Pharmacology
This is a combination med in an MDI that dilates bronchi, prevents constriction, and decreases mucus production.
What is Combivent?
There are four indications for an artificial airway.
What is VOPS?
The six causes of hypoxemia are.
What is FiO2< .21, high altitudes, V/Q mismatch, diffusion defects, hypoventilation, and true shunt?
Retained secretions cause these two problems.
What is hypoxemia and infection?
From the tip of the nose to the glottis.
What is the upper airway?
This is the first medication added after the quick reliever for persistent asthma.
What are inhaled corticosteroids?
This marking on an endotracheal tube helps identify whether the tube is in the correct position on X-ray.
What is the radiopaque line?
Too much oxygen can have a blinding effect on premature infants.
What is ROP - retrolental hyperplasia?
PEP therapy holds the airway open and loosens mucus, and is most beneficial for patients with what disease?
What are the CBABEs?
The Vt - the PBW in ml would be.
What is the anatomical deadspace?
Hold it like a hamburger and suck it like a shake. This is the manufacturer's instruction for this famous DPI.
What is Advair?
This helps to hold the tube in place and prevent aspiration.
What is the cuff?
This device provides the pt.'s entire inspired atmosphere and a precise FiO2 for patients with unstable ventilatory patterns.
What is a high-flow system?
This device provides the patient with a large Vt and then applies negative pressure to pull the breath and mucus from the airway.
What is cough assist?
The S1 heart sound, or DUB, is the closure of which valves, and what does it signify?
What are the AV valves and systole?
These are two anesthetic agents often used for RSI.
What are Etomidate and Propofol?
A complication of suctioning is recognized when the pt. becomes bradycardic and hypotensive.
What is Vagal stimulation?
This device can refresh the inspired air in the anatomic deadspace of the upper airway.
What is a HHFNC?
This device provides PEP, oscillatory vibrations, and nebulized medication therapy.
What is Volara - Oscillation and Lung Expansion (OLE)?
The process of changing venous blood to arterial blood at the AC membrane is known as.
What is external respiration?
This short-acting benzodiazepine is often used for conscious sedation and may leave the post-procedure patient wondering when the procedure will start.
What is versed?
This is the maximum pressure at which an endotracheal tube cuff should be maintained.
What is 30 cm H2O?
This level of oxygen correlates with 90% of the HB being 100% saturated with oxygen.
What is a PO2 of 60 mm Hg?
The therapy that uses specific body positions, often combined with gravity, to help drain mucus from the various lung segments.
What is postural drainage?
Systemic blood pressure is a relationship between these two forces.
What are cardiac output and peripheral resistance?