Chest treatment in Critical Care Flashcards
Donning PPE order?
- hand hygiene
- gown
- mask / respirator
- eye protection
- gloves
Doffing PPE order?
- ensure you are 2 m away from pt before beginning
- gloves
- hand hygiene
- gown
- hand hygiene
- eye protection
- hand hygiene
- mask / respirator
- hand hygiene
3 components of resp ax?
- pt history
- physical examination
- lab tests and investigations
In normal lung, ventilation is best is _______ region
dependent
For pt on mechanical ventilation, ventilation is best in ________ region of lungs
non-dependent (air follows path of least resistance)
Perfusion in normal lung is a _____ pressure system and therefore responds more to _____
low; gravity
________ is our best position for V/Q match as it improves overall ventilation
upright
Mechanical ventilation can limit _______ due to high pressures in thorax
perfusion
______ zone of lung has best V/Q matching
middle
Generally place bad lung ___
up (non-dependent position)
When someone has and epidural, be aware of ___ changes
BP
Who do we prone ?
ARDS or ALI pts
Why we prone: 75% of ARDS pt’s have decrease in ____ and increase in PaO2
shunt
Why we prone: generally allows for decrease in ___ and ______ levels
FiO2; PEEP
Why we prone: generally allows for decrease in ______
PaCO2
4 precautions to proning?
- hemodynamic instability
- active intra abdominal process
- facial or ocular injuries
- recent sternotomy or abdominal incisions
3 CI’s to proning?
- unstable spina injury
- uncontrolled cerebral hypertension
- facial trauma / burns / open chest or abdomen
When proning, head and arm position change every ___ hours, and pt is prone for __-___ hours
2; 2-18
Lung volume recruitment techniques produce an ____ breath that is larger than the pt or ventilator delivered TV
inspiritory
3 indications to perform lung volume recruitment technique?
- acute lobar collapse
- sputum clearance
- maintenance lung compliance and thoracic mobility
Lung volume recruitment techniques can be performed only with non-ventilated pts (T/F)
FALSE; ventilated and non ventilated
4 lung volume recruitment technique examples ?
- breath stacking with an ambu bag +/- a one way valve
- manual hyperinflation
- mechanical insufflation / exsufflation machine
- ventilator hyperinflation
5 CI’s to lung volume recruitment techniques?
- undrained pneumothorax
- proximal tumor / obstruction
- unstable head injury
- HFOV
- recent thoracic sx (unless you have surgeons permission)