Kacmarek: Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 10th Edition
Chapter 38: Medical Gas Therapy
Answer Key for the Workbook
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
1. Describe when oxygen therapy is needed. (Q: 15)
2. Assess the need for oxygen therapy. (Q: 20)
3. Describe what precautions and complications are associated with oxygen therapy. (Q: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
4. Select an oxygen delivery system appropriate for the respiratory care plan. (Q: 41, 66, 82)
5. Describe how to administer oxygen to adults, children, and infants. (Q: 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
6. Describe how to check for proper function and to identify and correct malfunctions of oxygen delivery systems. (Q: 55)
7. Describe how to evaluate and monitor a patient's response to oxygen therapy. (Q: 15, 16)
8. Describe how to modify or recommend modification of oxygen therapy on the basis of patient response. (91, 92, 93, 94)
9. Describe how to implement protocol-based oxygen therapy.
10. Identify what indications, complications, and hazards apply to hyperbaric oxygen therapy. (Q: 83, 84, 85)
11. Identify when and how to provide nitric oxide therapy. (Q: 86, 87, 88, 89)
12. Identify when and how to administer helium-oxygen therapy. (Q: 86, 87, 88, 89)
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Reference: Glossary
1. cannula
2. reservoir
3. lassitude
4. diaphragmatic
5. retinopathy
6. hypoxemia
7. toxicity
8. infarction
9. dysplasia
10. pendant
11. concentration
12. entrainment
13. wye
TANK JOCKEYS AND GAS PASSERS
14. Reference: Page 910
Hypoxemia is a decreased level of oxygen in the blood. "Acute" means sudden.
15. Reference: Page 911
1. PaO2 < 60 mm Hg
2. SaO2 < 90%
16. Reference: Page 910
A. Oxygen decreases dyspnea and cardiac workload.
B. Oxygen improves mental function and energy.
. 17. Reference: Page 910
A. Increased ventilation: faster rate and increased depth
B. Increased cardiac output:...