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Airway management decisions: An interactive quiz for EMTs

From assessing to intervening, this quiz covers vital airway management scenarios to ensure you’re equipped to handle emergencies confidently.

Airway management is a critical skill for EMTs, requiring precise knowledge and quick decision-making to ensure patient safety and improve outcomes. This quiz focuses on various scenarios EMTs might encounter in the field, challenging their ability to choose the most appropriate airway management interventions. From pediatrics to adults, mild distress to cardiac arrest, each question is designed to test the practitioner’s understanding of oxygen delivery devices, ventilation techniques and the use of airway adjuncts.

The scenarios range from a 2-year-old with labored breathing to a 79-year-old in mild-to-moderate respiratory distress, covering a wide spectrum of situations including the correct use of supplemental oxygen, positive pressure ventilation and the integration of advanced airway management during resuscitation efforts.

Good luck, and remember, each scenario is an opportunity to improve your ability to make life-saving decisions in the field.

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Tim is the founder and CEO of Emergency Medical Solutions, LLC, an EMS training and consulting company that he developed in 2010. He has nearly two decades of experience in the emergency services industry, having worked as a career firefighter, paramedic and critical care paramedic in a variety of urban, suburban, rural and in-hospital environments. His background includes nearly a decade of company officer and chief officer level experience, in addition to training content delivery and program development spanning his entire career. He is experienced in EMS operations, community paramedicine, quality assurance, data management, training, special operations and administration disciplines, and holds credentials as both a supervising and managing paramedic officer.

Tim also has active experience as a columnist and content developer with over 200 published works and over 100 hours of education content available online, and is a social media influencer on LinkedIn within the EMS industry. Connect with him on LinkedIn or at tnowak@emergencymedicalsolutionsllc.com.