Upper Respiratory Tract
Nasal flaring, cyanosis, and use of accessary muscles
What are signs of respiratory distress
I lie in front of the esophagus. I have left and right main-stem bronchi.
What is the trachea?
I am one of the first signs of lung disease.
What is a cough?
I have difficulty in breathing or am breathless at times.
What is dyspnea?
I provide data about oxygen transport and a deficit of me can lead to hypoxemia
What is the hemoglobin?
Soar throat, nasal congestion, postnasal drip
What are questions to ask in obtaining a respiratory history?
I am a fatty protein that reduces surface tension, in the alveoli.
What is surfactant?
I'm an additional symptom that tags along with a cough in respiratory problems
What is sputum production?
I have shortness of breath when lying down.
What is orthopnea?
I assess gas exchange and perfusion.
What are ABGs?
Technique used to assess tenderness over sinuses, swelling on lymph nodes, and crepitus along the trachea.
What is palpation?
Middle section of thoracic cavity containing esophagus, trachea, heart, and great vessels
Mediastinum
I am trapped air in and under the skin, also known as subcutaneous emphysema.
What is crepitus?
I am collected to identify organisms or abnormal cells.
What is a sputum specimen?
What does the mouth and nose do for the Respiratory System?
What is allows oxygen to enter body and carbon dioxide to leave?
A shorter route to the lung than my counterpart
Right bronchus
I am a smoker with chronic bronchitis with muscoid sputum . My sputum is pink and excessive,and frothy
What is pulmonary edema?
We are the 3 normal breath sounds.
What is bronchial, bronchiovesicular, and vesicular?
I identify hemoglobin saturation
What is a pulse oximetry?
May causse a patient to present with hoarseness
What is upper respiratory infection?
This sternal landmark is helpful to find upper lobe anterior breath sounds
Angle of Louis
I take place in the alveoli.
What is gas exchange?
I am squeaky, musical, continuous breath sounds associated with air rushing through narrow spaces.
What is a wheeze?
I am a needle aspiration of pleural fluid and a consent is required before the procedure.
What is a thoracentesis?