Exam 1 Flashcards
What gas are you using if you have a white cylinder?
O2
What is th emax peak airway pressure you should generate during bag and mask ventilation ? (same appiies for LMA)
20cmH20
While in VCV, you change the RR from 10 to 20 bpm. Which parameter do you expect to increase the greatest?
Peak airway pressure (shorter time to deliver the same tidal volume)
If the RR is 8 bpm and the I:E ratio is 1:2, how long is inspiration?
2.5sec
When the machine is in standby, all of the following are available except:
A. O2 flush
B. Auxillary O2
C. Flowmeters
D. Suction
E. All items are available
C. Flowmeters (are not available)
If O2 supply pressure drops to 10psi, describe the order of the safety mechanisms?
1st: O2 fail-safe alarms
2nd: O2 fail-safe device activates
3rd: N2O flow stops
(Remember Alarms @ 30psi, N2O stops @ 20psi)
Changing only the I:E ratio form 1:4 to 1:1 would have the following effect on ventilation?
A. increase RR
B. increase possibility of Auto-PEEP
C. Increase Paw
D. Increase Respiratory flow rate
E. Increase Plateau Pressure seen w/ inspiratory pause
B. Increase possibility of Auto-PEEP
Which of the following statements are False regarding wall or column gas pipeline connections:
A. there are no std. connectors for wall or column outlets
B. Wall or column outlets use DISS finttings
C. Wall or column connectors for O2 will not under any circumstances connect to the column for air or N2O
D. DISS connections can be more leak prone than quick connect fittings
D.Diss connections can be more leak prone than quick connect fittings is FALSE
Which ventilation mode utilizes a decelerating flow pattern?
A. VCV
B. PCV
C. SIMV
D. IMV
E. SV
B. PCV
Which of the following is not an anesthesia machine function?
A. Receive gases from pipeline or cylinders
B. Measure a precise amount of gases and load them with anesthetic vapors
C. Provide gases to pt.
D. Ensure pt. is stable and alive
E. All of the above are machine functions
D. Ensure pt. is stable and alive
(machine provides the tools for monitoring; it’syour your job to ensure the stability of the pt. )
A morbidly obese pt. is undergoing a laparoscopic gastric proc. After insulflation of the abdomen with CO2, you note that the Paw is 45cmH2O on your Aisys machine. Each of the following adjustments would be expected to lower Peak pressure EXCEPT:
A. Changing I:E from 1:3 to 1:2
B. Decreasing RR
C. Reducing the tidal volume
D. Switching to PCV
E. Reducing fresh gas flow from 3L/min to 1L/min
E. Reducing fresh gas flow from 3L/min to 1L/min
(it will only on the EXCEL due to fresh gas coupling)
If the pipeline pressure is 46 psi and the cylinder si 47 psi, which gas supply will the machine use?
Cylinder
You are administering 1L/min O2 and 1L/min N2O using an older Datex-Ohmeda machine. There is a sudden loss of O2 pipeline pressure. Which activates the fail-safe system. You immediately switch to the onboard O2-cylinder without adjusting flowmeters. Describe the action fo the floats.
Both floats go to zero and then rise back to their previous values.
What happens to expiratory time when you increase RR?
A. Shortens
B. Lengthens
C. Nothing
D. it depends
A. Shortens
If you are told that an E-cylinder is empty, what is the pressure in the cylinder?
A. 14.7 psig
B. 14.7 psia
C. 0 psia
D. 2200 psig
B. 14.7 psia
(which is equal to 0 psig)
You are doing a lap. cholecystectomy on a 100 kg pt. Teh abdomen is insulflated. Ventilator setting are TV=1000ml, RR=10, I:E=1:2. Actual tidal volume delivered is 400 ml w/ peak airway pressure @ 42cmH20. What would be the best way to reduce Paw on a machine that does not have PCV and still maintain minute-Ventilation?
A. Decrease Vt
B. Increase I:E ratio from 1:2 to 1:4
C. Increase RR
D. Both A and C
E. All of the above
D. Both A and C
The complete FDA approved anesthesia machine checkout proc. should be performed when?
Before the 1st case of the day