Unit 5 Quiz - Jacques Class Flashcards
Reasons for mechanical ventilation
Acute ventilatory failure
Severe hypoxemia
Impending ventilatory failure
Prophylactic support
Main reason for mechanical ventilation
Acute ventilatory failure
Vital capacity should be less than ___
15 ml/kg
Minute ventilation should be greater than ___
10 L/minute
What does NIF stand for
Negative inspiratory force
What is the cut of number for NIF
-20 cmH20
Number 1 contraindication
Untreated pneumothorax
What is it when the tidal volume is set, and the pressure is variable
Volume control
What is it when the PIP is set, and the volume is variable
Pressure control
PEEP helps with ___
Oxygenation
What to look at for impending ventilatory failure
Co2, and other respiratory parameters
Review wave forms
Know if it’s a pressure or volume mode
Pressure = squared first one
What to adjust when given an ABG
A
What to adjust if high CO2
Increase the RR, to blow of CO2
Calculate Ideal Body Weight
Males: 50+[2.3(height in inches-60)] = kg
Females: 45.5+[2.3(height in inches-60)] = kg