Breaking the Law
Who described the law of partial pressures in a gas mixture?
Dalton
What is the national professional association for REspiratory care?
AARC
This medication helps thin secretions?
Mucomyst
Name three things that can affect the accuracy of a pulse ox?
Circulation, perfusion, movement, fake nails, ambient light.
A mass in a persons neck can cause what to happen to the trachea?
Shift to the opposite side of the
Whose law related to the rate of gas transfer across a membrane?
Ficks Law
Which was the first state to pass licensure laws for RT?
California
This medication quickly relaxes the smooth muscle in the airways?
Albuterol
What is the name of the quick assessment done 1 min and 5 min after birth to evaluate the health of a newborn?
Apgar
What are the 3 primary sites for obtaining ABGs?
Radial, Brachial, Femoral
Whos law explains that the amount of gas dissolved in a liquid is proportional to its partial pressure?
Henrys law
What does Karl Von Linde contribute to the field of respiratory care?
Large scale commercial O2
A group of drugs used to reduce inflammation in the lungs?
Corticosteroids
A patient with recent abdominal surgery, chest xray shows a elevated diaphragm on the left, crowded pulmonary vessels and scattered thin layered densities, what is your diagnosis?
Atlectasis
A patient has pneumonia in the superior segment of the lower lobes. What would be the best option to facilitate oxygenation?
Prone
What law describes the relationship between gas and temperature and volume?
Charles Law
During the polio epidemic of the 1950s, who developed the first commercial iron lung?
Drinker and Emerson
This can be used to treat upper airway obstruction or asthma because it causes less airway resistance then atmospheric air?
Heliox
The breathing pattern characterized by progressivly deeper and sometimes faster breathing followed by a gradual decrease that results in the patient to temporarily stop breathing called apnea?
Cheyne Stokes
Ischemia will result in what changes on a 12 lead EKG?
Inverted T-Wave
Who described the inverse relationship between gas and volumes and pressures?
Boyle
What year was NBRC created?
1983
What drug do CF patients take to help break down the mucous in their airways?
Pulmozyme(Dornase alfa)
7% hypertonic
Kussmaul breathing is a deep, labored breathing pattern often associated with?
Metabolic acidosis (DKA)
What state does not require a license to perform respiratory care?
Alaska