Resp Week 2

Infectious Disorders

100

I am a highly contagious acute viral infection that occurs in children and adults. I am able to be spread by an infected person 24 hours before and up to 5 days after symptoms begin.

Influenza

200

My symptoms include night sweats, anorexia/weight loss, cough with hemoptysis, shortness of air, fever/chills.

Tuberculosis (Tb)

300

A patient with suspected Tb should be placed in what type of isolation?

Airborne precautions with a negative pressure room

400

I am an infection in the lungs leading to a buildup of mucus, debris, and fluid within the alveoli.

Pneumonia

500

Name 3 nursing interventions for pneumonia.

Chest physiotherapy

Turn, cough, deep breathing

Huff coughing

Avoid cough suppressants

Increase fluid intake (2-3 liters/day)

Positioning - High Fowlers

Mouth care

IS Q 1 hour

Medicate to facilitate TCDB, mobility, IS use

Anatomy and Physiology

100

I am the movement of air in and out of the lungs.

Ventilation

200

I am the gas exchange within the blood stream between alveoli and the red blood cells. 

Diffusion

300

I am the gas exchange from the red blood cells to tissue.

Perfusion

400

I hinder ventilation.

Bronchoconstriction or airway obstruction

500

Name 4 respiratory patterns.

Kussmaul

Cheyne-stokes

Tachypnea

Bradypnea

Diagnostics

100

I measure the amount of O2 and Co2 in the blood and assess the body's acid/base balance.

ABG's

200

I am a medical condition characterized by low levels of oxygen in the blood

Hypoxemia

300

I am a condition where there is an inadequate supply of oxygen to the body's tissues 

Hypoxia

400

I look inside the lungs and airways with a thin flexible tube/camera.

Bronchoscopy

500

 I am a medical procedure where fluid is removed from the space between the lungs and the chest wall (pleural space) using a needle.

Thoracentesis

I'm an Emergency

100

I occur when a substance (solid, gaseous, or fluid) enters the venous circulation and forms a blockage in the pulmonary vasculature. I can cause permanent damage to the lungs and other organs and lower oxygen levels.

Pulmonary Embolism (PE)

200

I am air in the pleural cavity, resulting in lung collapse.

Pneumothorax

300

I am when air enters the pleural space compressing the lung and shifting the mediastinum.

Tension Pneumothorax

400

I am when alveoli in a lung segment, or the entire lung collapses causing inhibited gas exchange.

Atelectasis

500

I may occur after multiple rib fractures from blunt force trauma to the chest. I am characterized by unequal chest expansion with paradoxical chest wall movement.

Flail Chest

Chronic Disease

100

I am a chronic inflammatory disorder in the bronchi and bronchioles; NOT in the alveoli.

Asthma

200

I forecast how the patient's asthma is doing by measuring peak air flow at expiration, evaluates current bronchoconstriction.

Peak Expiratory Flow Meter

300

I am a group of diseases causing airflow blockage and breathing problems including emphysema and bronchitis.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD)

400

I am characterized by pink skin and pursed lip breathing, barrel chest, no chronic cough, and tripoding to ease breathing.

Emphysema

500

I am sometimes call "blue bloaters". I am characterized by patients having a daily productive cough for >3 months, being overweight and blue, elevated Hgb, peripheral edema, and rhonchi/wheezing. 

Chronic bronchitis