West coast EMT block 2 quiz with certified answers
Responsive patient older than 1 year ✔✔- Radial
A patient sitting in chair leaning forward outstretched arms ✔✔Difficulty breathing
When palpating the carotid pulse of a responsive patient ✔✔Avoid compressing both carotid arteries simultaneously
You receive a call to a day care center for an unresponsive 8 month old ✔✔Assess a brachial pulse for 5-10 seconds
If you can't palpate a pulse ✔✔Immediately begin CPR
Gas exchange in lungs is facilitated by ✔✔Adequate amounts of surfactant
Without adequate oxygen the body cells ✔✔Incompletely convert glucose into energy and lactic acid accumulates in the blood 1 / 2
Primary waste product of aerobic metabolism is ✔✔Carbon dioxide
Central chemoreceptor's located in the medulla provide feedback to increase rate and depth of breathing when they serve ✔✔Slight increase in carbon dioxide or a decrease in the PH in the cerebrospinal fluid
Intrapulmonary shunting occurs when ✔✔A decrease in respiratory rate and depth causes carbon dioxide accumulation in the alveoli
An unconscious patient found in a prone position must be placed in a supine position in case he or she ✔✔Requires CPR
Proper size oropharyngeal airway ✔✔Corner of mouth to earlobe
Nasopharyngeal airway ✔✔inserted with bevel facing the septum if inserted into right nose
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