Breath Detectives
This sign of an inadequate airway involves the nostrils widening during breathing.
What is nasal flaring?
This airway maneuver is recommended for an unconscious patient with possible head, neck, or spine injury.
What is the jaw-thrust maneuver?
When suctioning an airway, suction should generally be limited to this many seconds at a time.
What is 10 seconds?
This process describes air moving in and out of the chest.
What is ventilation?
This color identifies an oxygen cylinder.
What is green?
A patient breathing 4 shallow breaths per minute after overdosing and choking on vomit should first be placed in this position/action.
What is rolled onto his side to clear the airway?
This high-pitched sound is caused by an upper airway obstruction.
What is stridor?
An oropharyngeal airway is rotated this many degrees during insertion.
What is 180 degrees?
This is the correct method for suctioning with a catheter or tip.
What is insert to the desired depth before applying suction?
This type of breathing occurs when minute volume is less than normal.
What is inadequate breathing?
This device delivers oxygen to patients at a safe pressure.
What is a regulator?
An unresponsive motorcyclist breathing shallowly 6 to 8 times per minute should receive this first.
What is bag-valve-mask ventilation with supplemental oxygen?
This sound occurs when soft tissue partially blocks airflow in the upper airway.
What is snoring?
This airway adjunct may be tolerated by many patients who still have a gag reflex.
What is a nasopharyngeal airway?
This equipment should be brought to the patient’s side for cardiac arrest, motor vehicle collision, and seizure calls.
What is a portable suction unit?
Minute volume is calculated by multiplying these two measurements.
What are tidal volume and respiratory rate?
This oxygen delivery device is best for giving high-concentration oxygen to a breathing patient.
What is a nonrebreather mask?
A COPD patient with severe shortness of breath should receive this oxygen treatment.
What is a nonrebreather mask at 15 liters per minute?
This is perhaps the simplest way to determine whether a patient has a patent airway.
What is saying “hello”?
This is a disadvantage of an oropharyngeal airway.
What is that it cannot be used in a patient with a gag reflex?
This suction method is most effective for clearing copious vomit with large pieces of undigested food.
What is using large-bore suction tubing without a tip or catheter attached?
Fast respirations may decrease minute volume because the lungs may not have enough time to do this.
What is fill and exchange gas?
The oxygen flow rate for a nasal cannula should not exceed this many liters per minute.
What is 6 liters per minute?
A patient with labored breathing, wheezes, altered mentation, and rapid respirations should receive this treatment.
What is ventilation with a bag-valve mask and high-concentration oxygen?
This can happen when altered mental status causes loss of muscle tone.
What is airway collapse?
When inserting a nasopharyngeal airway, the bevel should face this structure.
What is the nasal septum or base of the nostril?
A suction unit must generate at least this airflow and vacuum.
What are 30 liters per minute and 300 mmHg?
The movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the alveoli and circulating blood is called this.
What is pulmonary respiration?
A nonrebreather mask at 12 to 15 liters per minute generally provides this percentage of oxygen.
What is 80–90%?
A conscious patient with labored breathing, tripod positioning, normal skin color, and pulse oximetry of 96% is experiencing this condition.
What is respiratory distress?