Airway, Ventilation & Respiration

Question 1

Way of opening the airway on Medical patient’s with NO signs of trauma

Answer 1

Head tilt chin lift

Question 2

Maximum time to suction a patient’s airway

Answer 2

No longer than 15 seconds

Question 3

What can increase a patient’s rate and depth of breathing?

Answer 3

Metabolic Acidosis, Anxiety/Pain & Hypoxemia.

Question 4

What can decrease a patient’s rate and depth of breathing?

Answer 4

Metabolic alkalosis, CNS depression & Opiate OD.

Question 5

Kussmaul respirations

Answer 5

DKA response, Deep and rapid breathing.

Question 6

Agonal respirations

Answer 6

“Gasping,” patient in arrest.

Question 7

Bradypenea

Answer 7

RR is less than 12 or (<12). Respiratory depression.

Question 8

Tachypenea

Answer 8

RR is greater than 20 or (>20). Pain/Anxiety, PE, pneumothorax.

Question 9

Ataxic respirations

Answer 9

Irregular with pauses. Strokes, trauma: damage to the medulla oblongata.

Question 10

Cheyne-stokes respirations

Answer 10

Fast and shallow to heavy and deep respirations. Trauma, tumors and heart failure.

Question 11

Ventilation

Answer 11

Air in and out of the lungs

Question 12

Oxygenation

Answer 12

How well oxygen bings to hemoglobin on red blood cells.

Question 13

What does CPAP do?

Answer 13

Brings positive pressure into the airways, allows the aveoli to remain open and pushes fluid off.

Question 14

CPAP Indications

Answer 14

CHF, Asthma, COPD, pneumonia and drownings.

Question 15

CPAP Contraindications

Answer 15

Unresponsive, hypotensive, pneumothorax, arrest and nausea/vomiting.