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While suctioning an intubated adult patient, it is important to: Pre and post-oxygenate the patient Limit the suctioning process to less than 10-15 seconds Use a suction pressure of -80 mm Hg Monitor the heart rate

The surgical procedure that creates an opening in the trachea is called tracheostomy.

List out the steps for Extubation, along with supplies you need to have out and available.

The oropharyngeal airway that has side channels is: 

A respiratory care practitioner is about to nasotracheal suction a patient, and notes that the suction manometer reads 100 mm Hg. When the respiratory care practitioner covers the thumb port, no suction occurs at the catheter tip. At this point, the respiratory care practitioner should:

Which of the following are possible complications of a tracheotomy? pneumothorax tracheal stenosis infection emphysema hemorrhage

Match each part of the tracheostomy tube, withe the corresponding number.

The minimal leak technique is done by inflating the cuff to a point at which no air leak is heard at end inspiration.

You are called to a Code Blue for a patient who has a stoma. What are your options to ventilate this patient?  

While assisting with intubation, the physician asks you to assist with better visualization of the epiglottis and vocal cords. You would: