Respiration
Airway
Airway Part 2
Assessing for Adequate Breathing
True/False
100
The ____ can obstruct the upper airway in patients with altered mental status.
Tongue
100
How should you make an opening for the airway?
Manuel Maneuvers, Suction, and Mechanical Airway.
100
How long should you suction the patient?
No longer than 15 seconds.
100
How should you assess for adequate breathing?
Assess the rate, rhythm, quality, and depth.
100
Is it true that an oxygen tank holds 2000 psi?
True
200
What are the four components of Respiration?
Pulmonary Ventilation, External Respiration, Internal Respiration and Cellular Respiration.
200
What are some abdominal airway sounds?
Snoring, Strider, Crowing and Gurgling.
200
When should you place an OPA in a patient?
Use should only use an OPA in conscious patients.
200
Why should you watch for color improvement in a patient when ventilating them?
To see if the patient is getting adequate ventilation.
200
Does it take 2 EMTs to use the Bag-Valve-Mask on one patient?
False, it should on take one EMT.
300
Which airway extends from the cricoid cartilage to the alveoli?
Lower Airway
300
When should you use the "Jaw-Thrust Maneuver" method?
Use when spinal injury is suspected.
300
Why should you never turn the OPA in a babies mouth?
It could cause trauma for the baby.
300
What happens if a patient is working harder to breathe?
They are in respiratory distress.
300
When using the Bag-Valve-Mask on a patient is it true you use the E-C technique?
True
400
____ is a low oxygen content in the external blood.
Hypoxemia
400
When should you use the "Head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver?
Should be used when no spinal injury is suspected.
400
How should you measure an OPA for a patient?
Measure from the corner of the ear to the mouth.
400
What should you do if your patient went into inadequate breathing?
Immediately ventilate them.
400
When using Mouth-to-mouth ventilation does 15% oxygen get delivered?
False, 16% does.
500
What are sounds of mild to moderate hypoxia?
Tachypnea, Dyspnea, pale, cool, clammy skin and elevation in blood pressure.
500
What is something you should not do when using the "head-tilt, chin-lift" for children?
Avoid overextension of the neck.
500
When should you use a NPA over an OPA?
If the patient shows gag reflexes.
500
What could inadequate breathing lead to?
Hypoxia.
500
Is it true to place a CPAP mask when the patient is awake?
True.
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