![]() ![]() Which of the following drugs would you recommend for this patient?ġ3. After the extubation of a 54-year-old male patient, he begins to complain of a sore throat. The suction catheter size is too largeġ2. The tube is in the right mainstem bronchusĭ. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this problem?ī. While attempting to suction the patient with a size 12 Fr catheter, the catheter cannot pass beyond the tip of the tube. A 63-year-old female patient is orally intubated with a size 7 endotracheal tube and is receiving ventilatory support. Where should the tip of the tube be located?ġ1. A chest x-ray was ordered to confirm that the endotracheal tube is positioned in the correct place. The administration of a strong narcotic analgesicġ0. The administration of a neuromuscular blocking agentĭ. Which of the following would you recommend?Ĭ. Over the past hour, the patient has been compressing the tube between his teeth. A 49-year-old male is intubated and receiving mechanical ventilation with a size 7.5 endotracheal tube. It can completely prevent the aspiration of gastric contentsĩ. It can be inserted blindly without any special equipmentĭ. It poses a greater risk of trauma than endotracheal intubationĬ. It must be removed in order to insert an endotracheal tubeī. ![]() Which of the following is true regarding the insertion of a laryngeal mask airway compared to endotracheal intubation?Ī. ![]() Maintain the endotracheal tube in placeĨ. Switch from an ET tube to a tracheostomyĬ. Which of the following would you recommend?ī. The physician anticipates that the patient will be on the ventilator for another 3–5 days. A 64-year-old male patient is intubated and receiving ventilatory support in the volume-controlled SIMV mode. Between the 2nd and 4th thoracic vertebraħ. Where should the tip of the tube be positioned?Ĭ. A chest radiograph was ordered to confirm the proper placement of the endotracheal tube. A 61-year-old female was orally intubated and is now receiving positive pressure ventilatory support. Auscultate the patient’s chest and abdomenĦ. Which of the following would you INITIALLY recommend in order to confirm that the tube is in the proper position?Ī. A 43-year-old female patient in the emergency department was just orally intubated with an endotracheal tube. You would expect it to be difficult establishing a patent airway in a patient with which of the following conditions?ĥ. This type of airway is helpful in supporting which of the following?Ĥ. The physician has requested the insertion of a nasopharyngeal airway in an adult patient. The patient is experiencing diffuse bronchospasmģ. The endotracheal tube is in the right mainstem bronchusĭ. A tension pneumothorax has developed on the left sideĬ. A tracheoesophageal fistula has developedī. Which of the following is the most likely explanation of these findings?Ī. The patient has a dull percussion note on the left side as well. Her breath sounds are absent on the left side, and the trachea is shifted to the left. A 58-year-old female patient is intubated and appears to be breathing asynchronously with the ventilator. Recommend ventilation via a tracheostomy insteadĢ. Recommend reintubation with a smaller endotracheal tubeĭ. Withdraw the tube 1-2 cm and reassess the patient’s breath soundsī. Which of the following would you recommend?Ī. Upon assessment, you note that the patient’s cuff pressure is measured at 38 cmH2O. A 50-year-old male patient is intubated with a size 8 endotracheal tube and is receiving volume-controlled A/C ventilation. She was wearing her seat belt and has no sign of injury.Airway Management Sample TMC Practice Questions:ġ. In the back seat is the last occupant, a girl who said she was having a seizure and vomiting earlier so her friends were taking her to the hospital. Neither of them were wearing a seatbelt and both have contusions on their foreheads. The two in the front seat are complaining of neck pain and appear to have an altered level of consciousness. In the third car are 3 teenagers 17 years of age. ![]() In the second car is an 86 year old man who is slumped against the steering wheel with no pulse and has a piece of metal impaled through his head. In the first car is a 27 year old woman who is 32 weeks pregnant, conscious, and crying, a 12 year old girl who is screaming and complaining of back pain, and an 8 year old boy who has a facial laceration and open fracture of the tibia who is also conscious but breathing very shallow. Scene size up indicates there are 7 patients in 3 cars all requiring extrication. You arrive on scene with your partner Elija to a multiple vehicle accident where you are the 2nd ambulance to arrive. ![]()
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