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Ch. 10 Flashcards

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Adam’s apple

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Large bulky thyroid cartilage

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Agonal respiration’s

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A type of respiratory pattern that is completely inadequate and may be seen in witnessed cardiac arrest or in some other conditions is called agonal breathing

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Alveolar ventilation

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The amount of air breathed in that reaches the alveoli

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Alveoli

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Bronchioles terminate in millions of tiny air sacs in the lungs

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Artificial ventilation

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Process of forcing air into a patients lungs

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Automatic transport ventilator(ATV)

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Another device used for positive pressure ventilation is

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Burp

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Developed primarily to be used in pediatric intubation because of the difference of the pediatric anatomy compared to the adult

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Bag-valve-mask(bvm) device

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Manual device used to provide positive pressure ventilation

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Bilaterally

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On both sides

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Bilevel positive airway pressure(BiPAP)

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Like CPAP but it allows you to set different airway pressures for inspiration and expiration

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Bradypnea

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An abnormally slow breathing rate an ominous sign of inadequate breathing rate and may indicate inadequate oxygenation and breathing especially in an adult

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Bronchi

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Two major branches of the trachea extend from the carina into the lungs

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Bronchioles

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Bronchi continue to divide into smaller sections or branches

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Carina

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Trachea extend from the larynx to the carina the point at which the trachea splits into the right and left main stem bronchi

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Cellular ventilation and metabolism

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Also known as aerobic metabolism occurs in the cell

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Chemoreceptors

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Continuously monitor levels of oxygen carbon dioxide and ph in the arterial blood and stimulate an increase or decrease in impulses from the respiratory rhythm centers to control the rate and depth of ventilation

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Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)

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A form of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation used in the spontaneously breathing patient who needs ventilatory support

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Cricoid cartilage

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Forms the most inferior portion of the larynx and is only completely circular cartilaginous ring of the upper airway

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Cricoid pressure

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Was once brought to reduce complications associated with positive pressure ventilation when the unresponsive patients airway us not protected by and advance airway device

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Crossed fingers technique

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Kneel above and behind the patient
Cross thumb and forefinger of one hand
Place thumb on the patients lower incisors and Your forefinger on the upper incisors
Use a scissors motion or finger snapping motion to open the mouth

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Crowing

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Sound like a crow cawing that occurs when the muscles around the larynx spasm and narrow the opening into the trachea

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Cyanosis we

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Bluish gray color is a late sign of hypoxia and may be found in and around several areas of the body including lips mouth nose fingernail beds

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Dead air space

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Decrease in tidal volume

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Deoxygenated

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Has low oxygen concentration

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Diaphragm

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Muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity

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Epiglottis

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Small leaf shaped flap of cartilaginous tissue

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Esophagus

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Food and water are routed to and it leads to the stomach

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Exhalation/expiration

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Process of breathing air in and out

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External laryngeal manipulation (ELM)

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Similar to burp but the emt applies pressure to the thyroid cartilage

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External respiration

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Gas exchange process that occurs between the alveoli and the surrounding pulmonary capillaries

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Flow-restricted oxygen powered ventilation device (FROPVD)

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Also known as a manually triggered ventilation device

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French catheter

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The soft suction catheter consists of flexible tubing

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Gastric distention

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Ventilating a patient to rapidly does not allow for adequate exhalation and can cause

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Gurgling

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Sound like gargling usually indicates the presence of blood vomited secretions or other liquid in the airway

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Hard catheter

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Rigid plastic tube

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Head tilt chin lift maneuver

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Should be used for opening the airway in a patient who has no suspected spinal injury

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Hemoglobin

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Found in the cytoplasm of the red blood cells responsible for picking up oxygen in the blood

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High pressure regulator

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Can provide 50 psi to power a flow-restricted oxygen powered ventilation device

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Hyper-fusion/shock

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Inadequate delivery of oxygen to the cells by the blood

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Hypoxemia

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Low oxygen content in arterial blood

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Hypoxia

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Refers to an inadequacy in the amount of oxygen being delivered to the cells

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Inhalation/inspiration

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Process of breathing air in

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Intercostal muscles

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Muscles between the ribs

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Internal respiration

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Gas exchanged process that occurs between the cells and the systemic capillaries

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Jaw thrust maneuver

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Used to open the airway in such a patient because the head and neck are not tilted back during the maneuver

46
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Laryngectomy

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All part of the patients larynx has been removed typically because of cancer

