Question

Your EMS unit is called to a private residence at 3:00 a.m. for difficulty breathing. Upon arrival, you are presented with a two-year-old female who has had a low-grade fever for the past three days. Her mother says the patient woke up with a seal-bark cough and difficulty breathing. What is the best treatment for your patient?

withhold oxygen
administer children’s cough syrup and oxygen via nasal cannula
administer bronchodilators and low-flow oxygen
administer humidified oxygen

Accepted Answer

administer humidified oxygen

Answer

administer bronchodilators and low-flow oxygen

Answer

withhold oxygen

Answer

administer children’s cough syrup and oxygen via nasal cannula

Question 27 - Airway, Respiration, and Ventilation Practice Test for the EMT Test