Exam 15: Vital Signs, oxygen, chest Tubes, and Lines

Body homeostasis is often referred to as the body's "steady state" and is maintained by important body systems using physiologic feedback loops.Vital signs are an excellent indicator of the body's response to conditions and therapies the patient is undergoing.A key strength of using vital signs as an indicator of homeostasis is that they

A Swan-Ganz catheter is

From the choices below,the most accurate way to determine body temperature is

All of the following are true of body temperature measurement except

All of the following apply to respiratory measurements except

The ideal location of the endotracheal tube tip is

You have completed a portable chest radiograph on a patient in the ICU.The image is positioned correctly and has acceptable image quality.When the correct placement of a central venous (CV)line using a right-sided approach is assessed,the catheter tip should

A patient is thought to have had a cardiac arrest.The patient's pulse should be checked at the _____ artery.

To measure blood pressures,you will need a

A reliable device to measure oxygen saturation levels of arterial blood is a

The flow rate of oxygen therapy is given in

Thoracostomy tubes are used to

Adequate breathing consists of

The objective of oxygen therapy is to

In a patient with hypoxia,

The preferred location of a central venous line tip is the

All of the following are true of oxygen therapy except

All of the following are related except

While performing a portable chest radiograph on an uncooperative patient with a CV line inserted,you note that the catheter fixation material has loosened.Your responsibility as a professional radiographer is to

A Swan-Ganz catheter differs from a central venous (CV)catheter in that Swan-Ganz