What Is the Proper Technique to Use for Administering Oxygen

question 36

Multiple Choice

What is the proper technique to use for administering oxygen to a patient with an artificial airway?

• A) Applying sterile gloves
• B) Leaving fluid in the tubing
• C) Attaching the T tube to a humidified oxygen source
• D) Monitoring the response to oxygen with hourly arterial blood gas levels

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Definitions:

Photosystem

A complex of proteins and pigments in plants and algae that absorbs light energy and converts it into chemical energy during photosynthesis.

Chlorophyll

A green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria, essential for photosynthesis as it absorbs light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose.

Mitochondrion

An organelle found in large numbers in most cells, in which the biochemical processes of respiration and energy production occur. It has a double membrane, the inner layer being folded inward to form layers (cristae).

Chloroplast

Organelle of photosynthesis in plants and photosynthetic protists. Light-dependent reactions occur at its inner thylakoid membrane; light-independent reactions, in the stroma.