Emergency situations that home mechanical ventilation caregivers ...

[itsmyluck]

Emergency situations that home mechanical ventilation caregivers must be trained to recognize and manage include all of the following except:
 
  a. ventilator or power failure.
  b. tension pneumothorax.
  c. artificial airway obstruction.
  d. ventilator circuit problems.

Question 2

Patient parameters that lay caregivers of home mechanical ventilation should assess regularly in-clude which of the following? 1. Vital signs 2. Skin color or diaphoresis 3. Chest excursions 4. Breath sounds
 
  a. 1 and 3 only
  b. 1, 2, and 3 only
  c. 3 and 4 only
  d. 2, 3, and 4 only

[Laurenleakan]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Emergency situations that caregivers must be trained to recognize and properly deal with include ventilator or power failure, ventilator circuit problems, airway emergencies, and cardiac arrest.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
The AARC developed a Clinical Practice Guideline on Long-Term Invasive Mechanical Ventila-tion in the Home. Excerpts appear on pp. 1299-1300.

[itsmyluck]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[okolip]

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