Module 5

Question 1

Initially in the pandemic it was unknown whether this virus was transmitted

Answer 1

via droplet of smaller airborne particles - now known to be airborne

Question 2

Patients need to be in ?

vent air ? rather than

Answer 2

negative air pressure rooms

outside/recirculating it

Question 3

Intubation and placing patients on ventilators done ?
now this is not the case as ?
-use of ? being utilized with … device
even using ? on top of ?t to provide ?

Answer 3

frequently at start of the pandemic

• outcomes quite poor
• high flow oxygen / opti flow device
• non-rebreather on top of opti-flow to provide additional oxygen

Question 4

on the ventilators, COVID patients need such a high amount of ?
what occurs

Answer 4

oxygen

oxygen toxicity occurs (lung tissue breaks down with oxygen levels of 100% for 24 hours)

Question 5

most respiratory treatments, including nebulized medications are

Answer 5

aerosol generating procedures

Question 6

Prone positioning
-typically done for ?
this moves blood to the ?
-why do they want it to the front of the chest
when a patient is in a prone position, RT must turn their head every ? to prevent ?

Answer 6

16 hours per day (take 8 staff members)
front of the chest -it has more inflated alveoli and improves oxygenation of the blood
- 2 hours / skin breakdown and change positioning of endotracheal tube