68W MODULE 2 (2024/2025) EXAM
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1. When swelling obstructs air flow through the upper airway (due to infection)
patient may present in the - ANSWER sniffing position
2. When assessing ...
1. When swelling obstructs air flow through the upper airway (due to infection)
patient may present in the - ANSWER ✔ sniffing position
2. When assessing respirations you look for rise and fall of the chest, inspect
for foreign bodies including objects an fluid in the airway and listen for
sounds of breathing - ANSWER ✔ look listen and feel
3. No signs of breathing, foreign body in airway, the patient is unable or has
difficulty speaking, abnormal breath sounds, absent, minimal or uneven
chest movement, breath sounds diminished or absent. In child there may be
retractions above the clavicles and between and below the ribs or nasal
flaring - ANSWER ✔ signs of inadequate airway
4. Typically caused by severely restricted air movement in upper airway -
ANSWER ✔ strider
5. Usually an ominous sing in a patient whose airway is swelling after a burn -
ANSWER ✔ hoarseness
, 6. In the case of injury or illness can often indicate a decrease in mental status,
It indicates that the airway needs assistance to stay open - ANSWER ✔
snoring
7. The sound of fluid obstructing the airway including vomit, blood and other
airway secretions - ANSWER ✔ gurgling
8. For patients who cannot main their own airway you must - ANSWER ✔
open and maintain the airway
9. Opening the airway and artificial ventilation are best carried out with the
patient in what position - ANSWER ✔ supine
10.The most common impediment to an open airway in a patient with altered
mental status is - ANSWER ✔ lack of airway muscle tone
11.A means of correcting blockage of the airway by the tongue used when no
trauma, or injury is suspects - ANSWER ✔ head tilt, chin lift maneuver
12.to open the airways using the head tilt, tilt the head by applying mental
pressure to - ANSWER ✔ patients forehead
13.If indications of head, neck or spine injury is present, open the airway using
the - ANSWER ✔ jaw thrust maneuver
14.To open the airway using the jaw thrust you position yourself at - ANSWER
✔ the top of the patients head
15.The best way to clear a patients airway from vomitus secretions or blood is -
ANSWER ✔ wife bore, rigid yankauer suctions device
16.It is critical that a __________ be ready for immediate use when opening
and maintaining the airway - ANSWER ✔ suction unit
17.A curved device inserted through the patients mouth into the pharynx to help
maintain an open airway - ANSWER ✔ oropharyngeal airway (OPA)
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