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Larynx

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Voice box

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Lower airway

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Extends from the cricoid cartilage at the lower edge of the larynx to the alveoli of the lungs

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Minute volume

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Amount of air moved in and out of the lungs in one minute

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Mucous membrane

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Lining the nose damp and sticky

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Nasal airway

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Or npa is a curved hollow tube of soft plastic or rubber with a flange or flare at the top end abs a bevel at the distal end

52
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Nasal cannula

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Preferred device to deliver oxygen in most medical patients

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Nasopharyngeal airway

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Also known as nasal airway or npa curved hollow tube of soft plastic or rubber

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Nasopharynx

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Air from the nasal passages enters through what is referred to as

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Nonrebreather mask

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This device has an oxygen reservoir bag attached to the mask with a one way valve between them that prevents the patients exhaled air from mixing with the oxygen in. Reservoir

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Oral airway

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Opa semicircular device of hard plastic or rubber that holds the tongue away from the back of the airway

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Oropharyngeal airway

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Same as oral airway

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Oropharynx

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Air entering through the mouth travels through

59
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Oxygen humidifier

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Adds moisture to the oxygen. Attached to the regulator

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Oxygenated

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High oxygen concentration and low carbon dioxide

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Oxygenation

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Process by which the blood and the cells become saturated with oxygen

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Parietal pleura

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Thicker more elastic layer that adheres to the inner portion of the chest wall

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Parietal rebreather mask

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Looks similar to the nonrebreather mask but is equipped with a two way valve that allows the patient to rebreathe about one third of his exhaled air

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Patent airway

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Open airway

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Pharynx

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Throat

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Pleura

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Two layers of connective tissues surrounding the lungs

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Pleural space

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Between the visceral pleura and parietal pleura

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Positive pressure ventilation

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Process of forcing air into a patients lungs

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Pressure regulator

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Gas flow from an oxygen cylinder is controlled by a

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Pulmonary ventilation

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Simply ventilation or breathing mechanical process of moving air in and out the lungs

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Residual volume

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Air remaining in the lungs after a maximal exhalation

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Respiration

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The process of gas exchange that occurs between the alveoli and the pulmonary capillaries as well as the glucose and oxygen during normal metabolism within the cells

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Respiratory arrest

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Called apnea occurs when a patient completely stops breathing

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Respiratory distress

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A condition in which the patient is working harder to breath

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Respiratory failure

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Occurs when the respiratory rate and tidal volume is insufficient

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Respiratory rate

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Rate of breathing

77
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Retractions

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Pulling inward of the intercostal muscles of the chest as well as excessive use of the neck muscles during inspiration

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Rigid catheter

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Ridged plastic tube

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Serious fluid

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Acts as a lubricant to reduce friction when the layers of the pleura rub against each other during breathing

80
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Simple face mask

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Has no reservoir and can deliver up to 60 percent of oxygen depending on the patients tidal volume

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Snoring

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Sonorous sounds occurs when the upper airway is partially obstructed by the tongue or by relaxed tissues in the pharynx

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Soft catheter

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Soft suction catheter consists of flexible tubing

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Stoma

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Surgical opening in front of the neck through which the patient breathes air into the trachea

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Stridor

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Harsh high pitched sound heard during inspiration

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Tachypnea

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Excessively rapid breathing rate and may indicate inadequate oxygen

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Therapy regulator

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Can administer oxygen from 0.5 1pm up to 25 lpm

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Thyroid cartilage

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Adam’s apple

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Tidal volume

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Amount of air moved in and out of the lungs in one respiration

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Tonsil tip/tonsil sucker

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Used to suction the mouth and orioharynx of an unresponsive patient

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Trachea

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Commonly known as the windpipe

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Tracheostomy

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Stoma is created by cutting through the skin and into the trachea to relieve an obstruction higher in the trachea

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Tracheostomy mask

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Used to deliver aerosolized medication bland aerosol therapy or oxygen to a patient with a tracheostomy tube

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Tracheostomy tube

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Curved hollow tube made of rubber plastic or metal is inserted into the stoma to help hold it open

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Upper airway

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Extends from the nose and mouth to the cricoid cartilage the most inferior portion of the larynx

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Ventilation

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Passage of air into and out of the lungs

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Venturi mask

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Low flow oxygen system that provides precise concentrations of oxygen through an entrainment valve connected to the face mask

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Visceral pleura

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Innermost covering of the lung

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Yankauer catheter

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Commonly referred to as tonsil tip or tonsil sucker

Ch. 10 & 16 (2 decks)

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