Question

Identify the true statement:

A) Intubated patients should have mechanical ventilators for transport.
B) Anesthetized and critically ill patients cannot regulate their own body temperature, leaving them at risk for hyperthermia.
C) ETTs, urinary catheters, IV lines, chest tubes, and arterial lines are at risk for being pulled out when moving a patient from one bed to another.
D) Transport ventilators typically consume about the same amount of oxygen as manual ventilation.
E) Invasive arterial line to continuously monitor a patient's blood pressure is typically used only for critically ill patients.

Answer 1

Anesthetized and critically ill patients cannot regulate their own body temperature, leaving them at risk for hyperthermia.

Step-by-step explanation:

The true statement in this question is option B: Anesthetized and critically ill patients cannot regulate their own body temperature, leaving them at risk for hyperthermia.

When patients are intubated and under anesthesia, their ability to regulate their body temperature is compromised. This is because the anesthesia affects the muscles necessary for breathing and the movement of the tongue, which can partially or fully block the airway.

As a result, these patients are at risk for hyperthermia, which is an abnormally high body temperature. To avoid complications, the safest procedure for these patients is endotracheal intubation, which involves placing a tube into the trachea to maintain an open airway and seal it off from the oropharynx.