Airway and Respiratory
This airway adjunct is used on an unresponsive patient without a gag reflex
What is an oropharyngeal airway (OPA)
This artery is most commonly checked in an unresponsive adult patient
What is the carotid artery
This type of bleeding is bright red and spurts with each heartbeat
What is arterial bleeding
Low blood sugar is also known as this condition
What is hypoglycemia
What is the compression-to-ventilation ratio for two-rescuer infant CPR
What is 15:2
Normal adult respiratory rate falls within this range
What is 12–20 breaths per minute
This type of shock is caused by severe blood or fluid loss
What is hypovolemic shock
The first step in controlling severe extremity bleeding is usually this intervention
What is direct pressure
This is the first step in assessing a responsive infant
What is ensuring scene safety then tap the bottom of the infant's foot and shout their name
What Glasgow Coma Scale score indicates severe brain injury?
What is 8 or less
A patient with COPD should usually receive oxygen titrated to maintain this approximate SpO2 range
What is about 88–92%
Chest pain relieved by prescribed nitroglycerin is commonly associated with this condition
What is angina
This spinal motion restriction device is commonly used to stabilize the cervical spine.
What is a cervical collar
A diabetic patient is confused, pale, sweaty, and tachycardic. You suspect this emergency
What is hypoglycemia
What is the antidote EMTs commonly administer for opioid overdose?
What is naloxone
This condition occurs when air enters the pleural space and causes tracheal deviation, severe respiratory distress, and hypotension
What is a tension pneumothorax
A patient presents pale, cool, diaphoretic, tachycardic, and hypotensive after a motor vehicle crash. What stage of concern does this indicate?
What is decompensated shock
A patient presents with blunt chest trauma, paradoxical chest movement, and severe respiratory distress. What is the most appropriate initial management?
What is stabilizing the flail segment, providing high-flow oxygen, and assisting ventilations as needed
In childbirth, this presentation occurs when the baby’s buttocks or feet deliver first
What is a breech presentation
What rhythm is treated with an AED?
What is ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia
You arrive to find an apneic adult with a pulse. The patient is cyanotic and oxygen saturation is 68%. According to current BLS priorities, what intervention should be performed immediately?
What is ventilating the patient with a bag-valve mask and high-flow oxygen
You suspect a myocardial infarction in a patient with crushing chest pain. The patient has taken no erectile dysfunction medications and has a systolic blood pressure of 124 mmHg. What medication may you assist with if prescribed?
What is nitroglycerin
You arrive to a high-speed MVC where a patient was ejected. They are altered, have irregular respirations, unequal pupils, and suspected head and spinal trauma. What is your immediate priority in management?
What is ensuring airway patency with BVM ventilation and high-flow oxygen while maintaining spinal motion restriction and preparing for rapid transport
A 3-year-old suddenly develops inspiratory stridor, drooling, and a tripod position with high fever. What condition should you strongly suspect, and what should you avoid doing?
What is epiglottitis, and you should avoid agitating the child or placing anything in the mouth
What is the normal adult systolic blood pressure generally considered to be?
What is approximately 90–120 mmHg