Anatomy & Physiology
This extends from pharynx into the primary bronchi in the mid thorax. C-shaped hyaline cartilage ring keeps airway open.
What is the trachea?
Listening to breath sounds.
What is auscultation?
FiO2 range of 0.24 to 0.44
What is a nasal cannula?
This is the body's natural humidifier.
What is the nose?
Infections that occur while in the hospital.
What are nosocomial infections?
The part of the lung where gas exchange takes place.
What are the alveoli?
Absence of breathing
What is apnea?
Putting me on an emphysema patient for a long time will have troubling results.
What is a non-rebreather?
Liquid particles suspended in gas (oxygen or air).
What is Bland Aerosol?
This transmission route is the most common route of transmission.
What is Indirect Contact?
Nerve impulses pass through this to stimulate the diaphragm to contract.
What is the phrenic nerve?
This outward protrusion of the sternum describes this type of thoracic configuration.
What is Pectus Carinatum?
I am required to be installed when the FiO2 is 0.36.
What is a bubble humidifier?
HME
What is a Heat Moisture Exchanger?
Using ethylene oxide gas, this method destroys all microorganisms.
What is sterilization?
The trapdoor that closes of the larynx during swallowing to prevent food from entering the trachea.
What is the epiglottis?
This type of breathing pattern seems to be deep and fast. Hey sugar!
What is kussmaul's breathing?
An eye disease affecting premature infants, characterized by abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, which can lead to vision impairment or blindness.
What is Retinopathy of Prematurity?
This device uses a piezoelectric crystal to generate aerosol.
What is an ultrasonic nebulizer?
Objects or materials which are likely to carry infection, such as clothes, utensils, and equipment.
What are fomites?
I cover the surface of the alveoli to reduce surface tension and prevent collapse.
What is Surfactant?
Heard over lung parenchyma, this sounds very soft and low pitched.
What are vesicular breath sounds?
My pressure keeps your alveoli open. I am also the element that is Fast & Furious.
What is Nitrogen?
This set up is used when a FiO2 of 60% or greater is needed and requires an additional flow source.
What is a tandem aerosol set up?
A patient with leukemia requires this type of precaution.
What is Neutropenic precaution?