Respiratory Definitions
Process of moving air in and out of the lungs
What is ventilation?
Best bed positioning for clients who are short of breath
What is high fowlers position?
Minimum amount of time to hold pressure after an arterial puncture/arterial line removal.
What is 5 minutes?
This ECG rhythm indicates no electrical activity through the heart.
What is asystole?
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Who is Suzie Campbell?
Slowly progressive respiratory disease of airflow obstruction caused by the combination of Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema?
What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?
Smoking is the primary risk factor for this disease.
What is COPD?
PPE required for airborne infectious diseases like tuberculosis (TB)
What is gown, gloves, respirator (N95), googles/face mask?
Medication is given during chest pain events sublingually that vasodilates and decreases preload and afterload.
What is nitroglycerin?
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What is a polar bear?
Free-floating rib segments cause the lung below to cave in on inhalation and balloon out on exhalation.
What is a flail chest?
Bubbling in the water seal chamber
What is an air leak?
Two complications to monitor for after a thoracentesis.
What is bleeding, infection and pneumothorax?
An intervention that can be used for unstable bradycardia rhythms that delivers an electrical stimulus through the skin via two electrode patches.
What is transcutaneous or external pacing?
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What is Acadia National Park?
A systemic inflammatory response that injures the alveolar‑capillary membrane. It becomes permeable to large molecules, filling the lungs with fluid.
Tracheal shift, JVD, Hypotension, absent breath sounds
What is a tension pneumothorax?
Nursing action when client's SaO2 is 88% on a non rebreather at 11L/min in high Fowler position?
Place the client on a non-rebreather from 12 - 15L/min and notify the provider of increasing O2 needs?
An EF% <40% with symptoms that can include fatigue, displaced apical pulse, and lung crackles.
What is left sided heart failure?
The time you need to be in the St. George hospital for all med/surg shifts.
What is 5:45?
Severe hypoxemia despite administration of100% oxygen
What is refractory hypoxemia?
Ph <7.35, CO2 >45
What is respiratory acidosis?
COPD client receiving 7L O2 via simple face mask with 99% SpO2 with respiration rate of 6?
What is turn down the O2? (oxygen induced hypoventilation)
An invasive mechanical heart pump while waiting for heart transplants or in end-stage heart failure when not a heart transplant candidate.
What is a ventricular assist device (VAD)
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