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BiPAP/CPAP: Questions & Accurate Answers (Solved)
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BiPAP/CPAP: Questions & Accurate Answers (Solved)CPAP stands for? Right Ans - Continuous positive airway pressure
What type of mask can you use to administer CPAP? Right Ans - Nasal Mask
Full Face Mask
Nasal Pillow
Do you set a respiratory rate in this mode? Right Ans - No
What if the patient starts exhibiting hypoventilation? What adjustments
would you make? Right Ans - Switch the patient to BiPAP.
CPAP provides pressure during the entire OR inspiratory phase of the
spontaneous breath. Right Ans - Entire
The total amount of work of breathing the patient is experiencing while
wearing CPAP is the result of... patient effort OR machine assistance? Right
Ans - Patient effort
CPAP is indicated for what type of sleep apnea? Right Ans - Obstructive
Sleep Apnea (OSA)
Can you place a nasal trumpet in a patient while wearing CPAP? What about
BiPAP? Right Ans - You can place a nasal trumpet with CPAP/BiPAP
Can you place an oral airway in a patient while wearing CPAP? What about
BiPAP? Right Ans - No; the patient has to be unconscious for this airway.
Provide some clinical examples of contraindications to using CPAP. Right
Ans - Claustrophobia
Apnea
Neuromuscular diseases
Facial trauma
Unable to protect airway
Hypoventilation syndrome
If the patient is experiencing respiratory failure should you use CPAP?
Right Ans - No
, BiPAP stands for? Right Ans - Bilevel positive airway pressure
What does IPAP stand for? What's a starting pressure for IPAP? Right Ans -
Inspiratory positive airway pressure
Starting pressure: 10-12 cm H2O
What does EPAP stand for? What's a starting pressure for EPAP? Right Ans
- Expiratory positive airway pressure
Starting pressure: 5 cm H2O
IPAP and EPAP are recorded in what units? Right Ans - cm H2O
If you want to increase the ventilation, you would increase the IPAP or EPAP?
Right Ans - IPAP
If you want to increase the oxygenation, you would increase the IPAP, or
EPAP? Right Ans - EPAP
Mechanical breaths are provided by IPAP or EPAP? Right Ans - IPAP
If I increased IPAP and EPAP in the same amount, would this change the tidal
volume? Right Ans - No; they need to be different to increase tidal volume.
What does NPPV stand for? Right Ans - Noninvasive positive pressure
ventilation
Which type of mask is more likely to develop a significant leak during NPPV?
Right Ans - Nasal prongs/nasal mask
Which type of mask should you use if the patient exhibits SOB with an
increase in RR? Right Ans - Full face mask
Helmet
(must cover nose and mouth)
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