Your patient is an infant being treated for bronchopulmonary dysplasia. He is being weaned off his respirator by a process called intermittent mandatory ventilation. When you arrive, you find the infant obviously hypoxic and sick-looking. Which of the following treatments is indicated?
A) Ventilator support B) Prompt transport to a neonatal center
C) Oxygen administration D) All of the above
Question 2
Beta radiation represents the greatest threat to a person's well-being when the:
A) person is within 30 feet of the source.
B) person ingests it by eating contaminated food.
C) radiation occurs in liquid form.
D) source is heated to greater than 100F.
Bronchoscopy. Figure illustrates physician using a bronchoscope to inspect the patient’s bronchial t
Mechanical ventilation. The photograph shows a patient receiving breathing assistance by the use of
To clear an obstructed airway in an infant (A) use chest thrusts followed by (B) back blows.