You are called to aid a 65-year-old man who is having difficulty breathing. When you arrive, you ...

You are called to aid a 65-year-old man who is having difficulty breathing. When you arrive, you find that he is sitting upright in a chair and is in obvious respiratory distress. His airway is open and his respirations are 28 per minute. At this time you would:
 
  a. provide him oxygen with a nonrebreather mask at 15 liters per minute.
  b. assess his breath sounds.
  c. try to obtain a medical history from him.
  d. assist him to a supine position.

Question 2

You are having a hard time getting the medical history of a patient who is short of breath. Which one of the following pieces of information would lead you to believe that the patient has a history of a chronic lung disease such as chronic emphysema?
 
  a. She takes one aspirin every day.
  b. Her chest is barrel shaped.
  c. Her respirations are tachypneic.
  d. She has a frequent cough.

Question 3

Which of the following signs would you recognize as an early sign of respiratory distress in a 7-year-old boy who complains of difficulty breathing?
 
  a. Barrel chest
  b. Nasal flaring
  c. Tremors of his hands
  d. Ecchymosis on his chest

Question 4

You receive a call that there is an infant in the lodge who seems to be having difficulty breathing. As you approach the scene with a new candidate patroller, you ask him the normal respiratory rate for infants. Which of the following is within the normal range?
 
  a. 10 breaths per minute.
  b. 15 breaths per minute.
  c. 25 breaths per minute.
  d. 60 breaths per minute.

Question 5

Which of the following statements about respiratory accessory muscles is not correct?
 
  a. They are recruited whenever the body's oxygen demand exceeds oxygen availability.
  b. They include chest, shoulder, and abdominal muscles.
  c. They bring more oxygen into the body by helping the chest wall expand more fully.
  d. They decrease negative internal chest pressure to draw more air into the lungs.