Airway Management
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| What is the primary indication for tracheal suctioning? | show 🗑
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| show | hypoxemia
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| Complications of tracheal suctioning include all of the following: | show 🗑
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| How often should patients be suctioned? | show 🗑
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| show | -100 to -120mm Hg
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| What is the normal range of negative pressure to use when suctioning children? | show 🗑
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| You are about to suction a 10-year-old patient who has a 6-mm (internal diameter) endotracheal tube in place. What is the maximum size of catheter that you would use in this case? | show 🗑
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| You are about to suction a female patient who has an 8-mm (internal diameter) endotracheal tube in place. What is the maximum size of catheter you would use in this case? | show 🗑
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| To prevent hypoxemia when suctioning a patient, the respiratory care practitioner should initially do which of the following? | show 🗑
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| show | Une a closed-system multiuse suction catheter.
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| show | 10 to 15 seconds
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| While suctioning a patient, you observe an abrupt change in the electrocardiogram wave form being displayed on the cardiac monitor. What action would be most appropriate? | show 🗑
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| What methods can help to reduce the likelihood of atelectasis due to tracheal suctioning? | show 🗑
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| show | Rotate the catheter while withdrawing. Limit the amount of neg pressure.
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| show | epiglottitis and croup
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| show | laryngosocope with MacIntosh and Miller blades.
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| show | stop the bleeding and use a nasopharyngeal airway for access
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| Before the suctioning of a patient, auscultation reveals coarse breath sounds during both inspiration and expiration. After suctioning, the coarseness disappears, but expiratory wheezing is heard over both lung fields. What is most likely the problem? | show 🗑
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| What general condition requires airway management? | show 🗑
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| show | upper airway or laryngeal edema, loss of protective relexes, cardiopulmonary arrest and traumatic upper airway obstruction
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| Which autonomic or protective neural responses represent potential hazards of emergency airway management? | show 🗑
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| All of the following indicate an inability to adequately protect the airway except: | show 🗑
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| show | nasotracheal tubes and orotracheal tubes
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| show | reduced risk of kinking, easier suctioning and less traumatic insertion.
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| show | less retching and gagging, less accidental extubation and greater long-term comfort.
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| Compared with translaryngeal intubation, the advantages of tracheostomy include all of the following except: | show 🗑
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| show | 15mm external diameter
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| show | ensure gas flow if the main port is blocked
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| show | seal off and protect the lower airway
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| What is the purpose of the pilot balloon on an endotracheal or a tracheostomy tube? | show 🗑
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| show | length markings on the curved body of the tube, imbedded radiopaque indicator near the tube tip and an additional side port (Murphy eye) near the tube tip
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| show | aid in routine tube cleaning and tracheostomy care and provide a patent airway should it become obstructed.
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| show | minimize trauma to the tracheal mucosal during insertion.
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| show | orotracheal intubation
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| show | syringe, resuscitator bag or mask and tube stylet
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| Before beginning an intubation procedure, the practitioner should check and confirm the operation of which of the following? | show 🗑
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| show | Check and replace the bulb in the MacIntosh blade
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| show | 4.5 to 5.0 mm
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| What size endotracheal tube would you select to intubate a 1500-g newborn infant? | show 🗑
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| What size endotracheal tube would you select to intubate an adult female? | show 🗑
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| What is the purpose of an endotracheal tube stylet? | show 🗑
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| show | neck flexed, with head supported by towel and tilted back
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| What should be the maximum time devoted to any intubation attempt? | show 🗑
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