Rehab-ch 10

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CCU
- cardiac care unit
- critical care unit
ER or ED
- Emergency room
- Emergency Department
ICU

Intensive Care Unit
NICU

Neonatal Intensive CAre Unit
PACU

postanesthesia Care Unit
Fowlers

seated up in bed
Trendelenberg

Lying in bed with head lower than lower extremities
Types of specialty beds
- standard adjustable bed
- turning frame
- air-fluidized support bed
- post-trauma mobility bed
- low air loss therapy bed
positive pressure of ventilator does what?`

moves air into the lungs
purpose of ventilator?

to maintain adequate air exchange
explain Volume cycled ventilators
- long term support
- predetermined volume of air for forced inspiration
- passive exhalation
explain pressure cycled ventilators
- short term use
- established maximum pressure reached on inhalation
- passive exhalation
explain negative pressure ventilators
- rarely used
- iron lung
- most commonly used amongst polio population
Airway replacement
- ETT
- Nasal intibation is the worst
- oral intibation the patient won't be getting out of bed
Modes of Ventilation
- assist mode
- continuous positive airway pressure mode
- control mode
- assisted control mode
- intermittent mandatory ventilation mode
- synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation mode
- PEEp mode
Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation Mode
- minimum number of respirations are set
- patient can do the rest
PEEP mode

positive pressure keeps the lungs expanded and alveoli patent.
Continuous positive airway pressure
- uses PEEP at the end of expirations
- used in weaning from the vent
Control Mode

controls inspiration at timed intervals based on the patients needs
assisted control mode

combination of control and continuous positive airway pressure modes
Synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation mode

vent cycle is coordinated with the patients respirations
assist mode

patient works with the vent
Monitors
- vitals signs
- oximeter
- pulmonary artery cath
- intracranial pressure
- central venous pressure cath
- arterial line
- indwelling right arterial cath (Hickman)
Indwelling Right Arterial Cath (Hickman)

inserted through the cephalic or internal jugular vein and goes to the tip of the right atrium
Feeding devices
- nasogastric tube
- gastric tube
- intravenous feeding
- intravenous line
Internal urinary catheter
- secured via a balloon containing air or sterile water
- gravity aids in drainage
- infection is a big concern
types of catheters
- foley
- external catheter
- suprapubic
Modes of Oxygen delivery
- nasal cannua
- oronasal mask
- nasal catheter
- tent
- tracheostomy mask
flow rate of oxygen delivery is measured in what units?

liters per minute
anterior chest tube removes what?

removal of air
lateral chest tube removes what?

removal of air
inferior chest tube removes what?

removal of fluids
posterior chest tube removes what?

removal of fluids
mediastinal chest tube removes what?

drains blood and fluid

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Card Set

Rehab-ch 10

Description

equipment and care areas

Updated

2013-11-27T05:14:03Z

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