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What are abnormal upper airway sounds?

A

Stridor-high pitched musical sound

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How do you assess shortness of breath issues?

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Lung sounds
Pulse rate
Spo2

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What are abnormal lower airway sounds?

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Wheezing-high pitched sound on inspiration, expiration, or both
Rhonchi-low pitched continuous sound resulting from mucus or fluid
Crackles-(rales) airflow causes fluid to move into the lower airways

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What issues could arise from facial injuries?

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Nasal airways should not be used with any kind of facial bone injuries or basal skull fracture. Blood and teeth in the airway is also a possibility and should be checked.

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What are abnormal respiratory patterns?

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Cheyne-stokes
Kussmaul
Biot
Apneustic
Agonal gasps
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Describe cheyne-stokes respirations.

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Gradually increasing rate and depth of respirations followed by a gradual decrease of respirations with intermittent periods of apnea

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Describe kussmaul respirations.

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Deep, rapid respirations. Associated with diabetic ketoacidosis

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Describe biot respirations.

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Irregular pattern, rate, and depth of breathing with intermittent periods of apnea

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Describe apneustic respirations.

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Prolonged gasping inhalation followed by short, ineffective exhalation.

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How do you treat acute mountain sickness?

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Remove them from the area, give positive pressure ventilations, and consider the use of a hyperbaric chamber.

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What should you remember regarding stylet use?

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Don’t let the end past Murphy’s eye.

Hold the tube in place when you withdraw the stylet.

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What is the preferred method for ventilations for an unconscious patient for maximum volume?

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Mouth to mask

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What do pale, greasy bowel movements indicate?

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Cystic fibrosis

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What are vesicular sounds?

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Heard over most of the lung fields and are the major normal breath sound. They are low pitched and soft.

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What are bronchial sounds?

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Heard only over the trachea. Highest in pitch.

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What are bronchivesicular sounds?

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Heard over the major bronchi and are louder than vesicular sounds. Considered to be medium pitch.

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Where does pneumonia rank in the geriatric community?

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fourth

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How do you treat snoring?

A

Head tilt chin lift or jaw thrust.

Check airway for partial obstructions.

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When should you place an NPA instead of an OPA? And vice versa?

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Do not place an NPA with a basalar skull fracture or facial injuries.
Do not place an OPA with an intact gag reflex.

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What is a complication of sedating for intubation?

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Aspiration and hypotension

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What should you be careful of when extubating?

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Laryngospasm

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What is a common respiration pattern with increased ICP?

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Ataxic Biots

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22
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What action does albuterol have?

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Bronchodilation

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What are the sizes of ET tubes?

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2.5-9.0
Adults: 5.0-9.0 cuffed
Pedi: 2.5-4.5 uncuffed

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What is the normal ET tube size for men? And women?

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Men: 8.0
Women: 7.5
You can go up or down .5 in either direction for different size patients.

25
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Why and when does cor pulmonare occur?

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It occurs with emphysema because it destroys capillaries.

26
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When is the glottic opening the largest?

A

Inspiration

27
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What are the contraindications for an automatic transport ventilator in an emergency transport?

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Children under 5

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What will a pulmonary embolism do to the heart? And what is a sign of that?

A

It causes blood to back up to the right side of the heart.

JVD is a sign

29
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What are indicators of appropriate ventilations?

A

Equal chest rise
Change in skin color
Increased spo2

30
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What are cheyne-stokes respirations a sign of?

A

Brain stem injury

31
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What does a BVM not need to function?

A

O2 supply

32
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If a patient presents with increased co2 and o2 is good, what should you do?

A

Increase ventilations

33
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What does Lou Gehrig’s disease present with?

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Patient unable to thrive or talk

34
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What impact does rib fracture have on breathing?

A

Less diffusion

35
Q

What are complications of needle cric?

A

Barotrauma due to overinflation

Bad placement
Bleeding
Laceration of jugular vein
Damage to thyroid gland
Damage to vagus nerve
36
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What is the procedure for nasal intubation?

A

Oxygenate the patient while tube is lubricated.
Insert tube into largest nostril.
Palpate the larynx while listening for air flow over the tube.
Ventilate the patient and confirm placement.

37
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What does Cushings disease result from?

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Long term corticosteroid use

38
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How do you treat hyperventilation syndrome?

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Coach them to calm down and slow ventilations

39
Q

How do you clear a stoma?

A

Soft tip catheter suction

40
Q

What are the side effects of an inhaler?

A

Tachycardia
Hypertension
Dysrhythmias

41
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What kind of problem is muscular dystrophy?

A

Nerve problem

42
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What’s the difference between pneumothorax and bronchitis?

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Pneumothorax will have absent or diminished lung sounds on one side

43
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What is FIO2?

A

Fraction of inspired o2 content

44
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What causes stridor?

A

Upper airway swelling or partial obstruction

45
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How do you treat ARDS?

A

Use anti inflammatory drugs

Or corticosteroids

46
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What are the signs and symptoms of pneumonia?

A

High Fever
Pleuritic chest pain
Productive cough

47
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With shortness of breath, what would the pulse be like in adults? And children?

A

Tachycardic

For children, tachycardic then bradycardic quickly

48
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If you hear fluid in the bases of the lungs, what does that indicate?

A

Probably aspirated pneumonia.

49
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What breath sound would you hear if the patient had pulmonary edema?

A

Crackles

50
Q

What are key differences between chronic bronchitis, bronchitis, and pneumonia?

A

Chronic bronchitis - no fever
Bronchitis - inflammation, fever, greenish phlegm
Pneumonia - brown sputum, higher fever

51
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What is wheezing? (Physically)

A

Bronchiospasms resulting from collapsing bronchioles

52
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How do you measure ETT diameter for appropriate size?

A

It should be the diameter of the patients pinky

53
Q

What is the formula for minute volume?

A

Tidal volume x respiratory rate = minute volume

54
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What is the formula for how long an oxygen tank will last?

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[(tank size - safe residual) x constant] / Lpm

55
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What is the primary assessment tool for someone with difficulty breathing?

A

Listening to lung sounds

56
Q

What is one reason the ETT is better than the cobra airway?

A

You can give meds down the ETT.

57
Q

If you have gastric distention in an unresponsive patient, what should you do?

A

Use an ng tube

58
Q

A c7 spinal injury would result in what?

A

The patient will hypoventilate because of not receiving information from the intercostal muscles

59
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What causes stridor?

A

Upper airway narrowing

Paramedic Class (12 decks)

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