Lesson 5 - Oxygen and Suction

Question 1

hypoxemia

Answer 1

abnormally low levels of oxygen

Question 2

hypoxia

Answer 2

inadequate oxygen supply to tissues

Question 3

how long can the brain function without oxygen

Answer 3

six minutes

Question 4

oxygen therapy goals

Answer 4

maintain adequate tissue oxygenation
minimize the increased heart rate associated with low oxygen levels

Question 5

partial pressure

Answer 5

way of assessing the number of molecules of a particular gas in a mixture of gases

Question 6

whats oxygen tension

Answer 6

amount of air in arteriole blood
written as
PaO2

Question 7

what is used to prevent excessive acidity

Answer 7

HCO3

Question 8

whats hypoventilation

Answer 8

inadequate ventilation of the lungs
Poor expulsion of carbon dioxide

Question 9

whats a result of hypoventilation

Answer 9

hypercapnia

Question 10

whats metabolic acidosis

Answer 10

electrolyte disorder caused by an imbalance in the body’s pH

Question 11

whats a result of metabolic acidosis

Answer 11

respiratory acidiosis

Question 12

Arterial blood gases (ABG)

Answer 12

a test by taking a sample of arterial blood for its concentration

Question 13

Fraction of inspired oxygen FiO2

Answer 13

how much oxygen the patient is inhaled
troubled breathing patients is low

Question 14

whats the percentage of oxygen in natural air

Answer 14

21%

Question 15

horowitz index / carrico index

Answer 15

comparison of how much oxygen in blood vs how much inhaled

Question 16

normal breaths per minute

Answer 16

adult; 15-20
child; 20-30
infant; 30-60

Question 17

what is a pulsy oximetry

Answer 17

device used to monitor the oxygen saturation of hemoglobin

Question 18

how is the pulse oximetry used

Answer 18

photodetector on a finger scanner calculates it

Question 19

where is ABG happen

Answer 19

radial artery
brachial artery
femoral artery

Question 20

who needs oxygen therapy

Answer 20

impaired oxygen intake, trauma, shock, sleep apnea, acute anxiety, COPD, lung tumours

Question 21

oxygen delivery systems in hospital

Answer 21

piped into the room attached to the wall
flow rate 0-15LPM

Question 22

portable oxygen in hospitals

Answer 22

in compressed and dispened tanks
Green is the universal colour for oxygen

Question 23

2 types of oxygen delivery devices

Answer 23

low and high flow delivery

Question 24

low flow delivery systems

Answer 24

patient breaths in natural air as well as 100% oxygen
amount may fluctuate

Question 25

high flow delivery systems

Answer 25

the same amount of oxygen is breathed in precisely mixed

Question 26

whats a nasal cannula

Answer 26

a low-flow oxygen device that goes in the patient's external nares with prongs and delivers 21-60% oxygen 1-4 LPM

Question 27

whats a mask oxygen delivery

Answer 27

Plastic masks cover the patient's mouth and nose, not comfortable short term 30-50% oxygen need to flush carbon dioxide 5LPM

Question 28

non-rebreather masks

Answer 28

high flow oxygen delivery system 15 LPM 60-80% oxygen

Question 29

difference between partial rebreather masks and rebreather masks

Answer 29

partial rebreather masks have a two way valve from the mask to the bag so some exhaled oxygen gets in the bag

Question 30

nebulizer

Answer 30

drug delivery through mist inhaled into the lungs 8LPM 28-100%

Question 31

Venturi masks

Answer 31

give exact oxygen levels mixes air with 100% oxygen

Question 32

oxygen tents/hoods

Answer 32

hood that goes over patient's head or body, often for pediatrics

Question 33

transtracheal delivery system

Answer 33

ET or tracheostomy tube for long term ventilation

Question 34

ET vs tracheostomy tube

Answer 34

et goes in the mouth and has a balloon tracheostomy is surgically put into the trachea

Question 35

short term oxygen toxicity

Answer 35

reversible tracheobronchitis (inflammed trachea and bronchiolis)

Question 36

long term oxygen toxicity

Answer 36

irreversible parenchymal lung injury

Question 37

Hazards of oxygen administration

Answer 37

Infections thrive in oxygenated environments

Question 38

what to use for suctioning

Answer 38

wall mounted units and yankauer

Question 39

contraindictions to suctioning

Answer 39

facial injuries loose teeth bleeding esophagus recent nose surgery