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1. What are we MOST concerned with when it comes to the airway?:
Answer Patency
2. The most common cause of upper airway issues is .:
Answer Obstruction (thetongue is a common culprit)
3. Why is intubation the DEFINITIVE way of treating airway issues?:
Answer Intubationallows a means of bypassing the potential obstruction or welling that
may be affecting the airway.
4. Where does bifurcation (parting/splitting/branching) of the R and L lungoccur?:
Answer The carina
5. If an intubation tube is inserted too far, will it end up in the R or Lmain-stem?:
Answer The R main-stem
6. When assessing a patient,what is a major assessmentfinding that indicateslack of
oxygen?:
Answer LOC (restlessness, somnolence, etc.)
7. Hypoxia will initially cause , but as PaCO2 rises/hypoxia becomes
more severe, it will cause .:
Answer
restless behavior
somnolence
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