The appropriate device for maintaining a small stoma to facilitate tracheal suctioning is which of ...

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

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Q. 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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Q. 3  Complications of a cricothyroidotomy include which of the following?
 
  a. Tracheal stenosis c. Ruptured epiglottis
  b. Laryngeal stenosis d. Vocal cord paralysis

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Q. 4  Complications from needle-jet ventilation include:
 
  a. hyperventilation. c. subcutaneous em-physema.
  b. subglottic stenosis. d. right bronchus in-tubation.