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MEASURE IT
CHARACTERS
100

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION FOUR STEPS

IPPA

INSPECTION

PALPATION

PERCUSSION

AUSCULTATION

100

LISTENS TO BREATH SOUNDS

STETHOSCOPE

100

WHAT IS THE COMPRESSION/VENT RATIO IN A TWO PERSON RESCUE OF ADULT AND INFANT/CHILD

30/2

15/2

100

NORMAL SYSTOLIC PRESSURE

120mmHG

100

NAME TWO TYPES OF PEDAL EDEMA

PITTING EDEMA AND WHEEPING EDEMA

200

  AMOUNT OF AIR MOVED INTO OR OUT OF A RESTING PATIENT'S LUNGS WITH EACH NORMAL BREATH IS CALLED

TIDAL VOLUME (VT)

200

What is the device called that measures ventilatory volumes and air flow?

spirometer

200

NAME A RESTRICTIVE LUNG DISEASE

PULMONARY FIBROSIS-

INTERSTITAL LUNG DISEASE

SARCOIDOSIS

200

HEART RATE IS BEST MEASURED WHERE AND WHAT IS THE NORMAL VALUE

RADIAL ARTERY 

60-100bpm 

200

NAME 3 OR 4 CHARACTERISTICS OF A COUGH

DRY/LOOSE

PRODUCTIVE/NONPRODUCTIVE

ACUTE OR CHRONIC

OCCURS MORE FREQUENTLY AT A CERTAIN TIME OF DAY

300

What is defined as the maximum volume of air that can be exhaled after a maximal inspiration?

  

VITAL CAPACITY (VC)

300

PERFORMING A MIP/NIF IS INDICATED IN WHICH PTS

AND MEASURES WHAT IN THE PATIENT

NEUROMUSCULAR CONDITIONS

INSPIRATORY/DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE STRENGTH

300

ANATOMICAL DEADSPACE IS APPROXIMATELY IN KG

2.2ML/KG

300

NORMAL DIASOLTIC PRESSURE 

80mmHG

300

BLOOD-STREAKED SPUTUM IS CALLED

HEMOPTYSIS

400

V/Q SCAN STANDS FOR WHAT AND WHAT CAN IT HELP DIAGNOSE

VENTILATION/PREFUSSION SCAN HELPS DETECT PULMONARY EMBOLISMS (PE)

400

MEAURES OXYGEN SATURATION 

WHAT ARE THE NORMAL VALUES

PULSE OXIMETER

NORMAL VALUE 95-100%

400

NAME AN OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE

ASTHMA

BRONCHIECTASIS

BRONCHITIS

COPD ( CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULM DISEASE)

EMPHYSEMA

400

RESPIRATORY RATE SHOULD BE COUNTED FOR HOW LONG AND WHAT IS THE NORMAL VALUE

ONE MINUTE 

12-20bpm

400

NAME THE TWO CATEGORIES OF CHEST PAIN

PLEURITIC AND NONPLEURITIC

500

MOST ACCURATE WAY TO MEASURE BODY TEMP AND WHAT ARE THE NORMAL VALUES IN FAHRENHEIT AND CELSIUS

RECTAL TEMP

98.7 F

37 C

500

Which device would be used to measure a patient’s peak flow before and after a bronchodilator?

 Wright and Mini-Wright Peak Flowmeter

500

SURFACE TENSION IN THE LUNGS IS DECREASED BY WHAT SUBSTANCE

SURFACTANT

500

WHAT DEFINES A CHRONIC COUGH

A COUGH LASTING 8 WEEKS OR MORE

500

TERM FOR LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS (LOC) 

SENSORIUM