Respiratory System
Respiratory
therapy
O2 therapy
Respiratory Meds
Terminology
100
What is the function of cilia in the nose ?
Traps/filters foreign objects from entering the lungs
100
What does CRT & RRT stand for?
Certified Respiratory therapist and Registered Respiratory therapist
100
What is the normal pulse Ox range?
95% and above
100
Aerosol medications are delivered __________ to the lungs
Directly
100
Low levels of o2 in the blood
hypoxemia
200
What is the function of alveoli?
O2 & CO2 gas exchange
200
Pulmonary function technologist are mainly…..
Respiratory therapists
200
What are the 3 main reasons O2 therapy is prescribed?
Low levels of O2, Increased demand of breathing and increased workload if the heart
200
Contains vasoconstrictors that decrease blood flow to the nose
Nasal Decongestants
300
What closes off the air passage from the digestive system?
Epiglottis
300
Respiratory therapist treat patients with ________ &_______ diseases
Heart & lung
300
Break down thick secretions in lungs so that it is easier to cough up
Mucolytic
300
What is Pulse oximetry?
Measures the amount of O2 in a patients blood
400
The _______ helps expand and contract the lungs forcing air in and out of them
Diaphragm
400
RT work under the supervision of _____, whom may order a _____ to assess a patients o2 levels and other elements in the bloodstream
Pulmonologist, ABG’s
400
If the O2 therapy is working the patient should think more clearly o2 stats should______, and V/S should _______
Increase; normalize
400
Opens the airways..
Bronchodilator
400
Lung collapse
Atelectasis
500
List the structures of the respiratory system discussed in class
Nose, Mouth,Pharynx, Larynx, Trachea, Bronchi, lungs, Bronchioles, Alveoli, and diaphragm
500
What do we do for patients in respiratory arrest and breathing with their accessory muscles?
Intubate and place on ventilator
500
Calculate the patients o2 delivery* Pt is on 4L per Nasal Cannula
20% + (4L x 4%)= 36% o2
500
Used for inflammatory maintenance, helps decrease swollen airways
corticosteriods
500
Auscultation means to…
Listen with stethoscope
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