Extubation Criteria and Techniques — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: In a patient already recieving HFNO, endotracheal intubation must be considered if the patient deteriorates rapidly or does not improve after a short trial of _____ hour(s)

Answer: 1

Flashcard 2: Airway is secured in laser airway sx using cuffed silicone or rubber based ET tubes filled with _____

Answer: saline

Flashcard 3: _____ airway is also known as Guedel airway

Answer: Oropharyngeal

Flashcard 4: In the Berlin definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), what is the PaO2/FiO2 ratio threshold for diagnosis?

Answer: ≤ 300 mmHg (with PEEP or CPAP ≥ 5 cmH2O)

Extra: ARDS Severity Categories (Berlin Definition): • Mild: 200 < P/F ratio ≤ 300 • Moderate: 100 < P/F ratio ≤ 200 • Severe: P/F ratio ≤ 100

Flashcard 5: If an airway fire occurs during laser airway surgery, it should be extinguished with _____

Answer: saline

Flashcard 6: _____ Ventilation is time-triggered, time-cycled, and pressure-limited.

Answer: Pressure Controlled

Flashcard 7: 2020 AHA guidelines recommendations:Parameters such as _____ may be used to monitor and optimize CPR quality

Answer: ETCO2

Flashcard 8: In the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), in case of endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy, the _____ component is denoted as NT.

Answer: verbal

Extra: According to the updated GCS (2014) guidelines, if a component cannot be assessed (e.g., verbal component in an intubated patient), it is recorded as **NT** (Not Testable). Traditionally, this was recorded as **T** (e.g., 1T).

Flashcard 9: _____ delivers oxygen at 40-60 L/min and increases PEEP

Answer: High-flow nasal cannula

Flashcard 10: The following capnography waveform represents: _____

Answer: spontaneous breathing