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What suction pressure is safe to use when suctioning infants?

What are ways to decrease trauma during nasotracheal suctioning?   I. Provide 100% FIO2 II. Use lubricating gel III. Use of nasopharyngeal airway (nasal trumpet) IV. No suctioning during insertion

A patient on CMV was brought to radiology department. The H oxygen tank available has 1500 psi. The ventilator flowrate is set at 40 LPM. The radiologic scan procedures will last 50 minutes. What should the practitioner do?

What is the most optimal therapy for home care pulmonary hygiene therapy for a patient with cystic fibrosis?

A pediatric patient is on continuous mechanical ventilation intubated with a 6.0 endotracheal tube (ETT). What size suction catheter should the respiratory therapist select to decrease the risk of hypoxemia during suctioning?  

To decrease ventilator associated pneumonias, what suction catheter should be used when suctioning a patient on CMV?

While manually ventilating the patient, chest rise cannot be seen. What should the practitioner do at this time?   I. Reposition the head in a sniffing position II. Hyper extend the head III. Place patient in the recovery position IV. Insert a oropharyngeal airway (OPA)

What are the indications for an oropharyngeal airway?   I. Fascilitate suctioning II. Keeps the tongue from falling back III. Use to keep the nasopharynx patent IV. Used as temporary bite block

What actions must be taken when suctioning a patient endotracheally on CMV?   I. Lubricate the suction catheter II. Hyper-oxygenate III. Use a open suction catheter IV. Orally suction prior to endotracheal suctioning  

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