Safety Day 2019 Education

Oops, you calibrated a nitric tank in anticipation for pt use but do not need it. What do you do with the tank?

• If < 1hr, assert red lock in place, timer is off, and then place back in red nitric tank bag

• Place in used tank room

• Put filled out nitric paper with tank in the RT equipment area

• throw it away

How do you know the nitric tank is turned off?

• The timer has a (-)minus before the numbers

• The timer is not moving

• The metal screw end cap is in place

• The off button is on off

What is the highest liter flow we can do with a HFNC?

• 10L

• 15L

• 20L

• No Limit

What does the xray look like in a neonate with surfactant deficiency?

• ground glass

• increased lung volumes

• consolidation

• it looks good

If the patient's chin is down on xray, where would you expect the ETT to be located?

• in good position

• low

• high

• to the toes

Who is most likely to show clinical presentation of PHTN?

• Any newborn regardless of GA

• A premature infant

• near term to post term infant

• baby who aspirated meconium

When you take a preducatal and postductal sats on a patient that has right to left shunt, what should be the minimum gradient difference?

• <5mmHg

• 5-9mmHg

• 10mmHg or >

• 50mmHg

How do you ventilate an intubated patient with a foreign body?

• low tidal volumes on a vent, fast rate

• big tidal volumes on a vent, slow rate

• Hand bag

• CPAP

Which of the following does not contribute to misinterpretation errors on chest x-rays?

• Altered Anatomy

• Poor Image quality

• DVT

• Scoliosis

The tip of the ETT should be between the level of...

• Carina and clavicles

• C5-C7

• T1-T3

• clavicle and manubrium