Potpourri
I am the most common airway obstruction.
What is the tongue?
This is considered the dividing line between the upper and lower ariway.
What are the vocal cords?
This is what you should do if you are inserting an OPA and the patient begins to gag.
What is remove it and prepare to suction?
This is the mechanical act of air moving in and out of the lungs.
What is ventilation.
This sound typically characterizes an upper airway obstruction.
What is stridor?
I am the primary waste product of normal cellular metabolism that must be removed from the body by the lungs.
What is CO2?
This is a muscular dome that separates the thorax from the abdomen.
What is the diaphragm?
This is what you should do if your conscious patient has a sudden onset of shortness of breath but cannot follow simple commands with severely labored breathing and an O2 sat of 80%.
What is assist ventilations with a BVM?
This is the process by which cells convert glucose into energy in the presence of oxygen.
What is aerobic metabolism?
This is the normal range for ETCO2.
What is 35-45mmHg?
I am the process in which each cell combines nutrients and O2 and produces energy and waste products.
What is metabolism?
The amount of air that enters the lung in a single breath.
What is tidal volume?
This is what you should do in transport if you have a patient in respiratory distress who is not responding to your treatment.
What is upgrade to Code 3 and transport to the closest hospital?
This is the primary stimulus for breathing.
What are increased levels of CO2 and decreased pH?
I am the sound produced by fluid in the lungs.
What are rales?
This is what happens when there is not adequate O2 to the cells.
What is cells will begin fat metabolism which causes a build-up of acid (anaerobic metabolism)?
This is how many lobes there are in the lungs.
What are 5?
This is what you should do if you are using a BVM on a patient who's dentures are loose even if the airway now.
What is remove the dentures?
The process in which oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged in the lungs.
What is respiration?
This is the normal ventilatory rate for a healthy adult.
What is 12-20bpm?
This is the process of exchanging O2 and CO2 between the alveoli and capillary blood.
What is external respiration?
I am the nerve that innervates the diaphragm and allows it to contract.
What is the Vagus nerve?
This is what you should do if you have a choking patient who is conscious and forcefully coughing.
What is encourage coughing and transport?
This is a passive process in which the intrathoracic pressure increases.
What is exhalation?
This is what causes cyanosis of the skin.
What are low levels of O2?