Lab Exam 1 Flashcards
Name 3 indications for aerosol therapy
Sputum induction
Prevent dehydration
Hydrate your trache pts airway
What color is a helium tank
Brown
What color tank is Co2
Grey
DISS is for what?
Low flow in the hospital
List 4 hazards or complications of aerosol therapy
Adverse reaction to medication or tx
Bronchospasm
Over hydration
Burning from over heating of inspired gas
Atomizer vs nebulizer
Atomizer convert liquid to droplet in large particles while nebulizers produce finer particles
What are some indications for aerosol therapy?
Upper airway edema
Croup
Epiglotitis
Bronchospasm
What’s the difference between a single stage and multistage regulator?
Single stage reduces cylinder pressure to cylinder in one step and are for more common hospital work
Multistage reduces the pressure in two or more steps and can be preset or adjustable and can be combined with a flow meter as a true regulator
What are the three categories of flow meters and what goes with what?
Flow restrictor
Bourdon gauge for H and K tanks
Thorpe tube for D and E tanks
What do we use to measure SAo2?
Pulse oximetry by spectrophotometer (red light) which measures o2 to hemoglobin
O22 concentrator is what?
For home health Pts which pulls air in and separates the nitrogen
When do you use heated humidification?
When you have a Pt on a mechanical ventilator
What are the two reservoir and feed systems?
Large water and gravity fed
High flow humidifier?
HME or heated wire circuit
Advantages of Passover humidifier over bubbler is what?
Maintain saturation at a high flow
