Medical Terminology
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.
What is Dyspnea
Nose, mouth, jaw, oral cavity, Pharynx and Larynx.
What are the Upper Airway Structures
This is a bacterial infection causing inflammation of the epiglottis. Patients are often found in the tripod position and drooling.
What is epiglottitis
Treatment for Anaphylaxis/Allergic Reaction that is given in the outer thigh.
What is the EPINEPHrine Auto Injector
What are 6 of the rights of medication administration.
What is right Route, Dose, Patient, Medication, Time and Documentation
Over breathing to the point that arterial carbon dioxide falls below normal.
What is hyperventilation
This is where the gas exchange takes place.
What are the alveoli?
This can be either a bacterial or viral lung infection that can present with a high fever and shortness of breath.
What is Pneumonia
An oxygen delivery device that can deliver a high concentration of oxygen to a patient that is having difficulties breathing adequately on their own. Also used during Cardiac Arrest.
What is a Bag Valve Mask (BVM)
Where you would identify immediate life threats and form and general impression.
What is the Primary Assessment
A bluish color to the skin or mucous membrane that is usually due to a lack of oxygen in the blood.
What is cyanosis
This is regulates breathing rate and depth and is responsible for all life functions.
What is the Brain Stem?
The slow process of dilation and disruption of the airways and aveoli. The loss of elastic material in the lungs. Some of the causes include inflamed airways and smoking. Patients will have dry lung sounds.
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Equipment that a BLS provider may apply to a patients face that is experiencing severe respiratory distress and pulmonary edema to provide pressurized high continuous air flow.
What is Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
A more in-depth assessment of the body systems.
What is the Secondary Assessment
A life threatening Allergic reaction.
What is Anaphylaxis
This is where the oxygenated blood that is in the lungs is carried to by the pulmonary veins.
What is Left Atrium
This is the inflammation and swelling of the pharynx, larynx and trachea. This is often presented with Stridor or seal-bark cough.
What is Croup
Device that a BLS providor may assist their patient with using if the patient has a history of Asthma, COPD, Emphysema and has wheezing with their shortness of breath.
What is a Bronchodilator Inhaler
During the assessment you assess these and are listening for the following: Wheezing, Rales, Rhonchi and Stridor.
What are the Lung Sounds
Abnormally Rapid Breathing.
What is Tachypnea
Trachea, Bronchioles, Main Bronchi, Pulmonary Capillaries.
What are the Lower Airway Structures
This is when fluid builds up within the Alveoli and in the lung tissue. The heart is not able to circulate the blood properly.
What is Pulmonary Edema
Medication the BLS providers can administer to patients that are experiencing a respiratory emergency. This is given via a nebulizer device. Generally patients present with wheezing.
What is Albuterol/Ipratropium Solution
Different Acronyms used during history taking.
What is the SAMPLE history, OPQRST and PASTE assessment
A patient with a history of diabetes presents with deep, rapid, labored breathing, fruity breath odor, and signs of dehydration. You recognize this breathing pattern as the body’s attempt to compensate for metabolic acidosis by blowing off excess carbon dioxide.
What are Kussmaul respirations?
When an EMT ventilates a pediatric patient too forcefully with a bag-valve mask, pulmonary stretch receptors may be activated, causing a reflex that inhibits further inspiration to prevent lung over-distention.
What is the Hering–Breuer reflex?
While assessing an elderly patient with a history of stroke, you observe a breathing pattern that gradually increases in depth and rate, then decreases, followed by periods of apnea. This cyclic pattern repeats several times during your assessment.
What are Cheyne–Stokes respirations?
An alert patient in severe respiratory distress has a history of COPD. He is breathing rapidly with labored respirations, accessory muscle use, and diffuse wheezing. SpO₂ is 88% on room air but improves slightly with a nonrebreather. You decide to apply a noninvasive positive pressure device that provides different pressures during inhalation and exhalation to improve ventilation and reduce work of breathing.
What is BiPAP?
During inspiration, the diaphragm contracts and the thoracic cavity expands. This causes intrathoracic pressure to decrease while lung volume increases, allowing air to flow into the lungs based on an inverse relationship between pressure and volume.
What is Boyle’s Law?