DAANCE Module 4 study guide

DAANCE Module 4 study guide Purpose of the scavenging system - Reducing the levels of the noxious agents to an acceptably low level by exhausting them outside the operating room. Medical gas cylinder colors - Blue- Nitrous Oxide Green- Oxygen Yellow- Compressed Air Brown- Helium Black- Nitrogen Gray- Carbon Dioxide Airway Adjuncts(8) - Head-tilt/Chin-lift Tongue traction suture Nasopharyngeal airway Oropharyngeal airway Laryngeal mask airway I-gel supraglottic airway Endotracheal tube Combitube Cricothyrotomy Tongue traction suture - When the tongue is obstructing the airway one or two sutures can be placed through the dorsum of the tongue and grasped with a large hemostat Nasopharyngeal airway - Does not interfere with procedures Well-tolerated Can be used on awake patients Passed through one of the nostrils into the nasal cavity into the oropharynx posterior to the tongue. Oropharyngeal airway - Oral airway may be used to position the tongue in a more anterior position interferes with intraoral procedures not tolerated well in awake patients Sup