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Preferred suction catheter for suctioning of the "Oropharynx" Correct
Answer-Rigid tip catheter
How do we measure for placement of an OPA? Correct Answer-Corner
of mouth to the earlobe
What is the proper sequence for suctioning of a patients airway? Correct
Answer-Turn on Vacuum
Manually open airway/ mouth
Do not put finger over catheter hole until you are in the mouth
Only as far as you can see
Vacuum in an upward circular motion
No more than 15 sec for adults, 10 for pediatrics, 5 for infants
Understand the etiology of wheezing. What part of your lungs are
obstructed? Correct Answer-Wheezing is a whistling sound that
indicates constriction of the bronchioles in the lungs
Wheezing occurs with asthma or bronchiolitis
A lung sound caused by constriction of the lower airway. Commonly
seen in asthmatics and COPD patients. Treatment is an inhaled albuterol.
, Understand the etiology of snoring. What part of your lungs are
obstructed? Correct Answer-In an unresponsive patient, the muscles of
the tongue, which attach to the mandible, relax and fall back over the
posterior pharynx; this causes a snoring sound when the patient breathes
What's the most likely cause of snoring respirations? Correct Answer-
Upper airway obstruction by the tongue
1. How do we open a patients airway when we are NOT concerned with
a cervical injury? Correct Answer-Head tilt-chin lift
1. How do we open a patients airway when we ARE concerned with a
cervical injury? Correct Answer-jaw-thrust maneuver
1. Indications and Contraindications of these:
a. OPA
b. NPAS Correct Answer-a. OPA: -Indications:
•Unresponsive patients without a gag reflex
•Apneic patients being ventilated with a bag-valve mask (BVM)
-Contraindications:
•Conscious patients
•Any patient who has an intact gag reflex
b. NPA: -Indications:
•Semiconscious or unconscious patients with an intact gag reflex
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