Chapter 3 Highights: Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care 11th Ed. Exam Q’s & A’s 2024

Chapter 3 Highights: Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care 11th Ed. Exam Q’s & A’s 2024 The sum of its properties that serve to satisfy the needs of its consumer. High-quality services get high demand and also become a source of pride and financial success. -Answer-What is Quality? (1) Patient movement and ambulation (2) Electrical hazards (3) Fire hazards (4) General safety concerns. -Answer-What are the key areas of potential risks for patients, RTs and co-workers? Straight spine and use of the leg muscles to lift the object. -Answer-The correct technique for lifting a heavy object? (1) Patients level of consciousness (2) Color (3) Breathing (4) Strength or weakness (5) Complaints of pain or shortness of breath throughout the activity -Answer-What should be monitored in the patient during ambulation? (1) The amount of current flowing through the body. (2) The path it takes. (3) The duration the current is applied. -Answer-Current represents the potential danger to the patient. What three things do the harmful effects of current depend on? 100 mA (milliAmps) -Answer-The heart is susceptible to any current level greater than what? 120 mA -Answer-This level of milliamps represents a potentially fatal shock. Pacemaker wires or saline-filled intravascular catheters. (Not dry skin that is intact.) - Answer-Current can readily flow into the body, causing damage to vital organs when the skin is bypassed via conductors such as? On grounded outlets with three-wire cords. -Answer-How should all electrical equipment be connected? The dangerous buildup of voltage that can occur on the metal frames of some electrical equipment. -Answer-What does the third (ground) wire prevent from happening? 23% -Answer-Approximately what percent of health care facility fires occur in hospital or hospice? 46% -Answer-Approximately what percent of health care facility fires occur in nursing homes? In the kitchen. -Answer-Where is the most common site origin site of a fire? They become larger, more intense, faster burning, and more difficult to extinguish. - Answer-What happens to fires in O2-enriched areas (OEA)? True -Answer-T/F: Some material that would not burn in room air would burn in O2- enriched air? (1) Flammable material must be present. (2) O2 must be present. (3) The flammable material must be heated to or above its ignition temperature. - Answer-What three conditions must exist for a fire to start? Oxygen (O2) -Answer-A fires rate of combustion is accelerated by this nonflammable gas? Rescue patients (in the immediate are of the fire). Alert other personnel (this step includes pulling the fire alarm). Contain the fire (shut doors to prevent fire and smoke spreading). Evacuate other patients and personnel in the area. -Answer-What does the acronym RACE stand for? Learning to transport and transfer critically ill patients safely. -Answer-A key component of disaster preparedness involves what? (1) Increased risk for fire. (2) Explosive release of high-pressure cylinders. (3) The toxic effect of some gases. -Answer-Physical hazards resulting from improper storage and handling of cylinders include? In appropriate racks or chained containers. -Answer-How should cylinders be stored and transported? (1) Gestures (2) Facial expressions (3) Eye movements and contact (4) Voice tone (5) Space and touch -Answer-Examples of nonverbal communication include?