Treatment of laryngospasm Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

SOCIETY FOR ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE (SAEM) EXAM TEST BANK |+500 QUESTIONS WITH RATIONALES 2024/2025. QUESTIONS 1. A mother brings her 35 year old son to the emergency department because of tremor and mutism for the past three days. His mother found him in his room this morning lying stiffly in his bed, soiled with urine and feces. He appears confused and will not respond to questions. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia last year and has been on several medications. Last month after his...

AGNP BOARD RESPIRATORY PRESCRIBING EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATIONS GRADED A+ 2023/2024. Question: Treatment of Bordetella pertussis in a patient with a hypersensitivity to macrolides is: doxycycline. clindamycin (Cleocin). metronidazole (Flagyl). sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (Bactrim). Correct Explanation: Sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (Bactrim) is an alternative choice for patients in whom a macrolide is contraindicated. Question: The mainstay of treatment in the manag...

OMSA Spring 2023 Exam Questions and Answers All Correct Treatment of respiratory depression from an overdose of narcotics and benzodiazipines are______ and_____ respectively - Answer-Naloxone and Flumazenil If a patient has asthma years ago, you don't have to have them puff their inhaler pre-operatively. - Answer-False Initial treatment for laryngospasm is to: - Answer-suction the oropharynx. The crowing sound indicating larngospasm is called: - Answer-Stridor Treatment of emesis ...

DAANCE 2024/25 Exam Review Questions and answers, verified/ Hypoxia - -Deficiency of oxygen in body tissue Give oxygen prior to anesthesia Laryngospasm - -Reflex of vocal cords to prevent passage of foreign material (blood/saliva). Treatment of laryngospasm - -1. 100% O2 2. Suction 3. Administer succinylcholine (10-20mg) IV (may precipitate Malignant Hyperthermia) * In children, succinylcholine should be given with atropine * Deepen anesthesia (case by case scenario) Treatment of bronc...

What is an absolute contraindication for a supraglottic airway? A. Increased gastric emptying B. Intestinal obstruction C. Morbid obesity D. Reactive airway disease - correct answer B. Intestinal obstruction The most appropriate treatment for a 75 kg male who develops a laryngospasm that cannot be relieved with continuous positive pressure ventilation is the administration of: A. Lidocaine (xylocaine) 100mg B. Ketamine 100mg C. Rocuronium (zemuron) 20mg D. Succinylcholine (Anec...

Principles of Anesthesia Nursing 1 - Exam 1 Review Update 2023 Anesthesia care consists of? - ANS-Rendering patients insensible to pain and managing their condition during surgery or diagnostic procedures Includes preoperative evaluation and treatment, anesthetic administration, postoperative care, and other contributions (resuscitation, invasive lines, ventilatory management, acute and chronic pain relief) Where does anesthesia care occur? - ANS-Hospitals, free standing surgical cente...

Define Pathophysiology - The study of the changes of normal mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions, either caused by disease or resulting from an abnormal syndrome. What does the study of pathophysiology include? - Contains etiology, which is the reason for the phenomena, pathogenesis, which is the development of a disease, clinical manifestations, which is the manifestation of the disease in signs, symptoms, and treatment. The difference between signs and symptoms/ objective versu...

DAANCE STUDY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ Nose/nasal passages, sinuses, pharynx - What consists of the upper airway? Larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, pulmonary alveoli - What consists of the lower airway? Immediate hypersensitivity response that involves antigen-antibody reactions (IgE) - What is the most severe type of allergic reaction? Liver - What is the largest gland in the body? Pediatric patients - What age group of patients will hypoxia occur much more rapidl...

HESI RN CRITICAL CARE V2 EXAM UPDATE 2022 LATEST UPDATE The triage nurse is assessing a victim of a stab wound. According to the paramedics, the victim was stabbed by a male attacker. The knife blade is 6 inches (7.2 cm) in length and 1 inch (2.5 cm) in width. The "point of entry" of the stab wound is two inches above and left of the victim's xiphoid process. Which vital organ(s) are at an increased risk of being in the direct path of injury? (Select all that apply.) . Hear...

A patient who is a 72 year old male presents for his implant surgery. He has a history of an MI 6 years ago with angioplasty and a stent. He tells you that he stopped his aspirin a week ago (not instructed by his physician but he just did that on his own). Before you start, he complains of a vague chest pain, almost like indigestion, but it is radiating to his left arm. He is also diaphoretic (sweating). Your diagnosis (what is causing it) for this patient is: - Angina, possible heart attac...