After setting up a patient on a ventilatory support device, which of the following supplementary equipment would you require to be available at the bedside?
1. Suction source and catheters
2. Backup artificial airway
3. Manual resuscitator with O2
a. 2 and 3 only
b. 1 and 2 only
c. 1, 2, and 3
d. 1 and 3 only
ANS: C
An extra endotracheal tube or tracheostomy tube of the correct size should be placed at the pa-tient's bedside, and the equipment needed to replace the airway must be available and easily ac-cessible. A clean, functioning manual resuscitator with O2 supply and suction equipment, includ-ing an appropriate supply of suction catheters, sterile water or saline solution, and sterile gloves also must be placed near the bedside.
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