Question

Your patient is a 32-year-old female who is unconscious without a gag reflex. You ask your partner to hand you an oropharyngeal airway to assist with maintaining the patient’s airway. How do you measure for the correct size?

Accepted Answer

measure from the patient’s earlobe or angle of the jaw to the corner of their mouth

Answer

measure from one side of the patient’s jaw to the other side

Answer

measure from the patient’s earlobe to the tip of their nose

Answer

measure from the patient’s tip of their nose to the corner of their mouth

Question 24 - Airway, Respiration, and Ventilation Practice Test for the EMT Test