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CCT - Final Exam Review Questions And Correct AnswersIf the patient becomes unconscious, what effect may it have on the airway? - Answer
Cause airway obstruction due to loss of muscle tone to airway.
Opening the airway - basic airway adjuncts - Answer OPA - Unconscious patient
NPA - Conscious, semiconscious, or unconscious
Opening the airway - maneuvers - Answer Head tilt/chin lift - used only if no spinal injury
Jaw thrust - Used if spinal injury suspected
Functions of the upper airway - Answer Nasal Cavity - Filter, warm, humidify
Epiglottis - protects lower airway by diverting food away from the trachea when
swallowing.
Review Airway Anatomy Quizlet
Bronchoscopy - absolute contraindications - Answer • Absence of patient consent,
absence of experienced personnel, lack of adequate facility.
• Inability to oxygenate patient
Bronchoscopy Contraindications - If benefits outweigh risks - Answer • Uncontrolled
bleeding
• Severe COPD
, • Refractory hypoxemia
• Hemodynamically unstable - stimulating vagal nerve
Bronchoscopy Contraindications - Relative - Answer • Lack of patient cooperation
• Resent MI, angina
• Moderate to severe hypoxia
• Partial tracheal obstruction - growth, abnormality
• Hypercapnia
• Pulmonary HTN
• Lung abscess - burst - puss >sepsis (#1 cause of pneumonia)
• Obstruction of superior vena cava
• Debility, malnutrition, advanced age, pregnancy
Bronchoscopy - assisting to obtain sputum sample - Answer Luken's trap
Lavage (saline)
• Specimen cups
Sputum traps
Cytology brushes
Biopsy forceps
Viral and anaerobic medium
Microscope slides
Formalin (freezes biopsy sample)
Note: if you use mucomist it can cause a bronchospasm
Complications during a bronchoscopy - Answer • Adverse reaction to meds given
• Hypoxia, hypercapnia
• Hypotension, bradycardia, vagal nerve stimulation
• Infection
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