Ethics
This ethical principle focuses on allowing patients to make their own healthcare decisions.
What is autonomy?
A written act of defamation is known as this.
What is libel?
This is the first step in basic life support.
What is determine unresponsiveness?
AVAPS stands for this.
What is Average Volume-Assured Pressure Support?
The leading cause of death in adults over 40 in the United States.
What is sudden cardiac arrest?
These written directives help resolve ethical dilemmas involving life-sustaining care.
What are a living will and durable power of attorney?
This branch of law concerns the rights and duties of private individuals and organizations.
What is civil law?
The most common cause of airway obstruction in unconscious patients is this.
What is the tongue falling back into the pharynx?
First-line therapy for OHS with concomitant OSA.
What is CPAP?
The artery palpated in infants during assessment.
What is the brachial artery?
This ethical principle is practiced when a respiratory therapist defers medical questions to the physician.
What is role fidelity?
Practicing below a reasonable standard of care is this type of malpractice.
What is civil malpractice?
The correct compression-to-ventilation ratio for single rescuer adult CPR.
What is 30:2?
This NIV mode targets tidal volume rather than IPAP with fixed EPAP.
What is AVAPS?
Best way to judge ventilation effectiveness during CPR.
What is observing chest rise?
Confidentiality may be breached under this circumstance.
What is when the welfare of the community or vulnerable individual is at stake?
Discussing a patient coding in the cafeteria violates this federal protection.
What is HIPAA?
The best way to increase survival rates in the field during cardiac arrest.
What is early defibrillation?
A significant predictor of survival in neuromuscular disease.
What is vital capacity and/or NIF?
This NIV adjustment helps correct flow mismatch when patient wants more flow.
What is increase IPAP and adjust rise time?
This document provides specific professional guidance for resolving ethical dilemmas.
What is a code of ethics?
If a physician orders an incorrect bronchodilator dose that leads to death, negligence may involve these individuals.
Who are the respiratory therapist, physician, and pharmacist?
This airway maneuver is used initially in suspected spinal trauma.
What is the jaw thrust maneuver?
A COPD patient with an FEV1/FVC <60% and an increased PaCO2 may benefit from using this therapy long-term.
What is NIV
Signs of upper airway obstruction may include these.
What are poor air exchange, inspiratory stridor, inability to speak, and drooling?