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Starlight

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on: Jul 16, 2018
The appropriate device for maintaining a small stoma to facilitate tracheal suctioning is which of the following?
 
  a. Tracheal button c. Transtracheal nee-dle
  b. Luer-Lok system d. Silastic TT

Question 2

A patient with an Olympic button arrives in the emergency department via ambulance and has a respiratory arrest in the hospital. To establish a secure airway that could be attached to a mechan-ical ventilator, the respiratory therapist should:
 
  a. insert an laryngeal mask airway.
  b. place a nasopharyngeal airway in the nose.
  c. intubate the patient with an uncuffed en-dotracheal tube.
  d. replace the Olympic button with a cuffed TT.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
A tracheal button can be used to maintain a small stoma and may be removed for suctioning.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
The tracheal button must be changed to a cuffed TT in order to maintain positive-pressure venti-lation.


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