The major muscle used in breathing. It seperates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity.
What is the Diaphragm?
100
They help the diaphragm during inhalation and are the muscles between the ribs.
What are intercostal muscles?
100
Occurs when the upper airway is partly blocked by the tongue or relaxed tissue of the pharynx.
What is snoring?
100
Pulling inward of the intercostal muscles of the chest and excessive use of the neck muscles during inspiration.
What is retractions?
100
A manual resuscitator for providing positive pressur ventilations. Its a self inflating bag, a one way nonrebreather valve, a mask, an O2 inlet, and O2 reservoir.
What is BVM, bag valve mask, or AMBU bag?
200
The right and left main branches of the trachea that extend from the carina into the lungs.
What is bronchi?
200
The passage of air into and out of the lungs.
What is ventilation?
200
The (bird) sound heard when the muscles of the larynx spasm and cause narrowing of the opening to the trachea.
What is crowing?
200
A condition in which the patient is struggling to breathe. This breathing may be totally inadequate and will cause the patient to appear very anxious.
What is respiratory distress?
200
NPA.
What is nasopharangeal airway?
300
The area just superior to the trachea and just inferior to the epiglottis. It's also known as the voice box.
What is larynx?
300
The process by which blood and the cells become saturated with oxygen.
What is oxygenation?
300
A sound that indicates the presence of blood, vomitus, secretions, or other fluid in the airway.
What is gurgling?
300
To use your stethescope listen to lung sounds.
What is auscultate?
300
This has an O2 reservoir and one way valve to prevents exhaled air from mixing with the oxygen in the reservoir. It delivers between 90 -100% oxygen to the patient when provided wiht 15 lpm O2.
What is a non rebreather mask?
400
The innermost connective tissue that provides a protective covering over the lungs and helps to eliminate friction created by the expansion of the lungs.
What is visceral pleura?
400
An inadequate amount of oxygen being delivered to the cells.
What is hypoxia?
400
A harsh, high pitched sound heard during inspiration. It means there is a serious airway obstruction or significant swelling of the airway.
What is stridor?
400
Gasping type breathing. Often seen in patients who have just gone into cardiac arrest. These breaths are completely inadequate.
What is agonal respirations?
400
Made of two soft plastics tips connected to oxygen tubing. The tips are inserted into the opening of the nose. It delivers 24-44% O2 when flowing 1 - 6 LPM O2.
What is nasal cannula?
500
Small air sacs in the lungs that fill with air on inspitation and are the point of gas exchange with the pulmonary capillaries.
What are alveoli?
500
(Double Jeopardy)
Found on the surface of the red blood cells, it carries 97% of the oxygen in the blood.
What is hemoglobin?
500
When snoring is heard, use this technique on your patient to correct the problem and open the airway.
What is head tilt chin lift maneuver?
500
Abnormally slow rate of breathing. A bad sign of inadequate breathing.
What is bradypnea.
500
This mask is commonly used for patients with a history of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. It uses low flow O2 and delivers a very precise oxygen concentration.