ICU

Question 1

ETT / Trache tubes

Answer 1

Can go through nose, mouth or trachea
Sits 5-7 cm above carina
Flex tube sits lower
Extend it sits higher

Question 2

CVP

Answer 2

Enters via jugular and sits in superior vena cava
Measures central venous pressure and gives drugs
Continously changed and issues with thrombosis

Question 3

ECG (Electrocardiogram)

Answer 3

White: right arm
Black: left arm
Red: Left leg

Measures electrical activity of the heart

Question 4

Swan-Ganz line

Answer 4

Through the jugular or the subclavian into the superior vena cava through the right atrium and ventricle and sits in the pulmonary artery.

Measures CO, monitors cardiac state and knowing what the right side is doing tells you what the left side is doing = wedge pressure

Question 5

Hickmans line and Portacath

Answer 5

Through the subclavian into the SVC or irght atrium to infuse dangerous drugs

Question 6

NG tube

Answer 6

Remove stomach gas if patient on ventilation

Give food and drugs

Question 7

Chest drain

Answer 7

Anterior- superior = ptx
posterior- inferior = effusions

Placed through the 5th intercostals space in the axillary line

Question 8

Head bolt

Answer 8

Inserted in the subarachnoid space measuring the intracranial pressure

Question 9

Arterial lines

Answer 9

placed in the radial artery and femoral artery

So they can measure BP and draw blood

Question 10

Syringe pump

Answer 10

Timely infusion of drugs

Question 11

PICC line (Peripherally inserted central catheter)

Answer 11

Through the subcubital vein into the superior vena cava to administer drugs