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DIRECT Methodology - Detection Intervention Reassessment Effective Communication Teamwork ____ is the greatest contribution to diagnosis. - History ____ is the single most important indicator of critical illness. - Tachypnea Kussmall Breathing (or change in depth of respiration) usually indicates - Metabolic acidosis Cheyne-Stokes Respiration (or periodic breathing with apnea or hypopnea usually indicates - Severe brainstem injury or cardiac dysfunction Biot Respiration (or ataxic br...

FCCS STUDY GUIDE ASSESSMENT TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS what are indicators of a difficult mask? - Answer-beard,no teeth, OSA, high BMI, age > 55 how should you evaluate a patient for intubatioN? - Answer-*same order you go through to acutally intubate: 1. neck mobility 2. external face: small mandible, surg scarring 3. mouth (<3 finger breaths of opening is worrying) 4. tongue/pharynx 5. jaw: thyromental distance (from anterior prominence of thyroid cartilage to tip of mandible ...

FCCS STUDY GUIDE with complete Questions and Answers and Case Studies. BEST REVIEWED Guide Rated A What is the most important sign in a critically ill pt? Why? ANS** Tachypnea Indicates metabolic acidosis w/ respiratory alkalosis compensation A pt misses dialysis for a few days and comes in with fluid overload. He's tachycardic and tachypneic. On physical exam, you find JVD, pulsus paradoxus (20 mmHg drop during inspiration), and HoTN (80/40) with distant, muffled heart sounds. Lungs a...

DIRECT Methodology - Detection Intervention Reassessment Effective Communication Teamwork ____ is the greatest contribution to diagnosis. - History ____ is the single most important indicator of critical illness. - Tachypnea Kussmall Breathing (or change in depth of respiration) usually indicates - Metabolic acidosis Cheyne-Stokes Respiration (or periodic breathing with apnea or hypopnea usually indicates - Severe brainstem injury or cardiac dysfunction Biot Respiration (or ataxic br...

DIRECT Methodology - Detection Intervention Reassessment Effective Communication Teamwork ____ is the greatest contribution to diagnosis. - History ____ is the single most important indicator of critical illness. - Tachypnea Kussmall Breathing (or change in depth of respiration) usually indicates - Metabolic acidosis Cheyne-Stokes Respiration (or periodic breathing with apnea or hypopnea usually indicates - Severe brainstem injury or cardiac dysfunction Biot Respiration (or ataxic bre...