Deck 16: Clinical Skills

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of basic airway management?

A) Suctioning
B) Intubation
C) Chest drain insertion
D) All are correct

Answer 1

Suctioning

Question 2

This is a manoeuvre where the palm of one hand is placed on the patient's forehead while the tips of the fingers of the other hand secures the chin, while it is lifted up and backwards:

A) Head tilt/chin lift manoeuvre
B) Jaw thrust manoeuvre
C) Heimlich manoeuvre
D) All are correct

Answer 2

Head tilt/chin lift manoeuvre

Question 3

In inserting an oral airway for an adult patient, the following steps are correct, EXCEPT:

A) Hold the oral cavity with the curve facing down
B) Advance the airway slowly towards the hard palate
C) Rotate at 180 degrees over the base of the tongue
D) All are correct.

Answer 3

Hold the oral cavity with the curve facing down

Question 4

When do you hold an oral airway facing downwards?

A) For an older patient
B) For a paediatric patient
C) For adults
D) All are correct

Question 5

When do you use an E-C clamp technique?

A) In a single-operator bag-mask ventilation
B) In a two-operator bag-mask ventilation
C) With mechanical ventilation
D) All are correct

Question 6

The type of manoeuvre performed by placing the thumb and middle finger over the cricoid cartilage and applying downward pressure:

A) Sellick's manoeuvre
B) Valsalva manoeuvre
C) Jaw thrust manoeuvre
D) All are correct

Question 7

How much oxygen should a patient receive during the preoxygenation phase of intubation?

A) 50% oxygen
B) 100% oxygen
C) 75% oxygen
D) 2 litres of oxygen

Question 8

What is the ideal position of a patient to be intubated?

A) Sniffing position
B) Head tilted to side
C) Lying on the left side of the face
D) None are correct

Question 9

What is an alternative to establishing an airway to a patient who is unconscious when intubation is not readily available?

A) Laryngeal mask airway
B) Oral airway
C) Pharyngeal intubation
D) All are correct

Question 10

What intervention is necessary if the patient cannot be intubated nor oxygenated?

A) Nasogastric insertion
B) Chest drain insertion
C) Cricothyroidotomy
D) Thyroidectomy