ghosts
You are attempting to relieve a severe airway blockage in a responsive pt. You should give
chest thrusts
The structures with in the lungs that allow exchange of gases with the bloodstream are known as the...
alveoli
Your pt fell 20 feet from his roof, the pt is unresponsive, how are you going to open his airway
jaw thrust
What is the most common cause when the BVM will not deliver air into the pt's lungs?
a poor seal with the face
When should you not use a nasal pharyngeal airway
when the pt has a skull fracture.
A responsive infant is choking you should
give 5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts
A nonrebreather mask at 12-15 lpm can deliver what percentage of Oxygen to the pt....
80-90
The oxygen flow rate for a nasal cannula should not exceed ____ lpm
what is 6
What should be done if dentures become loose and become an airway issue
remove them
In an unresponsive pt what is most likely blocking the airway
What is the tongue
An adult pt was choking and went unresponsive before the foreign body was dislodged form his airway, what should you do now...
begin CPR
What color is an oxygen tank
Green
The point at which the trachea divides into the mainstem bronchi is called the
carina
what direction does the diaphragm move when the diaphragm contracts..
what is downwards
The cartilage that is the narrowest part of the airway in a child is the
What is the cricoid cartilage
The movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the alveoli and circulating blood is called ....
external respiration
A pocket mask with no supplemental oxygen would provide the pt with what percent of Oxygen ...
16 percent
what color will cyanotic skin be...
blue
What is the organ affected first when clinical death occurs
What is the brain
The movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide across the cell membranes from the capillaries is called...
What is internal respirations
What is the best device to use to deliver high concentrations oxygen to a breathing pt.
Nonrebreather mask
when is an oralpharyngeal airway contraindicated
when the pt has a gag reflex
Prevents food and fluids from entering the the trachea..
what is the epiglottis
What structure contains the vocal chords
What is the larynx
What direction should the beveled edge point when inserting the nasal pharyngeal airway
what is toward the septum