Flashcard Set Preview
| Side A | Side B | ||
| 1 |
Important characteristics of patient ventilation
|
Expansion..Perfusion..Rate..Rise and Fall of Lungs
|
|
| 2 |
Normal Body Temperature. Higher or Lower?
|
96 to 99.9. Higher: Hyperthermic. Lower: Hypothermic
|
|
| 3 |
How do you monitor cardiac output?
|
Monitors..Blood cuff..Pulseox..Skin Color..Capillary Return..Stethoscope..
|
|
| 4 |
Instrument used to grasp lung
|
Duvall clamp
|
|
| 5 |
Which is examined first: Neurological status or Level of consciousness?
|
LOC
|
|
| 6 |
Cause of hypotension
|
Volume Loss, Dehydration
|
|
| 7 |
Cause of hypertension.
|
Caused by anesthesia; not septic (not immediately)
|
|
| 8 |
BradycardiaNormal CO
|
Lower than 60120/75
|
|
| 9 |
TachycardiaNormal CO
|
Higher than 100120/75
|
|
| 10 |
Assess for regional block
|
Sensation (movement of toes)
|
|
| 11 |
Levels of sternum
|
Top: ManubriumMiddle: GladiolusBottom: Xyphoid process
|
|
| 12 |
Intercostal muscles
|
Intrinsic (11), Extrinsic (11)
|
|
| 13 |
Function of pulmonary artery? Pulmonary vein?
|
Artery: De-oxygenated blood from right ventricle to lungsVein: Oxygenated blood from...
|
|
| 14 |
Membranes that make up pleural cavity
|
Parietal: lines thoracic cavityVisceral: surrounds lungs
|
|
| 15 |
Function of negative pressure
|
Positive pressure causes lung to collapse. No air in lungs.
|
|
| 16 |
Normal negative lung pressure
|
Inspiration: -9 to -12Exspiration: -3 to -6
|
|
| 17 |
Where does the gas exchange take place in the lungs?
|
Alveolar process
|
|
| 18 |
What kind of action does a sternal saw have?
|
Reciprocating
|
|
| 19 |
What is the purpose of a mediastinoscopy?
|
Biopsy nodules of chest
|
|
| 20 |
What degree scope do you use for a thoracoscopy?
|
0 or 30 degree
|
|
| 21 |
What is a pneumonectomy?
|
Removal of entire lung; usually for cancer
|
|
| 22 |
How to ligate pulomnary artery and vein?
|
4 suture; Intercostal: 2 Vicryl
|
|
| 23 |
How to treat leaks of a wedge resection
|
GIA green, Chromic suture, Seam strips, Peri strips
|
|
| 24 |
T/F A chest tube is placed after a pneumonectomy
|
False
|
|
| 25 |
Purpose of irrigation onto lungs
|
Check for leaks
|
No comments yet! Be the first to add a comment below!
Please login to post comments.
After login, we will forward you back to this flashcard.