Respiratory Management Flashcards
EPIGLOTTITIS Adult S/S (7)
– Difficulty swallowing – Painful swallowing – Sore throat – Muffled voice – Tachycardia – Pain on palpation of anterior neck – Sniffing position
EPIGLOTTITIS Peds S/S (8)
– Acute High fever – Anxious – Sniffing position – Breathing difficulty – Stridor – Voice absence – Drooling – Difficulty swallowing
EPIGLOTTITIS Tx (5)
– O2 if it does not agitate patient
– Do not look into the airway!
– Rapid transport
– Keep advanced airway equipment available
– Maintain high suspicion for impending respiratory failure
CROUP S/S (5)
- Upper airway infection
- Just below the glottis
- Swollen and inflamed mucosa
- Seal bark cough, 3-4 days
- Hoarse, inspiratory stridor
- No difficulty swallowing, drooling
- Low grade fever
• Patient population: 6 mo to 6 yrs
CROUP Mild S/S (5)
– Minimal distress – Normal mental status – Well hydrated – Stridor when agitated – Intermittent cough
CROUP Moderate S/S (6)
– Stridor at rest – Alert, interactive, irritable – Classic cough – Tachypnea – Retractions at rest – Good air movement
CROUP Severe S/S (5)
– Stridor and retractions at rest – Poor air entry – Impending respiratory failure – Altered mental status – Fatigue
CROUP Tx: Mild/Moderate/Severe
– Position of comfort
– Pulse oximetry
– Mild:
– saline nebs
– Moderate / Severe: – racemic epinephrine nebs – Corticosteroids per protocol – Be alert for signs of respiratory failure / arrest –BVM 100% O2
BACTERIAL TRACHEITIS S/S (5)
- 4 y/o more common but can be any age
- 2:1 males to females
- Fever / chills• Inspiratory stridor
- Brassy, barking cough
- Hoarseness
- Dyspnea may be present
- Features of Croup / Epiglottitis but no drooling
- Potential for complete airway obstruction!
BACTERIAL TRACHEITIS Tx (8)
– Antibiotics – Supportive care – IV / fluids PRN – Antipyretics per protocol – Position of comfort – Supplemental O2 – If ETI is needed use 0.5 – 1.0 smaller tube
PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS S/S (4)
– Fever
– Difficult, painful swallowing, neck pain
– Hot potato voice
– Unilateral swelling of posterior throat
PERITONSILLAR ABCESS Tx (6)
– Supportive care – Position of comfort – O2, pulse oximetry – IV, EKG – Antipyretics per protocol – Alert for signs of failure / arrest
PE Contributing Factors (5)
– Venous stasis
–> travel, prolonged bed rest, obesity, burns, varicose veins
– Venous injury
–> surgery, fractures, multi-trauma
– Increased blood coaguability
–> malignancy, BCPs
– Pregnancy
–> delivery (amniotic fluid, clots)
– Disease
–> COPD, CHF, A-fib, MI, DVT, DM, infections
PE Pathophys (6)
– Hypoxemia – Shunting – Bronchoconstriction – Pulmonary hypertension / systemic hypotension – Shock – Death
PE S/S (8)
– Sudden dyspnea – Cough / hemoptysis – Pleural friction rub – CP arrest – Fever – Hypotension – JVD – Chest pain
