Chapter 10- Unresponsive patients

Question 1

With an unresponsive patient or a patient with a decreased LOC, you should

Answer 1

immediately assess the patency of the airway

Question 2

If there is a potential for trauma use the __________ to open the airway

Answer 2

jaw thrust maneuver

Question 3

If it can be confirmed that the patient did not experience a traumatic event, or if you cannot obtain a patent airway with the jaw thrust maneuver, use the ____________

Answer 3

head-tilt chin-lift maneuver to open and maintain a patent airway

Question 4

Another cause of airway obstruction in an unconscious patient could be ________

Answer 4

relaxation of the tongue muscles, allowing the tongue to fall to the back of the throat

Question 5

How should you address a tongue falling to the back of the throat?

Answer 5

Positioning the airway & placing an oral or nasal airway

Question 6

What are other foreign objects that may also create an obstruction

Answer 6

Dentures
Blood clots
Vomitus
Mucus
Food
Other foreign objects

Question 7

How can foreign objects be cleared from the mouth?

Answer 7

Manual techniques
Suctioning

Question 8

Signs of airway obstruction in an unconscious patient include the following:

Answer 8

Obvious trauma, blood, or other obstruction
Noisy breathing such as bubbling gurgling, crowing, strider, or other abnormal sounds (Normal breathing is quiet)
Extremely shallow or absent breathing (airway obstructions may impair breathing)

Question 9

If any of these conditions exist, the airway is considered _____

Answer 9

inadequate

Question 10

You should open it using head-tilt chin lift maneuver as necessary. If the patients airway is not quickly managed, the body will not be able to receive _______

Answer 10

Oxygen