Airway Quiz

1.   respiration (ventilations) is the transfer of oxygen and carbon dioxide between inspired air and pulmonary capillaries. respiration (respirations)  is the transfer of oxygen and carbon dioxide between peripheral blood capillaries and tissue cells.

2.   The ease with which the lungs and thorax expand during pressure changes is called .

3.   Most of the carbon dioxide in the human body is transported in the blood in the form of .

4.   Inspiratory muscles (the and muscles) contract when stimulated by nerve impulses that originate within the neurons of the medulla.

5.   is the most common cause of foreign airway obstruction in the conscious adult.

6.   is the active inhalation of food, a foreign body, or fluid (vomitus, saliva, blood, neutral liquids) into the airway.

7.   How is the class going so far?

8.   End-tidal carbon dioxide detectors, , and esophageal detector devices can often aid in determining correct endotracheal tube placement.

9.   Manual techniques for airway management include the method, the jaw-thrust, and the jaw-thrust without head-tilt.

10. The abbreviation for liters per minute is correctly written as .

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11. What is the minimum age requirement for a Combitube? years

12. What does LMA stand for?

13. How is a LMA sized?

14.  In your own words explain the procedure to place an LMA?
 

15.  What is the height requirement for a 41-French Combitube? to feet.

16.  In your own words explain the procedure to place an Combitube?

17. For a male patient an ETT measurement at the teeth should be  cm.

18. What does a Wisconsin blade look like?

19.  When using a Macintosh blade the tip is placed where?

20.  When using a SupraGlottit King Tube Airway how is it sized?


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