Biomechanics: Acute Care Equipment &
ICU OT UPDATED Study Guide
QUESTIONS AND CORRET ANSWSER
Ventilator - CORRECT ANSWERS machine that helps pump/blow air or
air with extra O2 into your airways and lungs (forces you to inhale by using
positive pressure)
Respiratory Failure - CORRECT ANSWERS inability to get enough O2
to your organs; too much CO2 can build up and must be breathed out
Endotracheal tube - CORRECT ANSWERS Flexible plastic tube that is
placed through the mouth into the trachea to help a person breathe via the
ventilator. Tube is inserted to help pt breathe
Weaning - CORRECT ANSWERS The transition from mechanical
ventilation to noninvasive respiratory support
Decreasing airway resistance
Easier tracheal suction
Greater pt comfort improving communication
Higher potential for oral feeding
Faster weaning from the ventilator
Lower rates of ventilator associated pneumonia - CORRECT ANSWERS
Benefits of tracheostomies
Tracheostomies - CORRECT ANSWERS When a pt has difficulty
weaning from ventilator what is performed?
, Dislodgment
Obstruction
Wound Infection
Scarring
A false passage
Hemorrhage
Subglottic & tracheal stenosis - CORRECT ANSWERS Risks of
tracheostomies
Suction Device - CORRECT ANSWERS Allows for the removal of
secretions or stomach contents via suction & tubing.
Avoid using the suction at the tracheostomy site as you may introduce bacteria
to the site or lungs.
Ventriculostomy - CORRECT ANSWERS Drain Cerebral spinal fluid
Placed in head of pt
Chest Drainage system - CORRECT ANSWERS Collects drainage from
a chest tube (air, blood, lymph, or infection).
>15% - CORRECT ANSWERS Percentage of lung is collapsed to place
chest drainage system
<10 - CORRECT ANSWERS Remove chest drainage system when how
many cc/hr
Promote drainage by gravity - CORRECT ANSWERS Why place the
chest drainage system below chest level?
ICU OT UPDATED Study Guide
QUESTIONS AND CORRET ANSWSER
Ventilator - CORRECT ANSWERS machine that helps pump/blow air or
air with extra O2 into your airways and lungs (forces you to inhale by using
positive pressure)
Respiratory Failure - CORRECT ANSWERS inability to get enough O2
to your organs; too much CO2 can build up and must be breathed out
Endotracheal tube - CORRECT ANSWERS Flexible plastic tube that is
placed through the mouth into the trachea to help a person breathe via the
ventilator. Tube is inserted to help pt breathe
Weaning - CORRECT ANSWERS The transition from mechanical
ventilation to noninvasive respiratory support
Decreasing airway resistance
Easier tracheal suction
Greater pt comfort improving communication
Higher potential for oral feeding
Faster weaning from the ventilator
Lower rates of ventilator associated pneumonia - CORRECT ANSWERS
Benefits of tracheostomies
Tracheostomies - CORRECT ANSWERS When a pt has difficulty
weaning from ventilator what is performed?
, Dislodgment
Obstruction
Wound Infection
Scarring
A false passage
Hemorrhage
Subglottic & tracheal stenosis - CORRECT ANSWERS Risks of
tracheostomies
Suction Device - CORRECT ANSWERS Allows for the removal of
secretions or stomach contents via suction & tubing.
Avoid using the suction at the tracheostomy site as you may introduce bacteria
to the site or lungs.
Ventriculostomy - CORRECT ANSWERS Drain Cerebral spinal fluid
Placed in head of pt
Chest Drainage system - CORRECT ANSWERS Collects drainage from
a chest tube (air, blood, lymph, or infection).
>15% - CORRECT ANSWERS Percentage of lung is collapsed to place
chest drainage system
<10 - CORRECT ANSWERS Remove chest drainage system when how
many cc/hr
Promote drainage by gravity - CORRECT ANSWERS Why place the
chest drainage system below chest level?
