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What do you do after ventilating a patient for 3 minutes and he starts to breathe on his own at a rate of 18 breaths per minute?
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Pat yourself on the back and continue to monitor the patient.
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If your patient has a pulse but is not breathing how often should you give rescue breaths?
8-10 breaths/min for adults12-20 breaths/min for pediatrics
Where do you breathe into your patient?
in the mouth
How do you do patient CPR?
Give cycles of 30 compressions to 2 breaths.
What is the alveolar volume of a patient with a tidal volume of 400ml and a respiratory rate of 14 breaths per min?
7.7 breaths per minute
Which is a handheld device that is used to manually breathe for the patient on a temporary basis?
A bag valve mask is used to manually breathe for the patient on a temporary basis.
In cpr if the airway is open and the patient was given rescue breaths and the air is not goin in?
In CPR, if the airway is open and the patient was given rescue breaths and the air is not going in, there may be something lodged in the patients throat, and the Heimlich maneuver should be performed.
When ventilating a patient with tracheostomy with a bag-valve-mask apparatus connect supplemental oxygen set to?
Still it's 15 - 25 liters per minute.
What is the usual post cardiac arrest target range for petco2 when ventilating a patient who achieves return os spontanous circulation?
35 to 40 mm Hg
About how many cycles of CPR should you perform for an adult in 2 minute?
It is 30 compressions to every 2 breaths given. 5 cycles of CPR should be performed in 2 minutes. They believe compressions are more effective than breaths given to the patient as they normal body reflexes bring in a small amount of air and you just need to keep that heart pumping.
A patient's anxiety caused her to develop respiratory alkalosis The nurse instructs the patient to take some slow deep breaths Explain why this would be effective?
because it helps to calm the patient down
If you did not feel confident to carry out rescue breaths on a non - breathing patient what action would you have while waiting for the emergency services to arrive?
If I did not feel confident to carry out rescue breaths on a non - breathing patient I would start chest compressions until the emergency services arrived.
A rapid pulse and shortness of breathe in a patient usually indicates the patient is excited and does not need to be reported to the nurse?
False
