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