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Airway, Respiration and Ventilation:

1. You are intubating a 53 year old woman who is unconscious and has no gag reflex. Just after placing the tube and inflating the cuff you auscultate the epigastrum and lungs. You are unsure if tube placement is correct as there were conflicting sounds in the epigastrum. You should?


2. A respiration rate would be considered within normal limits for an adult at____ per minute, for a 6-12 year old child at ____ per minute, and for an infant at____ per minute.


3. Your patient is an 18 month old boy who, as reported by his mother, is "acting strange". You arrive to find the child reclined in his mother's arms. "I don't know what's wrong with him," she says. "I came out of the bathroom and he started making odd sounds and had spit running out of his mouth." What is the first thing you should do?


4. Not only does Epinephrine stimulate cardiac function, but it also has Beta II properties that cause what?


5. The correct initial dosage for Racemic Epinephrine for a pediatric patient with croup experiencing stridor at rest is?


6. You are assessing an 84 year old man. Upon auscultation of the lungs you discover crackles or rale sounds. He is complaining of chest pain and congestion. These signs and symptoms can indicate?


7. What are diuretics like Furosemide used for?


8. Because Epinephrine can be deactivated by alkaline solutions, it should not be mixed with?


9. You arrive on scene with your partner to a restaurant where a man was reported to be choking. You enter and find an unconscious cyanotic male on the floor. He is supine with BBQ sauce on his mouth and a napkin in his hand. What would you do for this patient?


10. A child between 3-5 would have normal vitals if they were?