SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
S/S OF AN ASTHMA ATTACK?
WHAT IS... CHEST TIGHTNESS, ATTACK ONE- CONSTRICTION, ATTACK TWO- CONSTRICTION AND FLUID
DO YOU EVER GIVE A PAPER BAG TO A HYPERVENTILATION SYNDROME PT?
WHAT IS... ABSOLUTELY NOT U DUMBASS
WHAT BREATH SOUND IS SNORING/RATTLING?
WHAT IS RHONCHI
WHAT DOES GURGLING INDICATE?
PRESENCE OF BLOOD, VOMIT, SECRETIONS OR OTHER FLUIDS IN THE AIRWAY
WHAT IS INFLAMMATION OF THE RESPIRATORY BRONCHIOLES AND ALVEOLI CAUSED BY INFECTION?
WITH A HEMOTHORAX.. BP IS (1)_____ TO (2)______ AND PULSE IS (3)_____
WHAT IS (1) NORMAL (2) LOW (3) HIGH
WHAT POSITION DO YOU PLACE A PT WITH SEVERE DYSPNEA IN?
WHAT BREATH SOUNDS ARE HARSH, HIGH-PITCHED SOUNDS?
WHAT IS STRIDOR
WHAT DOES RALES INDICATE?
WHAT IS... PULMONARY EDEMA OR PNEUMONIA
S/S OF A PULMONARY EDEMA?
WHAT IS... COUGH, HYPOTENSION, TACHYPNEA, TACHYCARDIA, FEVER, DISTENDED NECK VEINS, CRACKING, WHEEZING
HOW DO YOU TREAT A PE?
WHAT IS... PLACE PT ON THE LEFT SIDE IF NEEDED, TO KEEP THE HEART LOW
WHAT IS KUSSMAUL BREATHING?
WHAT IS.. FAST AND DEEP BREATHING PATTERN
WHAT DOES A PE MOVING TO THE BRAIN CAUSE?
A STROKE- CVA
WHAT IS AN ATTACK THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN BY CONVENTIONAL MEANS?
WHAT IS... STATUS ASTHMATICUS
S/S OF A TENSION PNEUMO?
WHAT IS... CHEST PAIN, RAPID BREATHING, SOB, RACING HEART, FOLLOWED BY SHOCK
WHAT POSITION DO YOU PLACE AN UNRESPONSIVE PT WITHOUT TRAUMATIC INJURIES IN?
WHAT IS... LATERAL RECUMBENT
WHAT IS CHEYNE STOKES BREATHING?
WHAT IS... FAST, SLOW, DEEP, SHALLOW, WITH APNEA
WHEN A VICTIM MAKES NO SOUND WHEN COUGHING WHAT DOES IT INDICATE?
WHAT IS.. SEVERE CHOKING
WHAT IS A PULMONARY EMBOLISM?
WHAT IS... AN EMBOLISM THAT BLOCKS FLOW IN THE PULMONARY VESSEL
S/S OF EMPHYSEMA?
WHAT IS... NO PRODUCTIVE COUGH, CLUBBING IN FINGERS, BARREL CHEST
WHAT POSITION DO YOU PLACE A SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX PT IN?
WHAT BREATH SOUND IS BUBBLES/CRACKLES HEARD DURING INHALATION?
WHAT IS... RALES
WHEN BP DROPS, A TRAUMATIC PNEUMO WILL TURN INTO WHAT?
WHAT IS A TENSION PNEUMO
WHAT STRUCTURE OF THE BRAIN IS IN CHARGE OF CONTROLLING VENTILATION?
WHAT IS... MEDULLA OBLANGATA