This is a sample Paramedic Airway and Breathing test of 15 questions. Unlike the versions of our tests that are included with a paid subscription, this test cannot be automatically graded by clicking the button at the bottom of the page. With your paid subscription to EMT National Training, you get instant grading, rationale behind the correct answers, and a detailed exam tracking system. Paramedic Test - Airway/Breathing Home - Register - Tour - Testimonials - Sample EMT Tests - Sample Paramedic Tests - Terms of Use - Support / Help - NREMT Tests - FAQ - About Us 1. You are auscultating the lungs of a 23 year old female patient in good respiratory health. You would expect to find what type of lung sounds?   Vesicular breath sounds   Bronchovesicular breath sounds   Bronchial breath sounds   Moist breath sounds   2. Pleuritic chest pain would be described as______________.   Pain that worsens upon movement or inspiration   Pain associated with the myocardium   Pain that gets better with exercise   Pain that gets worse with exercise   3. A Macintosh blade is inserted into the______________ and the epiglottis is elevated to visualize the chords during endotracheal intubation.   Vermitium   Travicula   Glottic Opening   Vallecula   4. The newest AHA CPR guidelines specify that the tidal volume for rescue breaths should __________________.   Be 500 ml for everyone except infants   Make the chest rise   Be increased   Be between 500 ml and 800 ml   5. Which breath sounds would you likely hear from a person whose alveoli contain fluid?   Crackles   Wheezes   Cheyne-Stokes   Bilateral   6. Your 57 year old patient was a chain smoker for 35 years and is pursing their lips during exhalation. This is likely to?   Create a back pressure on collapsed alveoli   Force air out of the lungs faster   Demonstrate their lung control   Cause them to hyperventilate   7. Hyperventilation lowers the levels of?   CO2 in the body   Hemoglobin in the body   Ketones in the body   Oxygen in the body   8. Albuterol is classified as a_______________.   Sympatholytic   Parasympathomimetic   Sympathomimetic   Parasympatholytic   9. During intubation you should use the teeth as a ______________.   Place to align the mark on a Combitube   Fulcrum   Marker for bulb inflation   Support for your elbow   10. After the baby has crowned during delivery, you should?   Suction the mouth and nose then check for prolapsed cord   Suction the mouth and nose and wait for the mother to push the rest of the baby out   Support the head and gently pull the baby out   Put the mother on high flow O2 and have a cigar with the father   11. You and your partner Larry are dispatched to the call of a man with severe stomach pain. When you arrive on scene you find him laying on the floor of the kitchen in the fetal position. There is vomit on his face and he says he is going to throw up again. He denies falling and says the only thing wrong is that his stomach is killing him. Assessing his abdomen you find it to be very tender to the touch and he moans when you palpate his stomach. He is also breathing very fast at 30 a minute. What other signs and symptoms might you find with this patient?   Tachycardia - hypotension - fever   Bottle of poison - cyanosis and crepitus   Broken ribs - hypertension and deep rapid breathing   Rebound tenderness - metabolic acidosis   12. Your patient is a 69 year old female who has a history of diabetes. She is breathing very deeply and very rapidly in a state of respiratory acidosis. Her husband said he woke up to her breathing like this and she would not wake up. You know that this woman is most likely in?   Respiratory rebound stage   A diabetic coma   Diabetic shock   Respiratory alkalosis   13. Paradoxical motion of the chest during exhalation is often caused by what type of injury?   Pneumothorax   Hemopneumothorax   Clavicle break   Flail chest   14. You arrive on scene to find a 57 year old man who is sitting on a couch appearing to stare at the wall. His breathing is labored and you can hear wet breath sounds that are producing a pink foam dripping from his mouth. You get no response when you try to get his name. Your requests for him to move his arm go without response. His pulse is 105 and his BP is 92/40. You do not see any edema, swelling, or JVD. This patient likely has ____________.   Left sided CHF   Hypoglycemia   Right sided CHF   Appendicitis   15. Why is the needle inserted on top of the rib during chest decompression?   To avoid the bundle of His   To avoid nerves, veins, and arteries   To give the syringe something to rest on   To ensure proper lung inflation

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