Anatomy
These two structures form the beginning of the human respiratory tract.
What are the nose and the mouth?
What are the names of the parts (vertebrae groups) of the spine?
What is Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, Coccyx?
On the back: upper left, upper right, lower left, lower right.
What are preferred locations and order for listening to breath sounds?
Your patient has vitals in normal ranges, shows a PsO2 of 99%, and complains of difficulty breathing. You decide on this initial treatment.
What is oxygen @6 LPM via NC?
This process causes molecules of oxygen to leave areas of higher concentration (in the alveoli) to cross over to areas of lower concentration (in the capillary). The same process moves CO2 from the capillary to the alveoli.
What is osmosis?
This is often called the voice box.
What is the larynx?
The primary pacemaker of the heart.
What is the Sinoatrial (SA) Node?
This respiratory assessment tool can give a false reading in patients with carbon monoxide or cyanide poisoning.
What is a pulse oximeter?
Your patient has wet noisy lung sounds, especially on exhalation. PsO2 is 88%.Patient has no hx of asthma. You decide on this treatment.
What is a breathing treatment of DuoNeb?
If you hold your breath, eventually the level of this gas in your bloodstream will prompt you to breath.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
This flap-like structure closes off the trachea while swallowing, preventing inhalation of food.
What is the epiglottis?
A high pitched sound hear on exhalation.
What is wheezing?
You draw up 0.5mg epinephrine 1:1000 and administer to your patient having a severe allergic reaction. You expect to hear this change in lung sounds as a result.
What is clearer and less noisy?
The flexing of these muscles causes inhalation.
What are the diaphragm and intercostal muscles?
The trachea divides into these two smaller tubes, leading to the lungs
What are the L and R Bronchi?
Croup, epiglotitis, inhalation burns, anaphylaxis, foreign body airway obstruction.
What are possible causes of stridor lung sounds? (noisy/raspy both in and out)
Your patient is lying on a sofa, conscious and alert, complaining that they feel they can't quite catch their breath. You ask the patient to do this, and as a result they say they can now breath better.
What is sit up?
A baby in utero has approximately the same blood oxygen saturation level as the mother. T or F
What is "true"?
These microscopic sacs, wrapped in capillaries, perform the work of moving oxygen and carbon dioxide into and out of the blood stream.
What are alveoli?
This diagnostic tool indicates the patient's level of exhaled carbon dioxide.
What is capnography?
*** SPECIAL HANDS-ON QUESTION ***
Set up the Lifepak 15 to monitor and graph a patient's exhaled carbon dioxide level.
Set up the Lifepak 15 to monitor and graph a patient's exhaled carbon dioxide level.
This cardiac disease produces a lowered pumping output of the heart, causing a back-pressure in the vessels in the lungs, producing an accumulation of fluid in and around the lungs.
What is congestive heart failure (CHF)?