Anatomy
The narrowest part of an adult airway
What is the glottis?
The time period after which irreversible brain damage occurs.
What is 10 minutes?
Vessels carrying oxygen rich blood
What are arteries?
The period of contraction of the heart.
What is systole?
A patient who is showing signs of hypoxia or increased work of breathing would need which oxygen administration device?
What is a non-rebreather mask?
The first ring of the trachea
What is the cricoid cartilage?
This has a high affinity for hemoglobin than oxygen
What is carbon monoxide?
What is the pulmonic valve?
A high pitch noise heard primary on inspiration
What is stridor?
A respiration pattern with deep, rapid respiration. Can also be a sign of metabolic illness.
The organ housed in the LUQ and is very fragile
What is the spleen?
The amount of air that can be forcibly expelled from the lungs after breathing in as deeply as possible.
The heart is under the control of the __ nervous system
What is autonomic?
A life-threatening collection of air within the pleural space that causes a shift in mediastinal structures
What is a tension pnuemothorax?
The appropriate length of time to suction an adult, a child, and an infant's airway.
What is 15 seconds, 10 seconds, and 5 seconds?
The two catecholamines produced in the adrenal gland
What are Epinephrine and Norepinephrine?
Where is the aortic arch and carotid arteries?
The vasculature that carries oxygen rich blood from lungs to the heart
What is the pulmonary veins?
The part of the nervous system that regulates activities over which there is voluntary control
What is the somatic nervous system?
During inhalation, the diaphragm contracts and the pressure within the chest becomes
What is negative pressure?
Three functions of the nasopharynx
What is filter, warm, and humidify air?
The maximal concentration of CO2 at the end of an exhaled breath. Measured by waves and a numerical reading
What is End tidal CO2?
The primary electrical impulse of the heart
The biochemical processes that result in the production of energy from nutrients in the cell.
What is metabolism?
Late sign(s) of hypoxia
What are changes in mentation, weak pulse, and cyanosis?