A patient’s pulse rate drops from 84 to 44/min immediately after a suction catheter is inserted    to perform NT suction even before suction is applied to the airway. Which of the following    mechanisms is most likely for this response?

What is the primary indication for tracheostomy?

If a ventilated patient with a laryngectomy lost their airway, which of the following would be the best?

Which of the following conditions require emergency tracheal intubation?1. Upper airway or laryngeal edema2. Loss of protective reflexes3. Cardiopulmonary arrest4. Traumatic upper airway obstruction

What is the purpose of a cuff on an artificial tracheal airway?

If a combitube is placed in the esophagus, ventilation is through the blue colored # 1 tube.

Soon after endotracheal tube extubation, an adult patient exhibits a high-pitched inspiratory noise, heard without a stethoscope. Which of the following actions would you recommend?

Compared with the nasal route, the advantages of oral intubation include which of the following?1. Reduced risk of kinking2. Less retching and gagging3. Easier suctioning4. Less traumatic insertion

Which of the following is a disorder that takes the form of a bodily ailment that has no physical cause?

In Freud’s personality theory, the ________ are in conflict and the ________ must mediate between them.