Author Question: You arrive at the aid room and note that portable oxygen tanks are now yellow instead of green as ... (Read 92 times)

TVarnum · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

You arrive at the aid room and note that portable oxygen tanks are now yellow instead of green as during your previous shift. As a knowledgeable OEC Technician you should:

a. not use the yellow tank and instead retrieve a green cylinder.
b. recognize the availability of more effective synthetic oxygen.
c. decide that your mountain area has switched to new lightweight oxygen tanks.
d. realize that the yellow color indicates new tanks that hold more oxygen.

Question 2

You have been ventilating the patient with an oropharyngeal airway and bag-valve mask. Suddenly the patient regains consciousness and starts to gag. Your immediate action should be to:

a. leave the airway in but stop ventilations.
b. remove the airway.
c. suction the airway.
d. reassure and calm the patient.