Respiratory Care

Oxygen

100

Bluish discoloration of the skin, nail beds, and mucous membranes due to reduced hemoglobin-oxygen saturation

What is cyanosis?

200

Red blood cells

What are erythrocytes?

300

When oxygen levels in the blood drop below normal range. 

What is Hypoxemia  

400

Reduced oxygen levels in the blood

What is hypoxemia?

500

Oxygen-carrying red blood cells

What is hemoglobin? 

Ventilation

100

Exhale, Seal lips around mouthpiece, take a slow deep breath to elevate cylinder

What is Incentive Spirometer?

200

Collapse of a portion of the lung

What is atelectasis? 

300

Diaphragm moves downward. Intercostal muscles contract moving ribs up and out. 

What is inhalation 

400

The normal pathway that air takes as it enters and exits the lungs. 

What is through the nostrils into the pharynx, into the trachea, an then into the either the right or left bronchus, which branches into the bronchioles that terminate into the alveoli. 

500

When oxygen is absorbed into the blood and carbon dioxide leaves the blood to be exhaled. Oxygen and carbon dioxide move across the alveolar cell membranes and the cell membranes of the capillaries surrounding the alveoli. 

What is the process of diffusion

Oxygen Delivery Devices

100

Delivers oxygen into the nares, patient can more easily eat an talk with it in place; patient must breath mostly through the nose for full benefit. 

What is Nasal Cannula

200

Delivers highly humidified oxygen through large tubing; rests over the tracheostomy with an elastic band that goes around the neck and can be tightened at the sides. 

What is Tracheostomy Collar?

300

Contains a plastic valve between the tubing from the oxygen source and the mask, which allows a precise mix of room air and oxygen to equal a specific percentage of oxygen. The dial on the valve indicated the liter flow to use to equal a specific percentage of oxygen. this gives more exact control of inspired oxygen, especially for patients with COPD. 

What is Venturi mask?

400

Prevents the patient from rebreathing any exhaled air; it escapes through a one-way valve that does not allow room air to enter. the bag traps the oxygen as a reservoir for inhalation; only delivery device that can provide 100% oxygen when set at 15 L/min. 

What is Nonrebreathing mask

500

Mask with bag attached that traps carbon dioxide for rebreathing  to lower pH levels; ports on the side of the mask allow for most exhaled air to discharge. 

What is Partial rebreathing mask

Breathing

100

Absence of any breathing

What is apnea?

200

Normal respirations

What is eupnea?

300

Rapid Respirations

What is Tachypnea?

400

Difficulty breathing or feel of being short of breath

What is dyspnea?

500

When this pathway is unblocked and air is moving freely. 

What is patent airway

Nursing Intervention for patients with impaired oxygenation

100

Having patient sitting upright and leaning forward

What is orthopneic position

200

A medication delivery system containing an air compressor an a mask or handheld mouthpiece. 

What is nebulizer treatment

300

Holding a pillow against an incision while taking deep breaths and coughing.  

What is splinting

400

You need patients to perform this task every 2 hours to help prevent hypostatic pneumonia and prevent respiratory complications caused by immobility. 

What is TCDB ( Turn, Cough, Deep Breathe) 

500

This device increases the amount of air inhaled, which expands the air sacs in the lungs. It decreases the patient's risk for developing PNE an atelectasis, or a collapsed lung. 

What is IS (Incentive Spirometer)