BASIC AIRWAY MANAGEMENT<br>
Multiple Choice


Our bodies exhale what percentage of Oxygen?
#  11 – 15%
# O  15 – 16%
#   ?    18 – 20%
#   ?    17 – 20%
Correct:
  15 – 16%


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Oxygen is carried throughout our bodies on cells called:

   1.   ?    osteocytes
   2.   ?    White blood cells
   3.   ?    Red blood cells
   4.   ?    leukocytes
Correct: Red blood cells

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Factors that can cause inadequate oxygen perfusion are:

   1.   ?    Bronchitis
   2.   ?    Gas bubble
   3.   ?    All of the these
   4.   ?    Respiratory muscle paralysis
Correct:All of the these

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Which airway adjunct can be used if the patient has a gag reflex?

   1.   ?    Nasal cannula
   2.   ?    Pharyngeal lumen airway
   3.   ?    Oropharyngeal airway
   4.   ?    Nasopharyngeal airway
Correct:Nasopharyngeal airway

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The majority of gas exchange (oxygen and carbon dioxide) takes place in the:

   1.   ?    Alveoli
   2.   ?    Bronchioles
   3.   ?    Pleura
   4.   ?     Lungs
Correct:Alveoli

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What technique should be used in opening a patient`s airway when trauma is suspected?

   1.   ?    Jaw-thrust maneuver
   2.   ?    Head-lift maneuver
   3.   ?    Hyperextension
   4.   ?    Sellick`s maneuver
Correct: Jaw-thrust maneuver

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Without oxygen, cells begin to die in:

   1.   ?    4 - 6 minutes
   2.   ?    1 -2 minutes
   3.   ?    6 - 8 minutes
   4.   ?    10 - 15 minutes
Correct: 4 - 6 minutes

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Once inspiration is initiated, stretch receptors in the smooth muscle of the lungs become activated. This is called:

   1.   ?    Einthoven`s reflex
   2.   ?    Starling`s law
   3.   ?    Hering-Breuer reflex
   4.   ?    Sellick`s reflex

Correct: Hering-Breuer reflex

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Normal respiration is a(n) ______ process.

   1.   ?    Sympathetic
   2.   ?    Parasympathetic
   3.   ?    Active
   4.   ?    Passive
Correct:  Passive

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The main respiratory center is in the:

   1.   ?    Dura Mater
   2.   ?    Medulla
   3.   ?    Pituitary
   4.   ?    Frontal lobe
Correct:  Medulla