Respiratory Emergencies
In the event of an untreated respiratory emergency, how quickly can the emergency result in brain damage or turn fatal?
What is 10 minutes?
List the pathway of oxygenated blood from the lungs
What is lungs, left atrium, mitral valve, left ventricle, aortic valve, aorta, out to the body to arteries and capillaries
Hypoglycemia can mimic conditions such as:
a)cystic fibrosis b)myocardial infarction c)sepsis d)stroke
What is d)stroke?
A type of abdominal pain caused by stimulation of an organ's nerve fibers due to stretching of the organ's wall is referred to
a)visceral pain b)parietal pain c)referred pain d)somatic pain
What is a)visceral pain?
What is Type 1 diabetes?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease refer to a collection of lung diseases, name the 2 most common.
What is bronchitis and emphysema?
What is Coronary angioplasty?
Consider the possibility of _____________ in a patient who has had a seizure.
a)hyperkalemia b)hyperglycemia c)hypoglycemia d)hypertension
What is c)hypoglycemia?
___________ can be caused by an obstructing gallstone, alcohol abuse, and other diseases.
a)appendicitis b)peptic ulcer c)pancreatitis d)diverticulitis
What is c)pancreatitis?
A young African-American male presents with jaundice, signs of pneumonia and priapism. Which of the following conditions might this patient have?
a)hemophilia b)thrombophilia c)sickle cell disease d)UTI
What is c)sickle cell disease?
Which of the following respiratory conditions may be a leading contributor of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)?
a) Emphysema b)Hypercapnia c) SARS d) Asthma
What is b)Hypercapnia?
Cardiogenic shock following AMI is caused by:
A)decreased pumping force of the heart muscle
B)widespread dilation of the systemic vasculature
C)hypovolemia secondary to severe vomiting
D) a profound increase in the patient's heart rate
A) decreased pumping force of the heart muscle
When assessing a patient with a possible CVA, you should check the __________ first.
a)pulse b)airway c)blood pressure d)circulation
What is d)airway?
The patient tells you that she has right flank pain that radiates into her groin. What is the most likely cause of her condition?
a)cholecystitis b)ileus c)appendicitis d)kidney stone
What is d)kidney stone?
a) fruity smelling breath b)swollen legs and feet c)shallow breathing d)coma
What is fruity smelling breath?
The letter "S" in the pneumonic PASTE refers to:
What is Sputum?
What is ventricular fibrillation?
What is the glasgow coma score?
Patient does not respond to your voice but blinks slowly and moans when you do a sternal rub. When you pinch her arm she flexes upward towards her chest and fists are bent inward.
What is a score of 7?
a) chronic renal failure b)kidney stones c)UTI d)acute renal failure
__________ is/are a potentially life-threatening complication of hypoglycemia.
a)kussmaul respirations b)hypotension c)seizures d)polydipsia
What is c) seizures?
Describe the steps to use a MDI
Exhale and inhale a large breath as you are depressing the MDI. Hold your breath for 10 sec or as long as comfortably possible and then exhale. If using a chamber, breath in and out normally for 10 seconds or more to get the medication into your lungs.
Which of the following changes in heart function occurs in patients with CHF?
a)decrease in HR b) enlargement of the left ventricle c)enlargement of the right ventricle d)a decrease in BP
What is b)enlargement of the left ventricle?
A)paraplegia
B) dysphagia
C)dysarthria
D) aphasia
What is C dysarthria
a)cholecystitis b)cystitis c)gastroenteritis d)diverticulitis
What is b)cystitis?
When a patient enters DKA, what s/s does the body respond with to reduce the acid level?
a)tachypnea b)decrease mental status c)kussmaul respirations d) dysuria
What is c) kussmaul respirations?