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Presence or absence of subglottic air pressure impacts which of the following functions?

It is acceptable to give a patient with nasotracheal intubation ice chips to relieve a dry mouth and provide some range-of-motion exercise to the muscles in the upper aerodigestive tract.

Which of the following best describes the phases of cough?

The dividing point between the upper and lower airways is the true vocal folds.

Which of the following is NOT an acceptable method for reinflating a tracheostomy cuff after you are finished with a Passy-Muir Valve trial?

Which of the following is NOT appropriate to do as  early intervention in the ICU with a trach/vent patient?

Which of the following is NOT beneficial when trying to establish an interdisciplinary trach team?

Which of the following changes can occur in the upper airway following long-term ventilatory support with an inflated cuff?

Which of the following best describes “leak speech?”

Swallowing and Coughing can both occur reflexively, but neither are simple reflexes, evidenced in two different ways.  First, motor output for coughing  and swallowing can be modified by the afferent input processed through cortex and subcortex.  Second, both can be produced voluntarily.