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15 Cards in this Set
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What are the requirements of oxygen delivery
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Open airway (A)
Ventilation to lungs (B) Circulation to carry oxygen to tissue (C) |
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What are some potential errors in regards to airway management
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1. Failure to recognize the need for airway support
2. Inability to establish an airway 3. Loss of previously established airway 4. Aspiration of gastric contents or blood |
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Why is altered level of consciousness an airway problem
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1. They can't tell you if there is a problem
2. Decreased drive to breath because of CNS damage 3. Decreased tone in upper airway structures 4. Decreased protective reflexes |
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How do you deal if someone throws up
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Log roll whole body and suction airway contents
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How does a maxillofacial trauma cause airway problems
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1. hemorrhage
2. Increased secretion 3. Decreased ability to swallow 4. Foreign objects (teeth) 5. Loss of structural support |
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What 3 things should you do on assessment
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Look
Listen Feel |
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What should you look for
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1. Talking is a good sign
2. Agitation or obtunded = hypoxia 3. Cyanosis (late sign of deO2) 4. Tachypnea 5. Chest rise and all 6. Abnormal movements of chest wall |
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What do you listen for
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1. Noisy or snoring breathing
2. Stridor 3. Hoarseness 4. Equal air entry |
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What should you feel for
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1. Tacheal deviation
2. Crepitus |
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If a patient is having trouble breathing how do you manage it
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Supplemental O2 for everyone (nonrebreath mask with 12-15 litres of O2 per minute)
Open airway (Jaw thrust, chin-lift, Nasal or oropharyngeal airway) |
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1. What is chin lift good for
2. What is an issue with this technique 3. When should you not do it |
1. Open obstructed airway and allows inspection of oropharynx
2. Doesn't allow for bag-valve mask 3. Head Trauma |
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1. How do you do a jaw thrust
2. What is it good with |
1. Both hands
2. Good with bask valve mask |
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Can you use a nasal and oropharyngeal airway in a patient that is awake
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No
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What are the definitive airway managements
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1. Orotracheal intubation
2. Surgical (cricothyroidotomy, tracheostomy) 3. Laryngeal mask airway |
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What are 5 indications for definitive airways
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1. Apnea
2. Can't maintain airway or good oxygenation 3. Protect from aspiration 4. Potential for airway compromise to develop 5. Closed head injury with GCS < 8 |
