Demonstrate assessment and management of adequate and inadequate ventilation.
Demonstration should include
- an explanation of the effect of ventilation on cardiac output
- implementation of
- artificial ventilation, including continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices
- minute ventilation
- alveolar ventilation
- pulse oximetry
- automatic transport ventilator (ATV).
Demonstration should also include age-related variations in pediatric and geriatric patients.
Process/Skill Questions:
- How is artificial ventilation given to an adult patient, to a child, and to an infant?
- How is minute ventilation calculated?
- How would an EMT calculate how much oxygen is reaching the alveoli?