CH. 15 Flashcards
Answers to Assessment in Action Questions
Answers to Assessment in Action Questions
1. Answer: B Albuterol
2. Answer: C Asthma involves excessive mucous production.
3. Answer: A Pursed lip breathing
4. Answer: B Nonrebreathing mask at 15 L/min
5. Answer: C 6 L/min
6. Answer: D Bronchitis
7. Answer: A Vomiting
8. Answer: Chronic bronchitis is a condition resulting in ongoing irritation of the trachea and bronchi. Excess mucus production causes obstruction of the smaller airways. Further weakening of the airways results from a loss of protective cells and mechanisms needed to remove foreign particles from the airways. While there are numerous causes of chronic bronchitis, cigarette smoking is the most notorious. Emphysema, also predominately caused by tobacco smoke, involves the loss of elastic material around the air spaces as a result of chronic stretching of the alveoli when inflamed. As a result of diminished elasticity, air is no longer expelled rapidly from the alveoli, and the walls of the alveoli and surrounding small airways bloat to trap air and collapse easily after exhalation.
9. Answer:
• Dyspnea
• Acute chest pain
• Hemoptysis (coughing up blood)
• Cyanosis
• Tachypnea
• Varying degrees of hypoxia
10. Answer: Unlike many other toxic gases, carbon monoxide is odorless, colorless, and tasteless. Carbon monoxide results from incomplete oxidation of carbon in combustion. Commonly produced by household appliances, such as gas water heaters, grills, and generators, this toxic gas is the leading cause of accidental poisoning deaths in the United States. Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning are vague and mimic other conditions such as the flu, making it very difficult to recognize. Carbon monoxide poisoning results in hypoxia to tissues of body and can result in permanent organ damage and death. EMS providers need to take extreme caution when carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected to protect themselves from possible exposure.
