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What is a potential harmful side effects of suctioning an airway?
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Which action is essential to prevent hypoxemia during suctioning?
Administer 100% oxygen to reduce the effects of airway obstruction during suctioning
Indications And Contraindications from insertion of oropharyngeal airway?
Indications include airway maintenance, airway suctioning, and preventing biting of an endotracheal tube. These are almost always used in unconscious patients. Contraindications include a conscious patient, a foreign object blocking the airway, and a present gag reflex.
Why is bronchospasm contraindicated for suctioning?
Bronchospasm is contraindicated because the suction tubing when it comes into contact with the airway walls can cause further contraction of the airways and reduce the patients ability to breath more that the effect the mucus that the suctioning is trying to clear.
The immediate concern of chlorine exposure is the effects on the?
Airway and lungs
What care do laryngeal diphtheria patients need?
Patients with laryngeal diphtheria are kept in a croup tent or high-humidity environment; they may also need throat suctioning or emergency surgery if their airway is blocked.
What are the effects of chrorine gas?
Chlorine gas is a pulmonary irritant. Breathing of chlorine gas is the most harmful exposure and effects begin almost immediately. They include wheezing, sore throat, cough, airway irritation, eye irritation, and skin irritation to name just a few.
Which of the following negative effects of anaphylaxis will be the MOST rapidly fatal if not treated immediately?
upper airway swelling
What is the potential danger of using ties that passed circumferentially around the patient's neck when securing an advanced airway?
obstructing venous return from the brain
Ineffective airway clearance of pulmonary tuberculosis?
Ineffective airway clearance related to thick secretions or blood secretions, weakness, poor cough effort, edema, tracheal / pharyngeal.Goals :After a given airway hygiene nursing actions effectively, with the result criteria:Maintain the patient's airway.Removing secretions without help.Demonstrate behaviors to improve airway clearance.Participate in treatment programs as needed.Identify potential complications and appropriate action.Read More : http://all-nurses.blogspot.com/2012/05/ineffective-airway-clearance-related-to.html
What is the potential danger of using ties that pass circumerentially around the patients neck when securing an advanced airway?
Danger of asphyxiation (being choked) by the ties.
What is active airway?
An airway that is not blocked. If you can breathe easily, you have an active airway. If you are choking, you do not.
The A of the primary survey stands for airway?
Airway
