Airway Management

What are the four components of Respiration?

• Pulmonary respiration, external respiration, internal respiration, cellular respiration

• Chemoreceptors, Medulla Oblongota, Phrenic Nerve, Diaphragm

• Pulmonary ventilation, external respiration, internal respiration, cellular respiration

• Negative pressure, inhalation, positive pressure, exhalation

Which is the correct order of cellular respiration?

• Glycolsis, Kreb's cycle, Electron transport chain

• Kreb's Cycle, Glycolsis, Glyconeogenesis

• Electron transport chain, Glycolsis, Kreb's cycle

• Glycolsis, Electron transport chain, Glyconeogenesis

Altered mental status patient's have to worry about the ______ obstructing the upper airway.

Which process involves the exchange of gases between the capillaries and the tissue cells?

• Pulmonary ventilation

• External respiration

• Internal respiration

• Metabolism

COPD patients rely on the _______ drive.

You have a patient who is breathing 25 times a minute with shallow respirations. Which category would you patient fall into?

• Respiratory Arrest

• Respiratory Distress

• Respiratory Failure

• Respiratory Apnea

You arrive on scene to find an unresponsive patient who was in a motorcycle wreck. To open the patient's airway, you would use what maneuver?

When suctioning an adult patient's mouth, you should not suction for longer than?

• 20 seconds

• 10 seconds

• 5 seconds

• 15 seconds

You have a patient who is breathing 22 times a minute with a tidal volume of 300. What is the patient's alveolar ventilation?

Which of the following statements is true?

• PPV decreases airway wall pressure

• PPV relies on negative pressure

• PPV decreases cardiac output

• PPV cannot overcome esophageal opening pressure