleeding.

Signs of an inadequate airway include:

• wheezing, crowing, or gurgling noises.

• minimal or uneven chest movements.

• the patient being unable to speak in full sentences.

• all of the above.

During your assessment of a 54-year-old male patient, you find that he is not breathing. Your next step should be to:

• check for a pulse, and look for severe bleeding.

• confirm that the airway is actually open.

• begin providing artificial ventilations to the patient.

• begin chest compressions.

A 24-year-old female patient has fallen from the roof of her house and is unconscious. The best method of opening her airway is the:

• head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver.

• jaw-thrust maneuver.

• head-tilt, neck-lift maneuver.

• head-thrust maneuver.

Oropharyngeal airways can be used on unconscious patients, except those who:

• are in cardiac arrest.

• have a gag reflex.

• are under 8 years old.

• have a contagious respiratory disease.

If you do not have the proper size oropharyngeal airway to fit your patient, you should:

• use the next larger size.

• use the next smaller size.

• do not use one.

• use either a smaller or a larger one.

The nasopharyngeal airway is popular because it:

• comes in more sizes than the oropharyngeal airway.

• often does not stimulate a gag reflex.

• can be used even if clear (CSF) fluid is seen in the nose or ears.

• is made of rigid clear plastic, which is less likely to cause bleeding.

Which of the following is true when suctioning a patient’s airway?

• Never suction for longer than one minute.

• Suction only as the catheter is going into the mouth.

• Infection control precautions are not necessary unless blood is seen.

• Suction longer than 10 seconds if a patient continues to vomit.

The most popular type of suction tip in the prehospital setting is the:

• flexible suction catheter.

• French catheter device.

• rigid pharyngeal tip (Yankauer).

• nasal trumpet device.

Nasopharyngeal airways must be lubricated to ease insertion. You should use:

• petroleum jelly.

• any petroleum-based lubricant.

• any silicone-based lubricant.

• any water-based lubricant.