Respiratory Emergencies

Course overview

Objectives Describe the difference between ventilation diffusion and perfusion Identify the causes of the most common respiratory emergencies Explain how identification of the underlying causes of common respiratory emergencies may help patients once they reach the hospital Content Information Covered 1 Airway Assessment 1 Purpose 2 Procedure 3 Anticipating the Difficult Airway 2 Techniques of assuring a patent airway 1 Manual airway maneuvers 2 Mechanical airway devices 3 Relief of Foreign Body Airway Obstruction 1 Airway suctioning 4 Blind insertion airway devices 5 Endotracheal intubation 1 Direct laryngoscopy visualized 2 Non visualized 1 Nasal 2 Digital 3 Lighted stylet 4 Fiber optic Shikaini Seeing Optical Stylet SOS Glide scope 6 Percutaneous cricothyrotomy 3 Rapid ventilation exhaustion dead space air movement 4 Mechanical ventilation 5 Breathing against an elevated diaphragm 6 Decreases in lung compliance such as pneumonia emphysema and trauma 7 Ventilation perfusion mismatch 1 Perfusion defects 2 Anemia 3 Blood loss 8 Disruptions in effective circulation 9 Disruptions at the cellular level 4 Management of Adequate and Inadequate Respiration 1 Respiratory Compromise 5 Supplemental Oxygen Therapy 1 Review the oxygen delivery devices 2 Oxygen administration and the patient with hypercapnia 6 Age Related Variations in Pediatric and Geriatric Patients