Airway Patency Assessment Quiz

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1 Your patient is unconscious without a gag reflex and has gurgling respirations. Their airway should initially be controlled via which BLS measure?

	NPA
	OPA
	Suction
	Endotracheal Intubation

2 Your pediatric patient exhibits a high pitched whistling sound on respiration that is audible to the unaided ear. The patient has been more lethargic than normal with a fever. What is this whistling sound known as?

	Stridor
	Wheezing
	Crackles
	Rhonchi

3 You are called to the scene of a motorcycle vs tree. Bystanders state that the patient went headfirst into the tree with no signs of braking at approximately 30-35 mph. The patient is a mid-20s female who was helmeted and is found supine on the ground with multiple visible injuries to the extremities. She is semiconscious and exhibits snoring respirations. After controlling any life-threatening bleeds, what is the most appropriate action?

	Head-tilt chin-lift
	NPA insertion
	OPA insertion
	Place the patient in full spinal motion restriction precautions

4 Which of the following match a possible etiology for gurgling respirations?

	Upper airway constriction
	Blood, vomit, or saliva in the airway
	Lower airway constriction
	Fluid in the airway
	None of the above

5 Wheezing is caused by

	Constriction of the upper airways such as the bronchi or trachea
	Constriction of the lower airways such as the bronchioles
	Fluid in the alveoli
	Mucus secretions in the bronchi and bronchioles

6 You are called for a patient who is experiencing shortness of breath. The patient was in the middle of a run when they suddenly felt "like my chest is really tight and I can't get air out". Their respiratory rate is rapid and the patient is in the tripod position upon arrival. Your patient states that they have a history of asthma and have not had to take an inhaler in several years. The patient is not normally active but decided to train for a marathon. Today is the first day they are running and they are 2 miles into a 5 mile run. What would you expect to hear for their lung sounds?

	Crackles/Rales
	Rhonchi
	Stridor
	Wheezing

7 You respond code 3 for a man down in an alley. You find your patient facedown on a mattress in the middle of the alley with a puddle of vomit and several bottles of alcohol next to them. The patient is placed in a supine position and it is confirmed that they do have a pulse. What is the next step in their treatment?

	Use a head-tilt chin lift to open the airway
	Use a jaw-thrust to open the airway
	Use a finger-sweep to clear the airway
	Deliver oxygen via nonrebreather mask; the airway is clear

8 Your partner has intubated a patient in cardiac arrest. During transport, the patient regains spontaneous circulation and begins to have spontaneous respirations as well. What finding are you likely to see with an onset of spontaneous respirations?

	Decreased compliance to ventilations
	Increased compliance to ventilations
	Gurgling respirations from secretions left in the pharynx during resuscitation
	Stridor from the compression of the ETT on the vocal cords

9 Compliance describes the ease with which positive pressure ventilations are delivered to the patient via bag valve mask.

	True
	False

10 You respond to a patient who is not breathing with no pulse. CPR is initiated and you are placed in charge of the patient's airway. Which airway device should you insert to keep the tongue from potentially obstructing the airway?

	NPA
	OPA
	Tongue depressor
	Nothing, the tongue is not at risk of obstructing the airway

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