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Airway management and circulation Flashcards

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What is exhalation?

A

Causing air to flow out

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What is Inhalation?

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Causing air to flow in

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Depending on age what’s the least amount of breathing that can occur?

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10-40 breaths per min

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Normal respiratory rage for adult?

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12-20 breaths per min

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Normal respiratory rate for children?

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15-30 breaths per min

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Normal respiratory rate for infant?

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30-60 breaths per min

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What is an open and clear airway?

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Patent

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What is blueness of skin?

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Cyanosis

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What dose narrowed airways in the lungs do?

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Wheezing

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What dose obstruction or swelling of the upper airway do?

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Stridor

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10
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What is movement opposite of the normal?

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Paradoxical motion

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What refers to the levels of oxygen in the blood?

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Oxygenation

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What is the process of using oxygen throughout the body and transporting it out of the body?

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Respiration

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What maneuver is used when a patient dose not have a spine injury?

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Head tilt, chin lift

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What is the device that attaches to a suction unit?

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Suction catheter

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What is an “OPA”?

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Oro-Pharyngeal-Airway

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How much of the air that we breath in is oxygen?

17
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What is the device that measures the amount of oxygen saturation in the blood?

A

Pulse oximeter

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The % of hemoglobin in the red blood cells that are saturated with oxygen?

A

Oxygen saturation

19
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The nonrebreather mask delivers how much % of oxygen?

20
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Nonrebreathers run at how many lpm?

21
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What is used when a low concentration of oxygen is required?

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Nasal Cannula

22
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What is the lpm on a nasal Cannula?

23
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What are the 2 masks EMR’s use?

A

Pocket face mask

Bag-valve mask

24
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What is FBAO

A

Foreign body airway obstruction

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What are the 2 upper chambers of the heart called?

26
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What are the 2 lower chambers of the heart called?

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Ventricles

27
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When do brain cells begone to die?

28
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When dose irreversible damage occurs in the brain?

29
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What are the 3 links in the chain regarding resuscitation?

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Immediate recognition
Early CPR
Rapid defibrillation
Effective advanced life support
Integrated post-cardiac care
30
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What is an abnormal electrical heart rhythm?

A

Arrhythmia

31
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What is a PAD?

A

Public access defibrillation

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