| Question |
Answer |
| When is an artifical airway required? |
When the patients natural airway can no longer perform it's proper functions. Egans Ch 33 pg 700 |
| What are the contraindications of an artifical airway? |
When the patient desires to be a DNR.Egans Ch 33 pg701 |
| What are the possible complications of an artifical airway? |
Trauma to the nose, mouth, tongue, pharynx, larynx, vocal cords, trachea, esophagus, spine, eyes and teeth. Aspiration or infection. Egans Ch 33 pg 701 |
| What does the pharyhgeal airway do? |
Prevents airway obstruction by keeping the tongue pulled foward and away from the posterior pharynx. Egans Ch 33 Pg 703 |
| Nasal pharyngeal airways always eneter the trachea True or False? |
False. Egans Ch33 Pg 703 |
| What artifical airway is best for suctioning? |
Nasal Pharyngeal Airway. Egans Ch 33 Pg 703 |
| What artifical airway can be used as a bite block? |
Oral Pharyngeal airway. Egans Ch 33 pg 703 |
| What artifical airway is mainly used in emergency life support? |
Pharyngeal airway. Egans Ch 33 Pg 703 |
| What is an Endotracheal tube? |
Artifical airways that are placed in the trachea. Egans Ch 33 pg 703. |
| What is intubation? |
The process of placing an artifical airway into the trachea. Egans Ch 33 Pg 703. |
| Pharyngeal airways extend only into the pharynx True or False? |
True.Egans Ch 33 pg 703. |
| What is orotracheal intubation? |
when the tube passes through the Mouth and into the trachea. egans Ch 33 pg 703. |
| What is nasotracheal intubation? |
When the ET passes through the nose first. Egans Ch 33 pg 703. |
| What are two types of tracheal airways? |
Endotracheal tubes and trachestomy tubes. Egans Ch 33 p 703. |
| Tracheostomy tubes are inserted surgically Tue or False? |
True. Egans Ch 33 pg 703. |
| Endotracheal tubes can be inserted through the mouth only True or False? |
False. Egans Ch 33 Pg 703. |
| What part of the ET ensures gas flow if the main port becomes obstructed? |
Murphy Eye. Egans Ch 33 Pg 703. |
| What is the purpose of the angle of the bevel on the ET? |
Minimizes mucosal trauma during insertion. Egans Ch 33 Pg 703. |
| What is the purpose of inflating the cuff on the ET? |
It protects from aspiration and provides positive pressure ventilation.Egans Ch 33 pg 703 |
| What is a Radiopaque? |
An indicator that allows for easy identification of the tube position on the radiograph.Egans Ch 33 pg 703. |
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