Assuring a Patent Airway
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| When is an artifical airway required? | When the patients natural airway can no longer perform it's proper functions. Egans Ch 33 pg 700
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| What are the contraindications of an artifical airway? | When the patient desires to be a DNR.Egans Ch 33 pg701
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| 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
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| 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
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| Nasal pharyngeal airways always eneter the trachea True or False? | False. Egans Ch33 Pg 703
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| What artifical airway is best for suctioning? | Nasal Pharyngeal Airway. Egans Ch 33 Pg 703
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| What artifical airway can be used as a bite block? | Oral Pharyngeal airway. Egans Ch 33 pg 703
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| What artifical airway is mainly used in emergency life support? | Pharyngeal airway. Egans Ch 33 Pg 703
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| What is an Endotracheal tube? | Artifical airways that are placed in the trachea. Egans Ch 33 pg 703.
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| What is intubation? | The process of placing an artifical airway into the trachea. Egans Ch 33 Pg 703.
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| Pharyngeal airways extend only into the pharynx True or False? | True.Egans Ch 33 pg 703.
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| What is orotracheal intubation? | when the tube passes through the Mouth and into the trachea. egans Ch 33 pg 703.
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| What is nasotracheal intubation? | When the ET passes through the nose first. Egans Ch 33 pg 703.
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| What are two types of tracheal airways? | Endotracheal tubes and trachestomy tubes. Egans Ch 33 p 703.
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| Tracheostomy tubes are inserted surgically Tue or False? | True. Egans Ch 33 pg 703.
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| Endotracheal tubes can be inserted through the mouth only True or False? | False. Egans Ch 33 Pg 703.
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| What part of the ET ensures gas flow if the main port becomes obstructed? | Murphy Eye. Egans Ch 33 Pg 703.
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| What is the purpose of the angle of the bevel on the ET? | Minimizes mucosal trauma during insertion. Egans Ch 33 Pg 703.
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| 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
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| 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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