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Paramedic FISDAP Airway Final Review.
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Paramedic FISDAP Airway Final ReviewIndications for Nasotracheal Intubation
Responsive PTs with AMS, gag reflex, respiratory failure due to COPD, asthma, pulmonary
edema
Indications for Suctioning lower airway
PTs mouth becomes filled with secretions; to be able to ventilate properly without pushing
material into the airway obstructing it
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Signs and Symptoms of Lower airway injury
Tachypnea, dyspnea, cough, wheezing, rales, rhonchi, retractions, hypoxia, stridor
Signs and Symptoms of Tension Pneumothorax
hypotension, hypoxia, absent breath sounds to affected side, trachea deviation, JVD,
tachycardia, LOC, AMS
Physiological Effects of COPD
slows the process of dilation and disruption of the airways and alveoli caused by chronic
bronchial obstruction
Signs and Symptoms of Spontaneous Pneumothorax
dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, sharp, stabbing pain to one side that worsens during expiration
or inspiration or certain chest movement; sudden dyspnea
Signs and Symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis
Sinus congestion, wheezing, asthma like, chronic cough, thick heavy discolored mucus,
dyspnea
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