Upper Respiratory Anatomy
Difficulty swallowing of food and fluids.
What is dysphagia?
A sharp pain that occurs when the inflamed membranes rub against each other with inhalation.
What is pleurisy?
Occluded alveoli or parts of lobes and lungs.
What is atelectasis?
Measures the amount of oxygen in the blood
What is pulse oximetry?
A group of non-invasive breathing exercises done to assess risks for COPD, asthma, or pulmonary fibrosis.
What is pulmonary function tests (PFT)?
Condition that can occur if taking alpha receptor nasal spray for several days to treat cold symptom rhinorrhea.
What is nasal rebound congestion?
Lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid
What is pneumonia?
Client reported shortness of breath.
What is dyspnea?
Device used to demonstrate one's ability to expand and exercise lungs.
What is an incentive spirometer?
ABG indication if presence of low pH normal PaCO2 low HCO3
What is metabolic acidosis?
Often seen in sepsis, diabetic ketoacidosis, kidney failure
Bleeding of the nose and treatment.
What is epistaxis? What is pressure to midline septum or silver nitrate.
Provides ventilation assistance with higher pressure with inhalation and lower pressure with exhalation.
What is bilevel positive airway pressure or BiPAP?
Receptors that are part of the sympathetic nervous system and causes vasoconstriction in the periphery vessels with fight or flight.
What is alpha-1 receptors?
A blood test that measures the amounts of certain gases (such as oxygen and carbon dioxide) dissolved in arterial blood
What is an arterial blood gas?
You observe an IV site that is red, warm, swollen, and painful. What is your evaluation?
What is phlebitis?
Infiltration is pale, cool, swollen, and may/may not have pain.
Vocal cords surgically removed and a risk factor.
What is a laryngectomy? What is smoking and/or alcohol use.
An acute inflammatory response of the lungs causes alveoli sacs to fill with fluid. A medical emergency.
What is ARDS or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?
A breathing technique using the abdomen to increase lung capacity, increase oxygen intake, lower heart rate, and stimulates the body's relaxation response.
What is diaphragmatic breathing?
An incision into the chest wall to insert a temporary drain into the pleural cavity for fluid drainage and air that may include laboratory testing.
What is thoracentesis?
What are wheezes?
Anatomy of upper respiratory system
What are the nose, mouth, pharynx, and larynx.
Anatomy of lower respiratory system
What are the lower trachea, bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli?
Maintenance of positive pressure within the lungs at the end of expiration thereby keeping alveoli open.
What is positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP)?
Anticipated lung sound for a client with fluid retention?
What are crackles?
Medication in a Duo Nebulization and why used?
What are albuterol and ipratropium? What are wheezes?