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Basic Airway Adjuncts
Question or Hint
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- To select the proper size oropharyngeal airway, you should measure from the: corner of the mouth to the earlobe. (wrong answers: corner of the mouth to the superior ear., angle of the jaw to the center of the mouth.)
- A 19-year-old female is found unconscious by her roommate. Your primary assessment reveals that her breathing is inadequate. As you insert an oropharyngeal airway, she begins to gag violently. You should: remove the airway and be prepared to suction her oropharynx. (wrong answers: select a smaller oropharyngeal airway and attempt to insert it., continue to insert the airway as you suction her oropharynx)
- The nasopharyngeal airway is most beneficial because it: effectively maintains the airway of a patient in cardiopulmonary arrest (wrong answers: can maintain a patent airway in a semiconscious patient with a gag reflex., can effectively stabilize fractured nasal bones if it is inserted properly.)
- It is mandatory that two responders are needed to insert an oral airway False (wrong answers: True)
- You should always know your local EMS protocols before inserting airways True (wrong answers: False)
- You have a patient who is unresponsive from an assault. The patient meets criteria for an oral airway, however the assailant is still on scene. You should: Wait until law enforcement makes the scene safe (wrong answers: Ignore the assailant and assist the patient, Have you EMS partner detain the suspect so you can treat the patient)
- A nasopharyngeal airway is inserted: into the larger nostril with the tip pointing away from the septum (wrong answers: with the bevel pointing downward if inserted into the left nare, into the smaller nostril with the tip following the roof of the nos)
