Pa swan ganz catheter - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

LINDSEY JONES- TMC ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023 (VERIFIED ANSWERS) 1. Which is the preferred order to manipulate a mechanical ventilator in order to gradually increase alveolar minute ventilation while limiting MAP? ANSWER - Decrease mechanical deadspace, increase VT, increase RR 2. An air-entrainment jet nebulizer is set at 50%. The respiratory therapist analyzes the oxygen coming from the end of the tubing and finds it is 60%. Which of the following most likely explains this ...

1. E-D = ERV 160. A healthy 30-year-old woman is referred for a life insurance physical exam. History reveals that she has never smoked and vesicular breath sounds are heard at the periph- ery of the lung with aus- cultation. In the patient's spirometry tracing below, the expiratory reserve vol- ume (ERV) equals which of the following? 2. .21*380 = 80 mmHg 161. A group of third-year medical students accom- panied a medical mission team to Peru, South Amer- ica. After arriving at the ai...

What are hemodynamics? - >>physical principles of blood flow based on pressure and resistance How are hemodynamics used clinically? - >>they are a diagnostic tool that helps us gather more data about our patient How is pressure calculated? - >>blood flow times resistance If either blood flow and/or resistance goes up, what happens to pressure? - >>it goes up If blood volume increases, what happens to pressure? - >>it increases How is arterial pressure monitor...

2 parameters that can be measured with pulmonary artery catheter: - 1) pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PACapillaryP) AKA Pulmonary artery occlusive pressure (PAOP) 2) Pulmonary artery diastolic pressure (PADP) A cholinergic response is seen with which part of the autonomic nervous system? - parasympathetic (acetylcholine - produces negative dromotropic and chronotropic effects on the heart) A person who has had a previous MI will likely exhibit what finding on an EKG? - bundle branch blo...

Cardiac output Correct Answer heart rate x stroke volume Preload Correct Answer -amount of blood in the ventricles before contractions Afterload Correct Answer -how hard the heart needs to pump to push blood out Contractility Correct Answer -force and velocity of ventricle ejection Compliance Correct Answer -ability of the heart to stretch PA (Swan-Ganz) catheter Correct Answer -used to get direct measurements in the heart CVP/RAP Correct Answer -Right atrium preload -normal i...

CAMRT Exam Questions with solutions, Graded A+ 2024 What is the advantage of line focus principle? It provides the detail of a small focal spot while allowing a large amount of heat dissipation If the pedicles sit too far posterior on vertebral bodies for an oblique L spine, what does this mean? Too much obliquity Remember: PP - too much (posterior pedicles) What is a CVP line? Used for measuring central venous pressure as well as allowing nutrients and fluid to be instilled...

What happens to body temperature after induction? Answer Drops 2.7 degrees in the first hour What 5 things does a Swan-Ganz Catheter measure? Answer Cardiac output, Core temperature, PA pressure, RA pressure, & Wedge Pressure Metoclopramide may be given as a preoperative medication in order to: A. Relieve apprehension B. Reduce risk of aspiration C. Relieve discomfort D. To control secretions Answer B. Reduce risk of aspiration (Reglan) speeds up stomach emptying When developing...

CaMrT study set Questions with solutions 2024 Small pneumothorax: what additional image to the routine pictures? PA inspiration, PA expiration, Lateral (or lateral decub with affected lung UP) AEC not recommeneded - for expiration should be increased by 1/3 of that used for inspiration images Pneumothorax picture in PA inspo: what additional image to the routine pictures? PA Expiration.... or lateral decub with affected lung up (air rising to the highest point in the hemithorax is mo...

CRITICAL CARE/FLIGHT PARAMEDIC EXAM babinski reflex - answerextension and spreading of toes when bottom of foot is stroked. sign of nervous system lesion battles sign - answerbruise behind ear, basilar skull fracture becks triad - answerjvd, muffled heart tones, hypotension. from cardiac tamponade brudzinski sign - answerflexion of the neck results in flexion of the hip. meningitis coopernails sign - answerecchymosis on perineum, labia, scrotum. sign of pelvis fracture cullens sign - ans...

1. Cardiac output: heart rate x stroke volume 2. Preload: -amount of blood in the ventricles before contractions 3. Afterload: -how hard the heart needs to pump to push blood out 4. Contractility: -force and velocity of ventricle ejection 5. Compliance: -ability of the heart to stretch 6. PA (Swan-Ganz) catheter: -used to get direct measurements in the heart 7. CVP/RAP: -Right atrium preload -normal is 2 to 8 8. PAP: -pulmonary artery pressure -afterload of the right ventricle - 15-25/...