What are the physiologic goals of prone positioning?
What will be an ideal response?
1) To improve oxygenation (e.g., SpO2, PaO2, SaO2)
2) To improve respiratory mechanics (e.g., compliance, work of breathing)
3) To enhance pleural pressure gradient, alveolar inflation, and gas distribution
4) To reduce inspiratory pressures (e.g., peak and plateau)
5) To reduce atelectasis and intrapulmonary shunting
6) To facilitate removal of secretions
7) To reduce ventilator-related lung injury
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Which of the following best describes the pathophysiology of most burns to the human body?
A) Heat causes evaporation of water and denatures protein. B) Radiation, including solar radiation and radiant heat, alters cell structures. C) Chemicals cause an endothermic reaction that destroys tissue. D) The skin, and sometimes deeper tissues, are destroyed through combustion.
The body cavity located in the chest is the ____
A) dorsal cavity B) ventral cavity C) thoracic cavity D) abdominal cavity