Respiratory Assessment
CDU 101
Complications
Indications
Anatomy and Physiology
100
This assessment is done when there are concerns about reduced lung volumes.
What is chest expansion?
100
This prevents air from re-entering the chest.
What is the water seal or one way valve?
100
This is caused by a tension pneumothorax.
What is a mediastinal shift?
100
Purulent material within the pleural space.
What is an empyema?
100
The membrane that lines the chest wall.
What is the parietal pleura?
200
The results you would expect for tactile femitus over a pneumothroax.
What is absent fremitus?
200
This is the first chamber in the pleurevac unit.
What is the collection chamber?
200
Continuous bubbling in the air leak meter indicates this.
What is system leak?
200
This is also known as a sucking chest wound.
What is an open pneumothorax?
200
It houses the esophagus, trachea, heart and great vessels.
What is the mediastinum?
300
You would hear this tone when percussing over a pneumothorax.
What is hyper-resonance?
300
Expanded orange bellows indicate this is operational.
What is the suction?
300
Bleeding of more than 100 mLs/hr into the collection chamber.
What is hemorrhage?
300
Blood in the pleural space.
What is a hemothorax?
300
This structure has two lobes?
What is the left lung?
400
The fluid level is moving up and down in the underwater seal chamber.
What is tidaling or fluctuating?
400
This can ONLY be used when the suction is operational.
What is the manual high negativity release valve?
400
When you require a bottle of sterile water.
What is disconnection of the pleurevac or chest tube drainage unit from the catheter?
400
The removal of one lung.
What is a pneumonectomy?
400
The structure that makes the floor of the thoracic cavity.
What is the diaphragm?
500
If this is present during your assessment it indicated a mediastinal shift.
What is tracheal deviation?
500
You collect specimens from this.
What is the luer-lock port?
500
Caused by milking or stripping of the tubing.
What is high negative pressure?
500
A build up of lymphatic fluid in the pleural space.
What is a chylothorax?
500
This generates negative pressure.
What is inspiration?
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