SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES, LESSON 4
1.
Suctioning. (para 4-1a)
2.
Hemorrhage and edema.
Hypoxemia.
Infections in the lungs.
Collapsed lung.
Cardiac arrest. (para 4-2b)
3.
Sizes 12 and 14 catheters.
(para 4-2c(1)(a))
4.
(para 4-2e)
5.
Semi-Fowler's.
(para 4-2g)
6.
Place your thumb over the end of the suction tube and observe the pressure
gauge. (para 4-2h(2))
7.
a
On the portable unit, it is 7 to 15 inches of Hg.
b
On the wall-mounted unit, it is 120 to 150 mm Hg.
(para 4-2h(2)(a))
8.
Notify the supervisor before continuing.
(para 4-6h(3))
9.
Turn on the suction apparatus with the ungloved hand. Hold the catheter in the
gloved hand and insert the tip in a basin of sterile water. Place the thumb over the
suction port and observe the saline entering the drainage bottle. (para 4-2n)
10.
Insert the catheter into the patient's nose, without suction, 3 to 5 inches. Apply
suction (no more than 15 seconds). Withdraw the catheter using a rotating
motion. (para 4-3b)
11.
Have him to cough and bring up secretions to the back of the throat so they can be
easily removed. (para 4-3a(1))
12.
Insert the tip in the sterile solution and suction the solution through the catheter.
(para 4-3a(5)
13.
Measure from the patient's nose to the tip of his ear, then to the larynx.
(para 4-3c(1))
14.
The patient's right nostril. (para 4-3c(3))
15.
Color change or increased pulse rate. (para 4-3c(7))
16.
b. (para 4-2c(1)(a))
End of Lesson 4
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