Chapter 12 Airway Management exam 2024/2025 with 100% correct answers
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Chapter 12 Airway Management
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Chapter 12 Airway Management
1. A respiratory therapist is preparing a stainless-steel-type laryngoscope handle and blade for an anesthesiologist. The light does not shine. Which of the following should be done to fix the problem?
1. Get a smaller blade to fit the handle.
2. Get a larger blade to fit the handle.
3. Tighte...
1. A respiratory therapist is preparing a stainless-steel-type laryngoscope handle and blade for an
anesthesiologist. The light does not shine. Which of the following should be done to fix the problem?
1. Get a smaller blade to fit the handle.
2. Get a larger blade to fit the handle.
3. Tighten the light bulb.
4. Replace the handle with a plastic one.
5. Replace the batteries.
A. 4 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 and 5 only
D. 1 and 4 only correct answersC
2. An oropharyngeal airway would be indicated under which of the following situations?
1. Maintain the airway before a tracheostomy.
2. Seizure activity expected or present
3. Supine unconscious patient with an upper-airway obstruction
4. Patient with a traumatic jaw injury
5. An orally intubated patient biting the tube
A. 3 and 5 only
B. 4 and 5 only
C. 1 and 4 only
D. 2, 3, and 5 only correct answersD
, 3. A respiratory therapist has just assisted with the endotracheal intubation of a normotensive adult
patient. To minimize the risk of soft-tissue injury to the trachea, the tube cuff pressure should be:
A. Less than 20 cm H2O
B. Less than 25 cm H2O
C. Less than 30 cm H2O
D. Less than 35 cm H2O correct answersC
4. A 50-year-old male patient with throat cancer will be having a laryngectomy tomorrow with the
placement of a voice prosthesis. What type of airway would best serve the patient's long-term needs?
A. Fenestrated laryngectomy tube
B. Single-cannula tracheostomy tube
C. Fenestrated tracheostomy tube
D. Tracheostomy button correct answersA
5. A respiratory therapist replaces a female patient's tracheostomy tube with another one of the same
size and inflates the cuff with 5 mL of air as was done previously. Immediately the patient has difficulty
breathing, and no air can be felt coming from the tube. What could be the problem?
A. The tip of the tube has been placed into the subcutaneous tissues.
B. The partient has closed the epiglottis oner
trachea.
C. More air must be added to the auf to form,
D. The tube has accidentaly been placed into us esophagus. correct answersA
6 While assisting with a CPR attempt, the anesthes. ologist asks for a properly sized endotracheal tube so
that the patient's airway can be quickly intubates The patient is a large, physically fit man. What tube
would be best?
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