Equipment/beds

Question 1

Tube inserted into the trachea to maintain airway

Answer 1

Tracheal tube

Question 2

Use of continuous airway pressure for a spontaneously breeding patient. Keeps airway open

Answer 2

Continuous positive airway pressure CPAP

Question 3

Test that records the hearts electrical activity

Answer 3

Electrocardiogram

Question 4

Line placed in an artery to monitor blood pressure

Answer 4

Arterial line

Question 5

Line inserted into vein to obtain venous blood and infuse nutrients and meditation

Answer 5

Intravenous line IV

Question 6

Catheter placed into large vein to measure central venous pressure, administer meds, obtain blood tests

Answer 6

Central IV

Question 7

Catheter inserted into pulmonary artery. Detects heart failure or sepsis. Measures heart and pulmonary artery pressure

Answer 7

Pulmonary artery catheter PAC or Swan

Question 8

Pressure measurements inside the skull in relation to cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 8

Intracranial pressure

Question 9

Measurement of blood pressure in the thoracic vena cava. Assesses filling of right ventricle

Answer 9

Central venous pressure

Question 10

Tube inserted into plural space to remove air, fluid, pus

Answer 10

Chest tube

Question 11

Tube inserted in the nose to stomach

Answer 11

Nasogastric tube

Question 12

Tube through the abdomen directly to the stomach

Answer 12

Gastric tube

Question 13

Patient is fed intravenously

Answer 13

Total parenteral nutrition TPN

Question 14

Tube pushed through the urethra into bladder

Answer 14

Foley catheter

Question 15

Tube inserted into bladder through abdomen

Answer 15

Suprapubic catheter

Question 16

Condom type device that is placed over penis to collect urine

Answer 16

External catheter

Question 17

Tube with two nostril openings to deliver oxygen

Answer 17

Nasal cannula

Question 18

Mask that fits over patients tracheostomy site to deliver oxygen

Answer 18

Tracheostomy mask

Question 19

Typical hospital bed. Most common. Can be made hard for CPR

Answer 19

Standard adjustable bed

Question 20

Used when skeletal stability and alignment our desired. Allows one person to turn patient from prone to supine

Answer 20

Turning frame (Stryker Wedge)

Question 21

Patients who cannot change position on their own. Contains micro-spheres

Answer 21

Air fluidized support bed

Question 22

Maintains a seriously injured patient in a stable position. Rocks side to side

Answer 22

Post trauma mobility bed

Question 23

Adjustable air bladders. Patients who require prolonged immobilization

Answer 23

Low air loss therapy bed

Question 24

What are the three types of traction

Answer 24

– Manual
– Skin
– Skeletal

Question 25

Types of skeletal traction

Answer 25

– Balanced suspension
– Skull
– External fixation
– Internal fixation

Question 26

Used to propel gas or air into patient’s lungs

Answer 26

Mechanical ventilator