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When is clinical deterioration most common ? Right Ans - After emergency
admission
After operations
During recovery from serious illness
What would failure to recognise deterioration cause ? Right Ans - Cardio-
respiratory arrest
Why is an early warning score useful? Right Ans - Track and provide
criteria which trigger an assistance call
Aim is to prevent patients passing through a potentially reversible period of
instability and deterioration
What are the principles of the ABCDE assessment ? Right Ans - Looks for
immediately life threatening conditions
Can be repeated
What can affect your airways? Right Ans - Lower GCS
Body fluids
Inflammation
Infection
Trauma
What is involved in an airway assessment? Right Ans - Patent airway
Look listen feel
Added sounds(Snoring,gurgling,wheeze,stridor)
Tracheal tug
Accessory muscles
See-saw respiratory pattern
Name some basic airway interventions ? Right Ans - Head tilt chin lift
Jaw thrust
Suction
Oral/nasal airways
Recovery position