TMC Exam Questions With Correct Answers
Pneumotachometer - answera device for measuring air flow
A "super syringe" 3/L is used to calibrate a: - answerSpirometer 100%
Flow/ volume for recruitment
A patient with a neck injury rt would choose what type of airway? - answerFlex Bronch
Endotracheal...
EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 29, 2024 12:59 PM TMC Exam Questions With Correct Answers Pneumotachometer - answer✔✔a device for measuring air flow A "super syringe" 3/L is used to calibrate a : - answer✔✔Spirometer 100% Flow/ volume for recruitment A patient with a neck injury rt would choose what type of airway? - answer✔✔Flex Bronch Endotracheal combitude or orotracheo AHI=apnea's & hypopnea/hour sleep - answer✔✔ ABG Reads metabolic acidosis and hypoxemia which one would you address first? - answer✔✔Acidosis give bicarbonate Passy Muir Valve - answer✔✔one way valve attached to a trachestomy tube that allows pt to talk When the trache is properly placed what should you do if a patient wants to talk - answer✔✔Remove obutrator -insert inner cannula - and cap Off with passy Muir valve Trach pressure - answer✔✔20 cmh20 How long should an ET tube be in place before tracheotomy? - answer✔✔3-4 wks What are some complications of a tracheostomy? - answer✔✔Obstruction excessive secretions, Nosocomial Pneumonia Laryngeal Stenosis, Tube dislodgement, SQ emphysema bleeding Cleaning a tracheostomy - answer✔✔> sterile procedure Open the package with new disposable inner cannula, taking care not to contaminate the cannula Clean with hydrogen peroxide & 4/4 guaze Rinse wth sterile water pat dry EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 29, 2024 12:59 PM > Put on disposable > Stabilize the outer cannula and faceplate of the trach with your nondominant hand. Grasp the If the trache is Decannulated What do you do? - answer✔✔Cover the stoma with gauze and bag the patient Fenestrated tracheostomy tube? - answer✔✔allows the patient to speak, breathe, or clear secretions from the upper airway. Wea n Fenestrated trache must be plugged with a cap at which end? - answer✔✔Proximal end of the tube, deflated and capped off Fenestrated trache patient with a fenastrated trach the cuff must be? - answer✔✔Inflated, and inner cannula must be inserted Best plac e to measure PetC02 - answer✔✔Proximal end of et tube normal vital capacity is what - answer✔✔65-75 ml/kg or 3.0 -5.0 If the ventilator self triggers the sensitivity is too high what should you do - answer✔✔Decrease the sensitivity Tracheostomy button is us ed to? - answer✔✔Maintain stoma Passy Muir valve must be placed at what end of the trache - answer✔✔Proximal end of the et tube Does a cuff have to be inflated or deflated for a patient to speak - answer✔✔Deflated Magill forceps - answer✔✔If patient is unc ooperative or unconscious doing a nasal tracheal intubation what should be used to guide the tracheostomy through the vocal cords or the glottis using a laryngoscope How do you rule out myasthenia gravis on a chest x -ray - answer✔✔Enlarge thymus gland or tumor Thymoma Magill forceps - answer✔✔Used for nasal intubation NVVP IS USED FOR WHAT PT? - answer✔✔Copd and CHF IPAP - answer✔✔VENTILATES positive pressure value reached at the end of inspiration when using noninvasive bilevel ventilation
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