RESP 140 Final after midterm

About 60% will be topics after the midterm and 40% topics before the midterm.true/false, matching, multiple choice, short answer, and fill-in.

6 Rights of Medical Administration

Importance of accuracy: Identify specific techniques you can use to avoid medical errors 

Medical ethics: Questions about death, suffering, right to end life in your practice as an RT

How to assess airway patency

Questions to assess pt's ability to protect airway

Questions to assess gas exchange

Suction -- mouth before nose

Patient positioning - Chin lift, jaw thrust

Mallampati score - which is best vs worst

When to use OPA

Indications for OPA

When to use NPA

BVM - AMBU is another word for Bag-Valve-Mask - how to fit it to the patient (mask seal, cover nose, etc.)

BVM indications

BVM hazards

Endotracheal tube (ETT) indications

ETT sizing

• 7 - 7.5 female and 8 - 8.5 male

• 19 - 21 cm secure at teeth for female, 21 - 23 cm secure at teeth for male

ETT hazards

Pneumonia

lower respiratory tract infection with inflammation

Pneumonia Pathogenesis: how do patients get it

Anatomic alterations for PNA

Pathological changes for PNA

Identify risk factors for PNA

Difference between CAP and HAP

Definition of VAP

Parts of a VAP bundle

Aspiration PNA

NBRC language to identify PNA on their tests

3 major therapies used for PNA: oxygen (as needed), bronchial hygiene, airway expansion

Be able to select devices you'd select for bronchial hygiene and airway expansion

Supportive therapies for PNA like good side down, fluids, anti-pyrectics

Prevent PNA with pneumococcal vaccine for 50 and older 

Definition of pulmonary edema

condition characterized by excess of water fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body  

Oncotic vs hydrostatic pressure

What causes capillary permeability for pulmonary edema?

Hydrostatic pulmonary edema, also called cardiogenic pulmonary edema - what happens at the most severe point?

Causes of cardiogenic pulmonary edema

Cardiogenic pulmonary edema tx and comorbidities

Try to come up with a safe starting pressure for CPAP to treat cardiogenic pulmonary edema like 10 cmH2O that you can reference in clinicals (remember you can titrate up or down once CPAP is on the pt)

COPD/Asthma

• Will be developed after final lecture 

4 Main respiratory tools: oxygenation, bronchodilation, airway clearance, bronchial hygiene