NREMT Exam, Answered

NREMT Exam, Answered
Once you have the endotracheal tube in place, and as you perform auscultation, you
realize the patients right side has sounds from the lungs but the left does not, or they
are minimal. What should be your next move?
A) Extract the tube and try intubation again
B) Abandon it and initiate respirations
C) Ensure the cuff is deflated, then pull the tube three to four centimeters
D) Gently pull the tube three to four inches out, ensuring cuff is inflated - C) Ensure
the cuff is deflated, then pull the tube three to four centimeters
You reach the site where a woman of advanced age has fallen and injured her ribs,
and when you assess, you find she is breathing rapidly and shallowly, the rate being
40, how can you confirm this emergency is life-threatening?
A) There is the risk of her volume per minute being excessive
B) There is the risk of her volume per minute diminishing
C) Her limit for the air referred to as "dead space" has been reached
D) You can see her inhaling excessive oxygen - B) There is the risk of her volume
per minute diminishing
(In the prevailing state, it is possible the patient is not mobilizing sufficient air to
penetrate the tissues)
Sellicks maneuver is meant for:
A) Reducing vomiting risk
B) Making the carina visible
C) Making the vallecular visible
D) Collapsing the patients trachea - A) Reducing vomiting risk