Which equipment would a rescuer most likely use to clear oral secretions from an adult patient’s airway while at a home scene?

Paramedics are evaluating a 42-year-old male who is on room air and appears to be in no respiratory distress with a pulse oximetry of 99%.  The patient has a RR of 12 breaths a minute with normal tidal volumes. What is his approximate minute volume?

EMS is treating a 72-year-old with difficulty breathing. What finding will most likely help differentiate pneumonia from chronic bronchitis complications if the patient has a past medical history of both conditions?

Which of the following would be the HIGHEST priority when assessing a patient complaining of difficulty breathing and has distended neck veins?

Which of the following respiratory patterns have a characteristic “fruity” or “acetone” odor associated with it? 

Which of the following anatomical structures are primarily responsible for the trapped air that patients with asthma experience?

EMS is called to assess a 42-year-old patient who is febrile, coughing with productive mucus, and has severe difficulty breathing with wheezing with rhonchi noted in the lower lobes. Which of these conditions should be included in the differential diagnosis? (Select three correct answers) 

Which of the following airway devices has no bulbs or cuffs that need to be inflated?

Paramedics are dispatched to a factory where a worker was exposed to a toxic gas. The patient has difficulty speaking and has a hoarse, brassy cough with stridor. Which of the following should be considered in the treatment for this patient? (Select three correct answers)

A patient is quadriplegic from a past C5 fracture. Assessment reveals warm skin and diminished lung sounds with rhonchi in the right lower lobe. All other lung fields sound clear. Which of the following would best explain the patient’s current condition?