Airway 1

Question 1

Normal respiratory rates for different ages:

Answer 1

Newborn- 40-60

1 year- 30-40

3 year- 25-30

5 year- 20-25

7 year- 20-25

10 year- 15-20

15 year- 15-20

Adult- 12-20

Question 2

The volume of gas inhaled or exhaled during a normal breath is called:

Answer 2

Tidal volume

Question 3

What is the average tidal volume of an adult male:

Answer 3

500 to 600 mL

Question 4

Gas that remains in the respiratory system after forced expiration:

Answer 4

Residual Volume

Question 5

Amount of gas moved in and out the respirator tract in one minute:

Answer 5

Minute volume

Question 6

Apnea:

Answer 6

Not breathing; “a” (without), “pnea” (breathing)

Question 7

Agonal:

Answer 7

of, relating to, or associated with agony and esp. the death agony

Question 8

Breathing slower than what is considered normal for that age patient:

Answer 8

Bradypnea

Question 9

Tachypnea:

Answer 9

Breathing faster than what is considered normal for that age patient

Question 10

Inadequate, reduced tension of cellular oxygen characterized by cyanosis, tachycardia, hypotension, peripheral vasoconstriction, and mental confusion:

Answer 10

Hypoxia

Question 11

Hypoxemia:

Answer 11

An abnormal deficiency of oxygen inthe arterial blood

Question 12

Eupnea:

Answer 12

Normal breathing; “eu” (normal), “pnea” (breathing)

Question 13

Inability to breathe except in an upright position (as in CHF):

Answer 13

Orthopnea; “ortho” (upright), “pnea” (breathing)

Question 14

Sudden episode of dyspnea that occurs after lying down:

Answer 14

PND

Question 15

Noraml breath sounds are classified as:

Answer 15

Vesicular, bronchovesicular and bronchial

Question 16

Breath sounds heard over most of the lung fields and are the major normal breath sound:

Answer 16

Vesicular breath sounds

Question 17

These sounds are low pitched and soft and have long inspiratory phase and a short expiratory phase:

Answer 17

Vesicular breath sounds

Question 18

Breath sounds heard over the trachea and are the highest in pitch:

Answer 18

Bronchial breath sounds

Question 19

They are coarse, harsh, loud sounds with a short inspiratory phase and a long expiratory phase:

Answer 19

Bronchila breath sounds

Question 20

Absent, diminished, and incorrectly located bronchial sounds and adventitious breath sounds are called:

Answer 20

Abnormal breath sounds

Question 21

High-pitched, discontinuous sounds that usually are heard during the end of inspiration:

Answer 21

Crackles

Question 22

Hight pitched, “musical” noises that are usually louder during expiration:

Question 23

Low-pitched, rumbling sounds usually heard on expiratoin:

Answer 23

Rhonchi

Question 24

Inspiratory, crowing-type sound that can be heard without the aid of a stethoscope:

Answer 24

Stridor

Question 25

The pressure exerted by each of the componenets of a gas mixture:

Answer 25

Partial pressure (PO2)

Question 26

A type of breathing that usually follows a pattern of gasping succeeded by apnea:

Answer 26

Agonal respiration

Question 27

A type of cluster or irregular breathing pattern characterized by a series of inspiratoins and expirations:

Answer 27

Ataxic

Question 28

Respiratory pattern involving irregular respiratoins varying in depth and interrupted by intervals or apnea:

Answer 28

Biot’s

Question 29

Bradypnea:

Answer 29

Slower respiratory rate than should be for that age patient

Question 30

Pattern of breathing marked by rapid and regular ventilations at a rate of about 25 per minute:

Answer 30

Central neurogenic hyperventilation

Question 31

Abnormally deep, very rapid sighing respiratory pattern characteristic of diabetic ketoacidosis or other metabolic acidosis:

Answer 31

Kussmaul