ICM

Question 1

What is the name given to this item, and what are its indications?

Answer 1

This is a VENTURI MASK AIRWAY.

Useful in CONTROLLED oxygen delivery, say to COPD Patients coming into hospital with an exacerbation.

Question 2

What is this? When is it indicated?

Answer 2

This is a laryngeal mask airway

Initially used in surgery, it is now a common accessory advice for difficult airways, and is a useful alternative to a bag valve mask airway, freeing the hands of the medical professional.

Question 3

What device is this?

Answer 3

Bag Mask Airway

Question 4

What is Einthovens triangle?

Answer 4

Einthoven’s triangle is an imaginary formation of three limb leads in a triangle used in electrocardiography, formed by the two shoulders and the pubis.

Question 5

What are the three aspects of minimum mandatory monitoring?

Answer 5

BP

SATS

ECG

Question 6

What is this? Why is it used?

Answer 6

LARYNGOSCOPE

USED TO OPEN OBSERVE AND ACCESS THE AIRWAY FOR INTUBATION