CPAP: What do you know about continuous positive airway pressure? As a medical practitioner, you should be able to advise patients suffering from Sleep Apnea on how they can use the machine so as to lessen the occurrence of such issues. Take up the quiz and see if you are as knowledgeable as you may think. All the best!
CHF with Pulmonary edema
Acute MI
COPD, prior to the use of bronchodilators
Unconscous Asthma
The patient becomes more awake and lucid
The patient becomes obtunded
The patient has less trouble breathing
The patient’s oxygen saturation goes from 92% to 97%
It helps to stent open alveoli
It helps to alleviate bronchospasm
It helps to improve lung compliance, which makes the work of breathing easier
It is actually more effective than broncodilators, especially in an acute setting
It should never be used in a patient with respiratory arrest
It should not be used in an unconscious patient
It should not be applied to patients with Hypertension
It should not be applied to a patient with a Pneumothorax
Respiratory rate > 25
Severe dyspnea
Abdominal distention
Ability to follow commands
NTG
CPAP
Oxygen
Trendelenburg Position
Responsive patients with an intact gag reflex.
Patients with known esophageal disease
Patients who are more than 4 feet tall.
Any patients that have ingested caustic substances
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