Chapter 13: respiratory emergencies.

Question 1

Anoxia

Answer 1

Condition characterized by the lack of an oxygen supply

Question 2

Bradypnea

Answer 2

Decreased respiratory rate.

Less than 10 breaths/min in adults

Question 3

Bronchospasm

Answer 3

Involuntary contraction of the bronchioles

Question 4

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Answer 4

Chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow causing constrction of bronchi that carry air into and out of the lungs

Question 5

Crepitus

Answer 5

Cracking feeling of the skin of the chest that is detected by palpation. caused by the presence of trapped air beneath the skin

Question 6

Dyspnea

Answer 6

Difficult or labored breathing accompanied by feeling short of breath

Question 7

Hyperventilation Syndrome

Answer 7

Abnormally low levels of CO2 in the blood

Question 8

Hypoxia

Answer 8

decreased amount of oxygen reaching the tissues

Question 9

Inhaler

Answer 9

Device that contains respiratory medicine and is used to improve breathing

Question 10

Pleura

Answer 10

Thin transparent membrane covering the outside of the lungs and the inside of the chest wall

Question 11

Pleural Space

Answer 11

Potential space that lies within the pleura covering the outside o the lungs and the inside of the chest wall

Question 12

Pneumothorax

Answer 12

Air within the pleural space

Question 13

Ventilation

Answer 13

The process by which air moves into and out of the lungs

Question 14

Wheezing

Answer 14

High-pitched respiratory sound caused by a narrowing of the tubular airways