Functions of the Respiratory System
Pathophysiology
What do they want?!?
Terminology
Respiratory Gases
100
Primary function of nose hair.
What is filtration?
100
This disease causes narrowing of the airways making breathing difficult.
What is asthma.
100
"I need a nasal suctioning trumpet"
What is a nasal airway?
100
FiO2 stands for...
What is Fraction of Inspired Oxygen.
100
What gas mixture is stored in the green and brown tanks?
What is helium and oxygen.
200
The primary function of the respiratory system is to add _______ and remove _______ from the blood.
What is oxygen and carbon dioxide.
200
This respiratory disease causes patients to have "floppy" airways and increased secretions making it hard for patients to exhale. It is commonly seen in patients with a smoking history.
What is COPD or emphysema.
200
I need one of those masks that we can do a bronch through.
What is a VBM mask or endoscopy mask?
200
COPD stands for...
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
200
True or False. Carbon Dioxide is combustible.
What is false. It can actually serve as a fire extinguisher.
300
The primary muscle for respiration.
What is the diaphragm?
300
Patients with this disease were born with it. They have thick secretions that are difficult to cough out, they have a decreased immune system and a difficult time consuming enough calories.
What is Cystic Fibrosis.
300
We just intubated my patient and I need that CO2 cap in the silver package right now!
What is a fenem?
300
ARDS stands for...
What is Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
300
Is oxygen explosive?
What is no, it supports combustion.
400
Each alveoli is surrounded by a web of ________ to allow for the lungs to transfer gases into the blood.
What is capillaries.
400
A respiratory infection which only develops when a patient is in the hospital and on a ventilator.
What is a Ventilator Associated Pneumonia?
400
I need that clear rectangle thing to use on the NG tube for the CPAP mask!
What is a NG Tube Sealing Pad.
400
This is the absence of spontaneous respiration.
What is Apnea?
400
Used for sub ambient oxygenation.
What is nitrogen gas?
500
Name four of the six major structures of the respiratory system.
What is the Nose, Pharynx (Throat), Trachea, Bronchi, Lungs, and the Diaphragm.
500
This condition is caused when a patient accumulates gas in their pleural lining around the lung. It requires a chest tube placement to help with removal of the gas.
What is a pneumothorax.
500
I need that white foam triangle shaped thing to shoot lidocaine up my patients nose.
What is a nasal atomizer.
500
This is the test that measures physiological activity during sleep.
What is polysomnography?
500
This gas is used for sedation.
What is nitrous oxide?
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