Airway

Question 1

Cellular respiration

Answer 1

Exchange of O2 and CO2 between cells and blood

Question 2

Cyanosis

Answer 2

Blue / gray color resulting from lack of O2

Question 3

Diffusion

Answer 3

Movement from high concentration to low concentration

Question 4

FROPVD

Answer 4

Flow restricted O2 powered ventilation device

Allows rescuer to initiate ventilations without removing hands for seal. Has an automatic flow restriction to prevent over ventilation

Question 5

Hypoxia

Answer 5

Insufficient level of O2 in the body tissue

Question 6

Nasal Canula

Answer 6

Nasal ventilation

Question 7

Pulmonary respiration

Answer 7

02/CO2 exchanged between alveoli and blood in the pulmonary capillaries

Question 8

Respiration

Answer 8

Diffusion of O2 and CO2 between the alveoli and the blood (pulmonary resp) and between the blood and the cells (cellular resp).

Question 9

Respiratory arrest

Answer 9

Breathing completely stops

Question 10

Respiratory distress

Answer 10

Increased work of breathing. Feeling of shortness of breath

Question 11

Respiratory Failure

Answer 11

Reduction in airflow to the point where it is no longer sufficient to support life

Question 12

Stoma

Answer 12

Hole to allow breathing

Question 13

MOI

Answer 13

Mechanism of Injury

Question 14

NOI

Answer 14

Nature of illness

Question 15

ATV

Answer 15

Automatic Transport Ventilator - provides positive pressure ventilation system.

Question 16

Airway - Rate

Answer 16

Adult 12 - 20
Child 15 - 30
Infant 25 - 50

Question 17

Airway - Rythem

Answer 17

Regular / Irregular

Question 18

Airway - quality

Answer 18

Adequate / Inadequate
Equal / unequal
Bilateral / left / right
Unlabored / Labored - accessory muscles, nasal flaring, seesaw, grunting, retractions between ribs and above clavicle and sternum
Adequate / shallow
Body Position normal / tripod / leaning forward
Speech normal / one word or two word dyspnea
Skin normal / pale / cyanotic / flushed
Edema none / pedal edema (ankles, calves, feet) / sacral edema (lower back in bed ridden patients)
Noises normal / Audible wheezing (without steth) / Gurgling / Snoring / Crowing / Stridor (high pitched due to upper airway obst / Coughing
SpO2 > = 95 / SpO2

Question 19

Wheezes

Answer 19

High pitched almost musical tones created by air moving thru constricted passages in the lungs. Asthma, emphysema, bronchitis. Heard normally during exhalation.

Question 20

Crackles / Rales

Answer 20

Bubbling sounds heard during inspiration. Fluid in the alveoli or opening of the alveoli.

Question 21

Rhonchi

Answer 21

Lower pitched snoring or rattling sounds caused by secretions in larger airways such as with pneumonia, bronchitis, or materials breathed in (Aspirated). Usually louder than crackles.

Question 22

Stridor

Answer 22

Upper airway obstruction of the trachea or larynx heard on inspiration without a stethoscope.

Question 23

Bronchoconstriction

Answer 23

Constriction or blockage of the bronchi that lead from the trachea to the lungs

Question 24

CPAP

Answer 24

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - to prevent airway collapse or alleviate difficult breathing

Question 25

Exhalation / Expiration

Answer 25

Passive breathing process - intercostal (rib) muscles and diaphragm relax causing chest cavity to relax and decrease in size causing positive pressure

Question 26

Inhalation / inspiration

Answer 26

Active breathing process - intercostal (rib) muscles and diaphragm contract causing chest cavity to expand and in size causing negative pressure

Question 27

Positional Asphyxia

Answer 27

Inadequate breathing or respiratory arrest caused by a body position that restricts breathing.