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