What would you classify the following image of using the Mallampati? Class 2.PNG
The cuff pressure manometer is unavailable; therefore, you w…
The cuff pressure manometer is unavailable; therefore, you would manage the cuff by using the _________ technique until the cuff manometer can be secured.
After a physician intubates a patient in the emergency room,…
After a physician intubates a patient in the emergency room, your partner begins manual ventilation with 100% O2. On auscultation, you note the absence of breath sounds, but hear gurgling over the left upper epigastric region. Which of the following has most likely occured?
High-Lo-Evac tube is used to help prevent the risk of the pa…
High-Lo-Evac tube is used to help prevent the risk of the patient acquiring Hepatitis C?
“Fenestrated” tubes are beneficial to the weaning process of…
“Fenestrated” tubes are beneficial to the weaning process of trach patients and in evaluation for decannulation?
Confirmation of correct endotracheal tube placement may incl…
Confirmation of correct endotracheal tube placement may include: 1. Assessment of bilateral breath sounds 2. Color change on EZCAP device 3. Chest radiograph 4. Negative auscultation of air movement over the stomach
Before beginning an intubation procedure, the practitioner s…
Before beginning an intubation procedure, the practitioner should check and confirm the operation of which of the following? 1. Larygoscope light source 2. Endotracheal tube cuff 3. Suction equipment 4. Cardiac defibrillator
Which of the following equipment would you gather before ext…
Which of the following equipment would you gather before extubating a patient? 1. Suctioning Apparatus 2. Oxygen or Aerosol Therapy Equipment 3. Manual Resuscitator and Mask 4. Intubation Equipment
What size endotracheal tube would you select for an adult fe…
What size endotracheal tube would you select for an adult female?
When using a disposable CO2 indicator to confirm ET tube pla…
When using a disposable CO2 indicator to confirm ET tube placement in the airway, an unreliable indicator of mainstem bronchial intubation will result in a ____________.