Ch. 15 Respiratory Emergencies Flashcards
1
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- infection of the lungs
- bear sound wheezing
- begins after upper respiratory infection like a cold or sore throat
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Pneumonia
2
Q
- high pitched, seal like sound
- heard as air tries to pass through obstruction in upper airway
- associated with Croup and Epiglottis
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Strider
3
Q
- Drooling dog sound as well as breathing like a dog
- Epiglottis becomes inflamed
- May cause upper airway obstruction
A
Epiglottitis
4
Q
- Whistling type breathing sound
- Like breathing through straw
- Heard on patients with asthma or copd
A
Wheezing
5
Q
-Rattling breath sounds caused by excessive mucus in airways
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Rhonchi
6
Q
- Bubbling, crackling breath sounds
- Associated with chronic heart failure
- Signaling fluid in air spaces of lungs
- Formerly called Rales
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Crackles or Rales
7
Q
- Slow process of dilation and disruption of airways and alveoli caused by chronic bronchial obstruction
- High carbon dioxide retention
- Usually seen in people who smoke a long time
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COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
8
Q
- Another type of COPD
- Loss of elastic material around air spaces
- Causes inflamed airways
- Extreme dilation and eventual destruction of pulmonary alveoli
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Emphysema
9
Q
What’s the difference between “wet” and “dry” lung?
A
- Patients with Pulmonary Edema most often caused by congestive heart failure have wet lung sounds such as rhonchi and crackles
- Patients with COPD will often have dry lung sounds such as wheezes
10
Q
What is usually confused with COPD?
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Congestive Heart Failure
11
Q
-Acute spasm of smaller air passages called bronchioles
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Asthma
12
Q
- Breath sounds absent
- Partial or complete accumulation of air in pleural space
- Breath sounds absent
- Occurs with patients with weak lungs
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Pneumothorax
13
Q
- Blood clot that breaks off from large vein and travels to blood vessels of lung
- Some of the signs are dyspnea, acute chest pain, coughing up of blood (hemoptysis), cyanosis, tachycardia, hypoxia (low blood condition)
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Pulmonary Embolism
