Can you pass this Tracheostomy quiz? Tracheostomy is a surgical procedure to relieve a patient from obstruction to breathing by incision. This procedure is difficult and should be done with utmost care. A slight mistake may lead to a hazardous situation. In this quiz, your knowledge about Tracheostomy and its procedure will be tested. Can you manage to get a score equal to or above 70 on this quiz? Let's see!
Practice standard precaution and perfrom tracheostomy care.
Discard the dressing with discharges.
Practice standard precaution, perform tracheostomy care, and report the signs of infection.
Use curtain
Hand washing
Use sterile gloves
Proper waste disposal
Decrease the client’s anxiety by increasing the size of the airway.
Provide increased cerebral oxygenation, thereby preventing further respiratory depression.
Facilitate nursing care since tracheal tubes have fewer side effects than nasotracheal tubes.
Provide more controlled ventilation and ease removal of secretions the client is unable to handle.
True
False
Bag Valve Mask
Suction equipment
Oxygen
Establishing means of postoperative communication.
Drawing blood for serum electrolytes and blood gases.
Inserting an indwelling catheter and attaching it to dependent drainage.
Doing a surgical prep of the neck and upper chest wall.
Infection
Pneumonia
Hemorrhage
Subcutaneous emphysema
True
False
Cough
The functioning of tracheostomy
Suctioned
Left open
1/3 of the diameter of the trach.
1 to 2 cm in diameter.
No larger than 1/2 diameter of artificial airway d/t atelectasis risk
Hyperoxygenation
Suctioning
Nebulization
True
False
Suction the opening and the trach tubing
Assess the patients lung sounds
Replace the trach tubing with an Ambu-bag and provide two measured breaths
Check capillary refill in the fingertips.
True
False
30-40 mmHg
20-25 mmHg
15-20 mmHg
40-55 mmHg
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