Chapter 10 - Airway Management, Ventilation, Oxygenation

Question 0

What is hypoxemia

Answer 0

A low oxygen content in the arterial blood

Question 1

What are the 4 types of respiration and what do they do?

Answer 1

Pulmonary - moving in and out
External - alveoli/capillary gas exchange
Internal - gas exchange between the cells and systemic capillaries
Cellular - the breakdown of glucose

Question 2

What is hypoxia

Answer 2

An inadequate amount of oxygen being delivered to the cells

Question 3

What is the narrowest portion of the upper airway in children?

Answer 3

The cricoid cartilage

Question 4

What are the 2 manual airway maneuvers

Answer 4

Head tilt, chin lift

Jaw thrust

Question 5

What are the 2 mechinacal airways?

Answer 5

Oropharyngeal

Nasopharyngeal

Question 6

What airway opening maneuver would you use on a patient with a suspected spinal injury

Answer 6

Jaw thrust

Question 7

During suction, how far should you insert the catheter be inserted

Answer 7

Only as far as you can see

Question 8

What is a stoma?

Answer 8

A surgical opening in the front of the neck

Question 9

at what rate would you flow a nasal cannula

Answer 9

2 to 6 lpm

Question 10

At what rate would you flow oxygen in a non rebreather mask?

Answer 10

15 lpm