How do I love thee? Let me count the airways.
Gassy McGasserson
This Sucks
RT Farty
"No Cap"-nography
100
When assisting with a nasotracheal intubation, the use of _______________ can be used to help guide the tube into the trachea.
What are Magill forceps
100
An area of the lung that has no blood flow but is normally ventilated.
What is dead space?
100
How often should airway suctioning of an intubated patient should be performed
What is done only when indicated (coarse crackles, rhonchi, wheeze)?
100
This organization developed the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct that seeks to establish parameters of behavior for members of the Respiratory Therapy profession.
Who is the AARC
100
the approximate range for normal ETCO2 capnography levels.
What is 35 to 45 mmHg
200
The tip of the ETT should sit at approximately this far above the carina, and in this area if the carina is not able to be seen.
What is 3 to 5 cm above carina or between T2 and T4 if not unable to visualize carina?
200
How is the vast majority of O2 carried in the blood?
What is combined with Hemoglobin?
200
Name Four (4) ways to avoid atelectasis while suctioning an intubated patient's airway.
what is limit negative pressure to 100 to 120 mm hg, keep duration shorter than 15 seconds, us appropriate sized catheter (less than half the diameter of airway), and avoid disconnecting from ventilator (and thus losing PEEP)
200
The principle that acknowledges the patients’ personal liberty and their right to decide their own course of treatment.
What is Autonomy?
200
While performing CPR, the ETCO2 that was at 20 mmHg suddenly increased to 40 mmHg, what most likely occurred?
What is Return of Spontaneous Circulations (ROSC) was achieved?
300
Name four (4) ways used to confirm Endotracheal tube placement include:
What is CO2 detection/capnography/ETCO2, auscultation, chest rise, and CXR?
300
Why is it necessary to keep the patient’s PaO2 greater than 60 mm Hg?
What is A level of 60 mm Hg marks the beginning of the steep part of O2Hb dissociation curve.
300
You have just given your patient a 0.03 mg/ml dose of methacholine to assess for asthma. The subsequent forced vital capacity (FVC) shows no change. What should you do next?
What is double the dose and repeat the FVC maneuver?
300
The primary determinant of the PAO2 (alveolar O2 pressure)?
What is the PO2 (FiO2) of the inspired gas?
300
Name three (3) benefits of high flow nasal cannula:
What is, it provides a more stable FiO2, Enhanced flow washes out the CO2, provides PEEP (Estimated that about 1 cmH2O PEEP is established for every 10 LPM flow though the HFNC), and reduces anatomic dead space
400
A mallampati score of __________ would indicate that the patient's airway may be most difficult to intubate.
What is IV (four)?
400
The process of moving oxygen to tissues for aerobic metabolism and removal of carbon dioxide is called...
What is respiration?
400
After a resting exhalation, air still remains in the lungs. What is this volume called?
What is Functional Residual Capacity (FRC)
400
The minimum amount of time that blood must take to flow across the pulmonary capillary for equilibration of O2 to occur across the alveolar-capillary membrane?
what is 0.25 seconds?
400
Seen a Flow Volume Loop, which measurement represents the highest flow speed of exhalation?
What is Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR)
500
Name three (3) recommended ways/methods that reduce the chance of tracheal wall injury while managing ET tube cuff pressure.
What is keep pressure between 20 to 30 cmH2O, Minimal occlusion volume/technique, and Minimal leak technique
500
The movement of particles from a high-concentration area to a low-concentration area until they are evenly spread out is called:
What is diffusion?
500
Using the Volume-Time graph, which curve demonstrates restrictive disease?
What is C?
500
What is the normal range of PAO2 – PaO2 (A to a Gradient) for healthy young adults breathing room air?
what is 5 to 10 mmHg?
500
What test would be most appropriate to order to confirm the presence of atelectasis?
What is a Chest X-ray