The Miller blade is also known as:

Which type of airway should be used in alert patients? 

A respiratory care practitioner is about to nasotracheal suction a patient, and notes that the suction manometer reads 100 mm Hg. When the respiratory care practitioner covers the thumb port, no suction occurs at the catheter tip. At this point, the respiratory care practitioner should:

While suctioning an intubated adult patient, it is important to: Pre and post-oxygenate the patient Limit the suctioning process to less than 10-15 seconds Use a suction pressure of -80 mm Hg Monitor the heart rate

The minimal leak technique is done by inflating the cuff to a point at which no air leak is heard at end inspiration.

You are called to a Code Blue for a patient who has a stoma. What are your options to ventilate this patient?  

Lymphatic tracheal blood flow will occlude at pressure of:

When applying tracheostomy ties or ETT securement device, the practitioner should check for tightness by:

Which of the following are possible complications of a tracheotomy? pneumothorax tracheal stenosis infection emphysema hemorrhage

During intubation if the ETT is inserted too far, it will most likely go into the right mainstem bronchus.