For a neonate on an oxygen hood, where is the best placement of ...

[geoffrey]

For a neonate on an oxygen hood, where is the best placement of an oxygen analyzer to measure the correct FIO2?
 
  a. Above the patient's head c. On the side near either arm
  b. At the nose and mouth d. The rear of the hood

Question 2

A 55-year-old man comes to the emergency department on a nonrebreathing mask with an SpO2 of 88. The patient was found unconscious in a running car in the garage.
 
  Carbon monoxide poisoning is a concern at this time. What should the respiratory care practi-tioner recommend to the physician at this time?
  a. Place a nasal cannula at 6 L/min on the patient.
  b. Begin the patient on heliox therapy 80:20.
  c. Place the patient on carbogen therapy 5:95.
  d. Set the patient up on an air-entrainment device at 0.50 FIO2.

[Ahnyah]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Neonates are obligate nose-breathers, so the mouth and nose are the most accurate location, be-cause it is the area closest to the nares.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Carbogen is used to treat hiccups and carbon monoxide poisoning; furthermore, it is used as a stimulant/depressant of ventilation and to prevent the complete washout of CO2 during cardio-pulmonary bypass.