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Asthma
C.O.P.D
Tuberculosis
Pneumonia
Diabetes
100

Constriction of the bronchi, inflamed tissue and ______ production cause difficulty breathing.

What is mucus

100
80-90% of the diagnosed cases of C.O.P.D are caused by this...
What is smoking
100
What is one of the main ways to spread tuberculosis?
What is coughing/sneezing
100
What is penumonia?
What is a lung infection
100
What is type 1 diabetes?
What is when the pancreas does not produce any insulin
200

Name at least three reasons why a patient may have asthma.

Pollution, occupational environment, allergies, cold weather, exercise, foods, medications, fluids. 

200
Often people are referred to as having "this"because their lungs are expanded constantly
What is "barrel chest"
200

What is the gold standard to diagnose TB?

What is a sputum culture. 

200
When working with older clients, which people are at higher risk of getting pneumonia?
What is people who are immobile
200

Name the treatments for hypoglycemia. 

What is the rule of 15 for a conscious patient who can eat/drink, D50 for those with IV access and unconscious, or IM glucagon for those unconscious and no IV access?

300

This is the most severe form of asthma. 

What is status asthmaticus?

300

The nutritional education you would provide a COPD patient. 

Small frequent meals throughout the day. 

300

True or false? A positive skin test means you have TB.

What is false

300

What is it called when a patient is in the hospital for 72 hours and is then diagnosed with pneumonia?

What is hospital-acquired pneumonia. 

300
This type of diabetes develops when the pancreas can't handle the effects of a developing fetus and changing hormones.
What is gestational diabetes
400

Name three signs and symptoms of asthma. 

What are shortness of breath, tightening of the chest, coughing, wheezing, laboured breathing or gasping, rapid pulse, perspiration, cyanosis of the nails or lips

400
C.O.P.D stands for this progressive lung disorder that obstructs the airway and makes breathing difficult.
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
400

What phase of TB do you begin to feel sick?

What is active

400
True or False, the onset of pneumonia is always sudden
What is false, it can be gradual or sudden
400
True or False, a client with type 2 diabetes must have insulin therapy.
What is false
500
Name the event where a patient has an acute asthma attack and suddenly cannot talk. 

What is silent chest?

500
In Emphysema, the walls of "these" are damaged and become less elastic and are unable to expand and shrink during respiration, so air is trapped in the lungs.
What are alveoli
500

If you have a patient with TB, what is the appropriate precaution?

What is airborne 

500

This is the most aggressive type of pneumonia that leads to death. 

What is bacterial pneumonia?

500

We use this test to assess if the patient's diabetes is well controlled. 

What is an HA1C.