Preparation
listening device for assessment
What is a stethoscope?
overinflated chest
What is barrel-chested?
expected percussion on this patient
What is hyperresonance?
patient is rapidly breathing
What is tachypnea?
excess muscle use
What are accessory muscles?
quiet breathing sounds
What is diminished breath sounds?
device to measure oxygen in the blood
What is a pulse oximeter?
patient bent forward with hands on knees
sounds like hair being rubbed together
What are crackles?
Head of the bed at 60-90 degrees
What is High Fowler's?
patient appears frail and thin with muscle wasting
What is cachexia?
dullness is heard in spaces that have _______
What is fluid?
low-tone whistling heard on expiration
What is wheezing?
patients lips formed in a specific way for breathing
What is pursed-lips?
vibration felt weakly on palpation of upper chest
What is tactile fremitus?
a mass in the lungs would elicit _________