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| Use an airway on all unconscious patients who do not exhitit a? |
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| How do you determine the proper size of an oropharyngeal airway? |
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| Measure from the corner of the patients mouth to the tip of the earlobe. |
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| What are the typical sizes for adult nasopharyngeal airway? |
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| How do you measure for the correct size for a nasopharyngeal airway? |
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| Measure from the patients nostril to the earlobe. |
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| Most nasopharyngeal airways are designed to be placed in which nostril? |
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| To ensure an open airway to the level of the lungs, it is sometimes necessary to insert an? |
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| When does a patient need to be suctioned? |
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| Whenever foreign matter is seen or when a gurgling sound is heard. |
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True or False With suction catheters, the larger the number, the larger the catheter? |
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| What is the reason for suctioning for no more than 15 seconds? |
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| Can cause hypoxia and potentially death. |
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| An insufficiency of oxygen in the body's tissues. |
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| How many liters of oxygen do D cylinders hold? |
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| How many liters of oxygen do E cylinders hold? |
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| How many liters of oxygen do M cylinders hold? |
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| How many liters of oxygen do G cylinders hold? |
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| How many liters of oxygen to H cylinders hold? |
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| What is the approximate pressure in a full oxygen tank? |
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| A valve that indicates the flow of oxygen in liters per minute? |
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| A device connected to the flowmeter to add moisture to the dry oxygen coming from an oxygen cylinder? |
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| What happens when oxygen does not have any humidification? |
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| It dry's out the mucous membranes of the patients airway and lungs. |
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| What breathing device is the EMT's best way of administering oxygen? |
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| What must be done before a NRB is placed on a patients face? |
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| The reservoir bag must inflate |
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| How many liters per minute do you set a NRB for? |
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| How much oxygen does a NRB supply to a patient? |
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