Airway management I

The quiz
You are nurse in the intensive care unit. Your patient is a 68-year-old with severe COPD. He was admitted about an hour ago after coming to the emergency department with shortness of breath. Despite all of the usual interventions, he remains severely short of breath. The decision has been made to intubate him, and anesthesia has been paged to assist in intubation. He suddenly gasps a few times and stops breathing. You quickly glance at the monitor. He remains in sinus tachycardia and you can feel a reasonable strong radial pulse. He is unresponsive.


about 3–5 minutes

Question 1 of 5

Which of the following should you do?

Question 2 of 5

This patient is in respiratory arrest, but maintaining a pulse. He should be ventilated

Question 3 of 5

Although you are managing to ventilate him utilizing a bag valve mask, the recommendation for a BVM is that it be utilized by

Question 4 of 5

His airway should be maintained using what maneuver?

Question 5 of 5

The goal oxygen saturation for this patient is:

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The quiz

Correct answers

  • Call for assistance, place the patient supine, open airway, begin ventilation
  • 10 times per minute.
  • 2 people.
  • Head tilt — Chin lift
  • 94%–99%.

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Current version
Jun 23, 2020

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Feb 23, 2016

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Changes: Updated airway management scenarios