Respiratory
This medical condition makes it difficult to breathe due to inflamed airways.
What is asthma?
The medical term for fast breathing.
What is tachypnea?
The medical term for low blood pressure
What is hypotension?
This is the normal rate for an adult's respiratory rate in breaths per minute.
What is 12-20 bpm?
A whistling sound you can hear as a patient breathes in and out.
What is wheezing?
This medical term is a bruise or injury without an open wound.
What is a contusion?
This drug is given to patients with hypoglycemia.
What is glucose?
The blood goes here after the lungs.
What is the left atrium?
This is the vital sign measured by a pulse oximeter.
What is oxygen saturation (SPO2)?
When placing a bag valve mask on a patient, the pointy side should be on this part of the face.
What is the crown of the face?
This medical term is the absence of breathing.
What is apnea?
The drug commonly found in inhalers.
What is albuterol?
This is the ratio of CPR compressions to breaths we use on an adult.
What is 30:2?
Blood pressure is measured using this device.
What is a sphygmomanometer?
The flow rate that equals 100% oxygen.
What is 15 Liters per minute?
This medical term is uncontrolled spasming of the heart without any cardiac output
What is Ventricular Fibrillation?
This drug is given to patients with hypoxia.
What is oxygen?
This is the acronym for our assessment of cardiac patients.
What is ABC (airway, breathing, circulation)?
When assessing a patients pulse, these are the two things you look for.
What is rate and quality?
You must keep them away from oxygen tanks.
What are magnets?
Any O2 percentage 70% and under
What is hypoxia?
This drug should NEVER be given to a patient having a hemorrhagic stroke.
What is aspirin?
On an EKG, the QRS complex signifies this.
What is ventricular depolarization?
The systolic blood pressure represents this phase of the heart's cycle.
What is ventricular contraction?