Chapter 5 Airway Management Unit Summary After students complete this chapter and the related course work‚ they will understand the need for proper airway management‚ including recognizing and measuring adequate and inadequate breathing‚ maintaining an open airway‚ and providing artificial ventilation. Students will be able to demonstrate basic competency in applying these concepts to appropriate care through the use of airway adjuncts‚ suction equipment‚ oxygen equipment and delivery
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 1. What has had the greatest impact on reducing infant mortality in the United States? A) Improvements in perinatal care Feedback: CORRECT The improvements in perinatal care‚ in particular respiratory care and care of the mother-baby dyad before delivery‚ have had the greatest impact. B) Decreased incidence of congenital abnormalities Feedback: INCORRECT There has been a decrease in some congenital anomalies such as spina bifida‚ but this is not the greatest impact. C) Better maternal
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Inspiration/ inhalation is the first half of the respiratory cycle where breath is drawn. Several muscles in the respiratory system contribute to the process of inhalation. However‚ the diaphragm and the external and internal intercostals are the primary muscles of inhalation. The diaphragm originates at ribs 7 through 12‚ the xiphoid process‚ and the first 3 lumbar vertebrae. The diaphragm inserts on its’ central tendon which it pulls down and forwards through contraction in order to increase the
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HLTEN505C L.G. Due Date: Week 11 (13 May)‚ 2013 As per Ehow web and Nursing Times.net‚ the following table compares the neurological and neurovascular observations. | Neurovascular Observation | Neurological observations | Why to observed | Nerve function and blood flow to an injured extremity | Examination of patient’s nervous system to assess the responses to various stimuli. | What & how to observe | 5 P’s: pain‚ pulses‚ paraesthesia‚ paralysis and pallor | Vital signs and
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Body’s Response to Acute Exercise Musculoskeletal response: There is an increase in blood supply as your body is working "overtime”. The blood supply has to increase because it has to go to the parts in your body which you are exercising the most e.g. If you are taking a run‚ the blood supply will increase because your legs will need more energy‚ therefore there will be more blood circulating your legs than normal because you are overworking them. Your muscles and all your body organs need
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result from the penetration of the digestive system [cholera‚ typhoid and dysentery] when the gut is exposed to contaminated food and water; or the gas exchange system [tuberculosis‚ influenza‚ bronchitis] where the lungs and airways are infected by breathing contaminated air. Once the pathogen has colonised the host tissues it may cause recognisable symptoms by damaging the cells or by releasing toxins. Host tissues may be overwhelmed by sheer numbers of cells or‚ in the case of viruses‚ pathogens invade
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TEST ONE 1. A 75-year-old man with a 40-pack-year history of smoking and hypercholesterolemia is diagnosed with severe atherosclerosis. Atherosclerotic occlusion of which the following arteries would result in insufficient perfusion of the urinary bladder? (A) external iliac (B) Inferior epigastric (C) Internal iliac (D) Internal pudendal (E) Lateral sacral 2. A 36-year-old woman is hospitalized for treatment of a stomach ulcer has been progressively worse over several months. Radiographic
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rectal is the most accurate. Respiration 1. Best done immediately after taking the patient’s pulse. Do not announce that you are measuring respirations. [p129‚ p237] [2] 2. Without letting go of the patients wrist begin to observe the patient’s breathing. Is it normal or labored? 3. Count breaths for 15 seconds and multiply this number by 4 to yield the breaths per minute. 4. In adults‚ normal resting respiratory rate is between 14-20 breaths/minute. Rapid respiration is called tachypnea. Pulse
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INTRODUCTION Gas exchange is the movement of respiratory gases across a membrane through diffusion. Diffusion is the process of which the respiratory gases across the gas exchange membrane (oxygen from the environment into the body‚ carbon dioxide from the body to the environment). Using the concentration gradient along the gas exchange surface. For gas exchange to occur these three Features are needed; the gas exchange surface needs to be moist so that the oxygen and carbon dioxide can dissolve
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1. A client admitted to the hospital with chest pain and a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus is scheduled for cardiac catheterization. Which medication would need to be withheld for 24 hours before the procedure and for 48 hours after the procedure? 1. Regular insulin 2. Glipizide (Glucotrol) 3. Repaglinide (Prandin) 4. Metformin (Glucophage) 4. Metformin (Glucophage) 2. The nurse is reviewing an electrocardiogram rhythm strip. The P waves and QRS complexes are regular. The PR interval is 0.16
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