Bronchial Hygiene
This is the minimum age a patient must be to perform PEP.
What is 3 years old?
This is the maximum FiO2 a nasal cannula can provide, though it's never guaranteed.
What is 44%
This is the flow rate the AeroEclipse breath-actuated nebulizer runs at.
What is 8 L/Min?
This is how often a single cannula tracheostomy tube is changed.
What is every 2 weeks?
This is the initial HFNC flow setting, expressed in LPM per kilogram.
What is 2 LPM/kg?
This is the number of sets and breaths that make up one Cough Assist treatment.
What is 5 sets of 5 breaths?
This oxygen device requires no bubbler and is ideal for patients who can't tolerate a nasal cannula or who breathe through their mouth.
What is OxyMask?
This nebulizer device is used to deliver the medication Cayston.
What is the Altera Neb?
True or False: Tracheostomy tubes are cleaned and reused between changes.
What is False (they are never cleaned and reused)?
This is the maximum flow HFNC is limited to, regardless of patient's weight.
What is 25-30 LPM?
This is the solution and the rate it should run inside the IPV nebulizer (no medications allowed).
What is 10-20 mL of normal saline at 1 mL/min?
On a Partial Non-Rebreather mask, flow must stay high enough to prevent the reservoir bag from doing this.
What is collapsing?
For a patient 20 kg or heavier, this is the continuous albuterol dose in milligrams via the mini heart neb.
What is 15 mg?
This person must be present at every trach tube change.
Who is the Respiratory Therapist (RT)?
Cannula size for 2 Kg patient when delivering 10 LPM.
What is yellow cannula?
This is the first thing you should confirm immediately after starting an IPV treatment to know it's working.
What is visible chest wiggle?
This is the minimum flow rate (in L/min) required to operate a Heated Trach Mask.
What is 10 L/min?
This is the total solution volume (medication plus saline) used for the mini heart neb continuous albuterol treatment.
What is 20 mL?
This is how often the inner cannula of a trach tube is changed.
What is daily?
Within this many minutues of starting HFNC, you should expect to see decreased work of breathing and improved comfort.
What is 60 minutes?
This is the standard Vest Therapy treatment for a CF patient compared to all other patients using the band.
What is 30 minutes (CF) vs 20 minutes (all other patients/band)
Physicians must be notified when a patient's oxygen requirement reaches this percentage.
What is 40%?
After the first 30-minute check, this is how often a continuous albuterol treatment should be reassessed.
What is every hour?
At the bedside of every trach patient, you must have a backup trach of the same size, a backup trach a half-size smaller, trach pants, trach ties, suction card, syringe; but this device is used to guide insertion.
What is the obturator?
During a High Flow Holiday, if WOB/HR/RR are acceptable but SpO2 stays at or below 90%, this is the outcome per the algorithm.
What is PASS to conventional NC?