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10 Cards in this Set
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What should be done if a chin-lift/jaw thrust does not restore the airway of a patient?
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An oral or nasal airway should be placed
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How should an oral airway be placed?
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tounge blade depresses tounge, oral airway placed behind tongue
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Which patients can get oral airways?
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Patients whose protective reflexes have been obtunded
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What can oral airways stimulate?
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gag and vomit reflexes
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How is an oral airway measured?
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Tip of nose to the earlobe
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What should be done before insertion of a nasal airway?
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Lube and/or viscous lido
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Which way should a nasal airway be inserted?
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perpendicularly along the floor of the nasopharynx
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What should be done with a nasal airway if resistance is met?
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Use the other nostril or a smaller airway
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What SEs can a nasal airway cause?
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laryngospasm, epistaxis, vomiting, tissue necrosis
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What kind of airway is best tolerates in lightly-anesthetized patients?
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nasal airways
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