WorksheetsEMT Airway Management Quiz – Level 2 (Intermediate)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
You arrive to find an ALS crew performing CPR. They request your assistance maintaining an iGEL airway. You note gurgling during ventilations. What should you do FIRST?
Reposition the airway
Begin suctioning
Remove and replace the iGEL
Resume compressions
You are ventilating a patient with a BVM through an iGEL. Your partner notes gastric distension and difficulty ventilating. What action may reduce this issue?
Increase rate of ventilation
Insert suction catheter into the gastric port (if available)
Remove iGEL and use CPAP
Replace iGEL with a King Airway
You attempt to place an OPA in a semi-conscious patient. They begin gagging and pushing you away. What is the best next step?
Continue inserting the OPA
Insert an NPA
Begin CPAP
Apply NRB
You’ve inserted an iGEL airway into an apneic patient. You’re having difficulty ventilating. What is your FIRST action?
Remove the iGEL and switch to OPA
Increase oxygen flow
Reassess placement and confirm seal
Begin chest compressions
You are ventilating a patient and note decreased chest rise with each breath. What is the MOST likely cause?
The BVM is faulty
Poor mask seal
The iGEL is too large
Too much oxygen pressure
During transport, a patient with an iGEL in place becomes cyanotic and pulse oximetry drops despite continued ventilations. You confirm the iGEL is seated properly. What’s your next best step?
Remove iGEL and attempt repositioning
Suction the patient
Increase oxygen flow to the BVM
Check for airway obstruction or bronchospasm
You place a CPAP mask on a patient with CHF. After 2 minutes, the patient becomes lethargic and has a decreasing respiratory rate. What is the MOST appropriate action?
Increase CPAP pressure
Discontinue CPAP and ventilate with BVM
Administer a second dose of nitroglycerin
Begin chest compressions
While transporting a patient in respiratory failure with CPAP, you note a drop in blood pressure and increasing anxiety. What is the MOST appropriate response?
Increase CPAP pressure and oxygen flow
Immediately switch to an iGEL
Discontinue CPAP and reassess airway management
Begin rapid IV fluid bolus
A 300-pound patient is found unresponsive in a cramped hallway with no gag reflex. You have difficulty achieving a proper BVM seal due to facial shape. What is the BEST airway management approach?
OPA and two-person BVM technique
NPA with NRB
Immediate King airway insertion
Place patient in recovery position and wait for ALS
A 68-year-old male is unresponsive after a fall down stairs. He has gurgling respirations, blood in his mouth, and snoring sounds. You have limited access to ALS. What is your best initial airway plan?
Insert King Airway immediately
Suction, OPA, then ventilate with BVM
Apply CPAP
Insert NPA and apply NRB
