Airway

Question 1

Which airway adjunct should be inserted first when delivering ventilation by bag-valve-mask?

Answer 1

OPA

Question 2

Approx. how much mL of air is delivered does a bag-mask device deliver?

Answer 2

600 mL

Question 3

What term relates to the process of loading oxygen molecules onto hemoglobin molecules in the blood stream?

Answer 3

Oxygenation

Question 4

Combitube cannot be used in a patient with severe facial trauma T/F?

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Exhalation is what type of process causing what type of pressure?

Answer 5

Passive/positive

Question 6

COPD Patients respiratory drive depends on what?

Answer 6

Oxygen

Question 7

Before ventilating with a BVM what should be placed?

Answer 7

OPA or NPA

Question 8

What is the name of the nerve that helps innervate the diaphragm?

Answer 8

Phrenic Nerve

Question 9

Suggested flow rate for admin of albuterol neb set?

Answer 9

6-8 liters per minute

Question 10

A lower airway obstruction occurs where?

Answer 10

Bronchioles

Question 11

A patient with renal failure and cyclic vomiting may have what condition?

Answer 11

Metabolic Alkalosis

Question 12

What lung sounds would you hear with pulmonary edema?

Answer 12

Crackles

Question 13

Prolonged suction may ause what?

Answer 13

Aspiration and hypoxemia

Question 14

What chemical is produced in the body to keep atelectasis or the collapse of alveoli

Answer 14

Surfactant

Question 15

What is the MOST serious complication with suctioning?

Answer 15

Hypoxia

Question 16

What is the normal ETCO2 (the level of CO2 that is released at the end of an exhaled breath) range of an adult?

Answer 16

35-45 mmHg

Question 17

During respiration, as blood from the right side of the heart circulates past the lungs, it drops off _____ and picks up _____?

Answer 17

CO2 and oxygen

Question 18

What is hypoxemia?

Answer 18

Low levels of oxygen in blood

Question 19

What is hypoxia?

Answer 19

Low levels of oxygen in tissue

Question 20

What measurement is used for CPAP and BIPAP?

Answer 20

cm/H2o

Question 21

At what point does brain damage occur with oxygen deprivation?

Answer 21

6-10 mins

Question 22

The use of albuterol is responsible for bronchodilation, easing the effort of breathing in a patient with asthma. How is this accomplished?

Answer 22

By activating beta-2 receptors

Question 23

What is the average tidal volume of an adult?

Answer 23

500ml

Question 24

What type of respiration pattern is described as sequences of deep gasps, apnea then more gasps?

Answer 24

Biot’s Respirations

Question 25

Anytime gurgling respirations are heard what must immediately be done to prevent aspiration?

Answer 25

Suctioning

Question 26

What type of respirations might be heard in a patient with DKA?

Answer 26

Kussmaul (rapid and deep)

Question 27

How is dyspnea described?

Answer 27

Difficulty breathing

Question 28

What structure of the brain is in charge of controlling ventilation?

Answer 28

Medulla

Question 29

When intrathoracic pressure drops below atmospheric pressure, what happens to the lungs?

Answer 29

They inflate

Question 30

What is the proper way of delivering ventilations to an adult patient?

Answer 30

Deliver each breath over 1 second at a rate of 10-12 breaths per minute

Question 31

When placing a secondary airway device, which of the following should be done just prior to placing the tube?

Answer 31

Tongue-jaw lift

Question 32

What concentration of oxygen is delivered with a BVM?

Answer 32

21%

Question 33

What is another name for a personal inhaler (albuterol inhaler)

Answer 33

MDI (metered dose inhaler)

Question 34

Air and food passes through which portion of the upper airway?

Answer 34

Pharynx

Question 35

Average tidal volume of an adult?

Answer 35

500ml

Question 36

What two layers of tissue protect the lungs and play a vital role in the expansion and contraction of the lungs?

Answer 36

Parietal Pleura and Visceral Pleura

Question 37

What is the most common cause of acute bronchitis?

Answer 37

A viral infection

Question 38

Does the diaphragm move upward or downward on inhalation?

Answer 38

Downward

Question 39

What is the oxygen concentration for a nasal canula set between 1-6 liters a min?

Answer 39

24-44%

Question 40

What joins the pharynx and the trachea?

Answer 40

Larynx

Question 41

You should initiate O2 therapy if SPO2 falls below what?

Answer 41

94%

Question 42

The alveolocapillary membrane is how many cell layers thick?

Answer 42

1

Question 43

Pediatric assessment triangle

Answer 43

Circulation, appearance, working of breathing

Question 44

What does chest pain, congestion, crackles, rales indicate?

Answer 44

Left ventricular failure