4 hours sleep is not a lot, but a 4 hour nap is.
Where do the electrical impulses of the heart start?
SA Node
Primary waste product of aerobic metabolism is?
Carbon dioxide
When does the diaphragm and intercostal muscles contract?
Inhalation
If you cannot palpate a pulse in an unresponsive Pt whose collapse was unwitnessed, you should?
Immediately begin CPR
How many lobes does the right and left lung have combined?
5
Where should you palpate a responsive Pts pulse who is older than 1 year?
At the radial artery
How should you check a pulse?
Place the tips of your index finger over the pulse point.
Most effective method of assessing the quality of air movement in the lungs?
Auscultating breath sounds with a stethoscope
Gas exchange in the lungs is facilitated by:
adequate amounts of surfactant.
When palpating the carotid pulse of a responsive patient, you should?
Avoid compressing both carotid arteries simultneously
What is the epiglottis?
Leaf-shaped flap of cartilage that prevents food and liquid from enetering the trachea during swallowing
What is the xiphoid process?
The inferior cartilaginous tip of the sternum
Use of accessory muscles, supraclavicular retractions and gasping attempts to breath are?
Clinical signs of labored breathin
Without adequate oxygen, the body's cells:
Incompletely convert glucose into energy, and lactic acid accumulates in the blood.
Most commonly sign of respiratory distress in Pediatric pts is?
Seesaw breathing
Oxygen and carbon dioxide pass across the alveolar membrane in the lungs through a process called?
Diffusion
This happens when a patients respirations are shallow?
Tidal volume is markedly reduced.
A patient who is NOT experiencing difficulty breathing will?
Be able to speak in complete sentences without unusual pauses.
The ________ portion of the spinal column is joined to the iliac bones of the pelvis.
Sacrum
Negative pressure breathing involves what?
A drop in pressure within the chest cavity
The smooth muscle that causes the artery to contract are found in the?
Tunica Media
What is dorsalis pedis?
Artery that can be palpated on the anterior surface of the foor
Name two central pulses?
Femoral and Carotid
Stridor indicates what?
Obstruction of the upper airway
Which major artery supplies all other arteries with blood?
Aorta