Fisdap airway stuvia Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Indications for Nasotracheal Intubation - ANSWERResponsive PTs with AMS, gag reflex, respiratory failure due to COPD, asthma, pulmonary edema Indications for Suctioning lower airway - ANSWERPTs mouth becomes filled with secretions; to be able to ventilate properly without pushing material into the airway obstructing it Signs and Symptoms of Lower airway injury - ANSWERTachypnea, dyspnea, cough, wheezing, rales, rhonchi, retractions, hypoxia, stridor Signs and Symptoms of Tension Pneumothorax ...

Indications for Suctioning lower airway - ANSWER PTs mouth becomes filled with secretions; to be able to ventilate properly without pushing material into the airway obstructing it Signs and Symptoms of Lower airway injury - ANSWER Tachypnea, dyspnea, cough, wheezing, rales, rhonchi, retractions, hypoxia, stridor Signs and Symptoms of Tension Pneumothorax - ANSWER hypotension, hypoxia, absent breath sounds to affected side, trachea deviation, JVD, tachycardia, LOC, AMS Physiological Effe...