Respiratory Anatomy
What determines the amount of CO2 in the body?
Alveolar Respiration
Which lung disorder can cause decreased or absent breath sounds?
Atelectasis
Sinoartial Node (SA node)
Aortic stenosis can cause the left ventricle to...?
enlarge, stiffen, thicken
What organ(s) regulate bicarbonate (HCO3-) in the blood)
Kidneys
Hypercapnia
What can you educate a patient with emphysema on to help regulate breathing?
Pursed-lip breathing
What carries oxygenated blood towards the heart?
Veins
What risk factor is most contributive to Buerger Disease?
Smoking
What is it called when the other parameter is within normal limits? No change has been made to fix the imbalance.
Uncompensated
What are normal breath sounds heard between trachea and upper lungs
Bronchovesicular sounds
A patient's wife complains that he snores really loud at night, is tired all day, and wakes up with a headache. What condition does this patient have?
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Pulmonic and Aortic valves
A patient is experiencing exertional dyspnea, dependent edema in legs, and hepatomegaly. What type of cardiomyopathy are they most likely experiencing?
Restrictive
A pH of 7.30 is indicative of what?
Acidosis
What lung sound resembles static or the sound of hair strands rubbing together? Sometimes it can be cleared with coughing.
Crackles (rales)
Name one complication of pharyngitis if not treated properly.
Endocarditis, rheumatic fever, and glomerulonephritis
Which part of the cardiac cycle occurs when blood accumulates in the ventricles, causing them to contract?
Systole
Pericarditis (with effusion)
Interpret this ABG: pH 7.28, CO2 40, HCO3- 16
Uncompensated respiratory acidosis
When assessing a trauma pt's lung sounds, you hear high-pitched and harsh lung sounds. What are you most likely hearing?
Stridor, indicative of an airway obstruction
A patient is being admitted to trauma after an ATV accident. The patient is confused, having shallow and labored respirations, and their respiratory rate is 34. What is this patient MOST likely experiencing?
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
What factors regulate heart rate? Name all of them to receive credit.
Autonomic nervous system, baroreceptors, and chemoreceptors
A patient is experiencing mitral valve prolapse and is having severe chest pain. What position should you place the patient in to help relieve the pain?
Interpret this ABG: pH 7.37, CO2 60, HCO3- 35
Fully compensated respiratory acidosis