Chapter 1 Vocabulary: Introduction to Airway Management & Ventilation

Question 1

Airway Management

Answer 1

The process of ensuring that airway passages remain open and free from obstruction of any kind

Question 2

Anesthesiologist

Answer 2

A physician who specializes in inducing, maintaining, and reversing anesthesia and the care of the anesthetized patient

Question 3

Anesthetist

Answer 3

A nurse who has received advanced specialty training in inducing, maintaining, and reversing anesthesia and in the care of the anesthetized patient

Question 4

Apnea

Answer 4

The absence of breathing

Question 5

Bradypnea

Answer 5

Abnormally slow breathing

Question 6

Hyperpnea

Answer 6

Excessive breathing

Question 7

Hyperventilation

Answer 7

A state in which too much air is moving in and out of the lungs

Question 8

Hypopnea

Answer 8

Abnormally shallow or insufficient breathing

Question 9

Hypoventilation

Answer 9

Breathing is too slow, shallow, or both

Question 10

Oxygenation

Answer 10

The process of loading oxygen into the hemoglobin and into the plasma for delivery to body cells

Question 11

Patent

Answer 11

Open; the absence of obstruction

Question 12

Respiration

Answer 12

The process of exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide

Question 13

Respiration (external)

Answer 13

The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the alveoli and the pulmonary circulatory system

Question 14

Respiration (internal)

Answer 14

The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the systemic circulatory system and body cells

Question 15

Tachypnea

Answer 15

Breathing too rapidly

Question 16

Ventilation

Answer 16

The process of moving air, or some other gas or combination of gases, in and out of the lungs