Airway & Ventilation - Chapters 8-9

Question 0

Forcing air or oxygen into the lungs when a patient has stopped (or has inadequate) breathing

Answer 0

Artificial ventilation

Question 1

The amount of air that reaches the alveoli

Answer 1

Alveolar ventilation

Question 2

A device that provides positive pressure ventilation, adjustable, portable, and easily carried on an ambulance

Answer 2

Automatic Transport Ventilator (ATV)

Question 3

A handheld device with a face mask and self-refilling bag that can be squeezed to provide artificial ventilation store a patient from atmosphere or supply system

Answer 3

Bag-valve mask (BVM)

Question 4

Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between cells and circulating blood

Answer 4

Cellular respiration

Question 5

Pressure applied to the cricoid right to minimize air entry into the esophagus during positive pressure ventilation

Answer 5

Cricoid pressure

Question 6

A blue or gray color resulting from lack of oxygen

Answer 6

Cyanosis

Question 7

A process by which molecules move from an area of high concentration to low concentration

Answer 7

Diffusion

Question 8

A valve that indicates the flow of oxygen in liters per minute

Answer 8

Flow meter

Question 9

A device that uses oxygen under pressure to deliver artificial ventilation. The trigger is placed where the rescuer can operate it while still using both hands to maintain a seal on the facemask. It has automatic flow restriction to prevent over delivery of oxygen to the patient

Answer 9

Flow-restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device (FROPVD)

Question 10

A device connected to the flow meter to add moisture to the dry oxygen coming from an oxygen cylinder

Answer 10

Humidifier

Question 11

An insufficiency of oxygen in the body’s tissues

Answer 11

Hypoxia

Question 12

A device that delivers low concentrations of oxygen through two prongs that rest in the patient’s nostrils

Answer 12

Nasal cannula

Question 13

A facemask and reservoir bag device that delivers high concentrations of oxygen. The patients exhaled air escapes through a valve and is not rebreathed

Answer 13

Nonrebreather mask (NRB)

Question 14

A cylinder filled with oxygen under pressure

Answer 14

Oxygen cylinder

Question 15

A face mask and reservoir oxygen bag with no one-way valve to the reservoir bag so that some exhaled air mixes with the oxygen. Used to preserve carbon dioxide levels in the blood to stimulate breathing

Answer 15

Partial rebreather mask

Question 16

A device with a one-way valve to aid in artificial ventilation. The rescuer breathes through the valve when the mask is placed over the patient’s face. It provides a barrier between patient’s breath and fluids.

Answer 16

Pocket face mask

Question 17

Another term for artificial ventilation

Answer 17

Positive pressure ventilation

Question 18

A device connected to an oxygen cylinder to reduce cylinder pressure so it is safe for delivery of oxygen to a patient

Answer 18

Pressure regulator

Question 19

The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the alveoli and circulating blood in the pulmonary capillaries

Answer 19

Pulmonary respiration

Question 20

The diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the alveoli and the blood and between the blood and the cells. Simplified to just mean “breathing.”

Answer 20

Respiration

Question 21

When breathing completely stops

Answer 21

Respiratory arrest

Question 22

Increased work of breathing; a sensation of shortness of breath

Answer 22

respiratory distress

Question 23

The reduction of breathing to the point where oxygen intake is not sufficient to support life

Answer 23

Respiratory failure

Question 24

A permanent surgical opening in the neck through which the patient breathes

Answer 24

Stoma

Question 25

A device designed to be placed over a stoma or tracheostomy tube to provide supplemental oxygen

Answer 25

Tracheostomy mask

Question 26

Breathing in and out

Answer 26

Ventilation

Question 27

A face mask and reservoir bag device that delivers specific concentrations of oxygen by mixing oxygen with inhaled air

Answer 27

Venturi mask