Vital Signs
Normal range for an adult heart rate
What is 60-100 beats per minute?
This device is used to deliver oxygen to patients at a flow rate of 1-6 Liters Per Minute
What is a standard nasal cannula?
These arteries feed the heart muscle
What are the coronary arteries?
The trachea splits off at the carina to form these tube like structures
What are bronchi or bronchiole?
When I check a blood pressure using a stethoscope
What is called auscultation?
When my heart rate is greater than 100 BPM
What is tachycardia?
This airway adjunct can be used in patients without an intact gag reflex
What is an oropharynheal airway (OPA)?
This valve separates the left atrium from the left ventricle
What is the mitral (bicuspid) valve?
The oropharynx includes this large muscle structure
What is the tongue?
If a heart rate is less than 60, it is considered
What is bradycardia?
The normal SPO2 for an adult patient with COPD?
What is 88-92%?
This maneuver is an easy way to align the structures of the airway and provide for the free passage of air.
What is the head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver?
In this active process, the diaphragm moves down and intercostal muscles contract, increasing the size of the thoracic cavity.
What is inhalation?
DAILY DOUBLE:
The soft palate, hard palate, eustachian tube and pharyngeal tonsil make up this area
What is the nasopharynx?
In this type of metabolism, Glucose is broken down with oxygen to form 36 ATP
What is aerobic?
High blood pressure, above normal is called
What is hypertension?
A form of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation consisting of a mask and a means of blowing oxygen or air into the mask to prevent airway collapse or to help alleviate difficulty breathing
What is a CPAP? (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure)
This thin layer of connective tissue covers the outer surface of the lungs
What is the visceral pleura?
What is the trachea?
How long is the maximum amount of time I should suction my patient
What is 10-15 seconds?
When assessing a patient's respiratory status, I am assessing for rate, rhythm and
What is quality?
DAILY DOUBLE:
This device does not enter the pt's trachea, but isolates the glottic opening by occupying space in the larynx and hypopharynx
What is a supraglottic airway?
100 extra points if you can name one
Blood is composed of these four things
What is RBCs, WBCs, Platelets and plasma
This high pitched sound heard in the upper airway
What is stridor?
I'm having shortness of breath, altered mental status and poor tidal volume, I'm in:
What is respiratory failure?