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JACKLINEAdvanced Medical Life Support With 100% Accurate Questions And Answers A+
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Read the scene
- observe environmental conditions
read the patient
- assess the pat. condition, vital signs, treat life threats, review chief complaint
react
+ manage life threats, ABC, in order discovered, treat pat. based on cardinal presentation
the six Rs to put together information and make
better judgments under pressure
reevaluate
- reassess
revise management plan
- revise management plan to new clinical picture
Advanced Medical Life Support
review performance
- critiquing the call or pat. encounter for reflection
,algorithm for AMLS patient assessment
normal PaCO2 levels 35-45 mmHg (or 5,1-5,6 kPa)
normal PaO2 levels 80-100 mmHg (10-13,5 kPa)
normal adult male TLC 6000 ml
lung volumes approx: - 3000
- IRV - 1200
- RV - 1200
- ERV - 500
- TV
minute volume formula RR x TV - dead space
tactile (vocal) fremitus: - pneumonia
conditions in which it may be increased - Ptx, pleural effusion
conditions in which it may be decreased
if pat. improves with simple resuscitation maneuveres -> respiratory distress
how can we ddx respiratory distress from
respiratory failure
if not -> respiratory failure
normal ETCO2 levels 35-45 mmHg
normal: -3 to +3
ABG, BE values, normal range and meaning - Ω acidosis
+ Ω alkalosis
ABG, normal HCO3- range 22-26
Advanced Medical Life Support
, 8/5/24, 8:01 AM
adjusting postiive-pressure ventilation, how to - increase f x2-5 or VT x 50-100 ml (f is rate)
adjust if:
- decrease fx2-5 or VT x 50-100 ml
- increased PaCO2
- for increases of SpO2 > 95% decrease FiO2 in increments of 5% to maintain SpO2 > 94%
- decreased Paco2
- how to adjust FiO2
O2
- nasal cannula
- Venturi, standard face mask
- reservoir
positive-pressure ventilation
respiratory disorders, examples of initial and basic
- bag-mask device
management techniques
- CPAP
- BiPAP
invasive airway ventilation
- pressure-cycled ventilation
- volume-cycled ventilation
PaO2 < 55 mmHg
ABG criteria for acute respiratory failure PaCO2 > 50 mmHg
pH < 7,32
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