Oxygenation Basics
What is the process by which oxygen is transported to cells and carbon dioxide is removed?
What is gas exchange?
What is the normal range for oxygen saturation (SpO₂)?
What is 95-100%?
Name a Chronic disease that impairs gas exchgange
What is COPD?
What is the best position to promote lung expansion?
What is high fowler's position?
What is the most important lifestyle change to prevent lung disease?
What is smoking cessation?
Name one body system that plays a role in oxygenation besides the respiratory system.
What is the Cardiovascular system?
Name two abnormal lung sounds that indicate impaired gas exchange
What are crackles and wheezing?
Which patient population is at the greatest risk for impaired oxygenation due to underdeveloped lungs?
What are infants?
What device provides continuous positive airway pressure to keep airways open in OSA?
What is a CPAP machine?
What vaccine helps prevent a bacterial lung infection?
What is the pneumococcal vaccine?
What is the primary muscle responsible for ventilation?
What is the diaphragm?
What diagnostic test measures oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in arterial blood?
What are ABG's?
What condition occurs when a blood clot blocks a pulmonary artery?
What is a pulmonary embolism?
What breathing exercise helps prevent alveolar collapse in patients at risk for pneumonia?
What is incentive spirometry?
Why is patient positioning important for oxygenation?
It promotes lung expansion and improves ventilation/perfusion balance.
What term describes low oxygen levels in the blood?
What is hypoxemia?
Name two signs of respiratory distress.
What are nasal flaring and accessory muscles?
Smoking increases the risk for which two major respiratory conditions?
What are lung cancer and COPD?
Name a medication class used to open the airways in asthma and COPD patients.
What are bronchodilators?
Name one primary prevention strategy for maintaining lung health
What is infection control or avoiding pollutants?
What are the three essential components of gas exchange?
What are ventilation, perfusion, and transport?
What bedside tool is used to measure oxygen saturation levels?
What is a pulse oximeter?
What sleep disorder causes repeated episodes of airway obstruction during sleep?
What is obstructive sleep apnea?
Name an invasive intervention used to remove fluid from the pleural space.
What test is used to screen for tuberculosis?
What is the mantoux skin test?