Chapter 16: Respiratory Emergencies

Question 1

Asthma

Answer 1

wheezing
bronchospasm

Question 2

Anaphylaxis

Answer 2

flushed skin
generalized edema
decreased blood pressure
wheezing or stridor

Question 3

O2/CO2 exchange

Answer 3

occurs in alveoli

Question 4

Hypoxic drive

Answer 4

found in end stage COPD
brain accomodates for high levels of CO2
breathing due to low levels of O2

Question 5

Bronchiolitis

Answer 5

SOB
wheezing
coughing
tachycardia
tachypnea

Question 6

Bronchitis

Answer 6

COPD
chronic cough
wheezing
cyanosis
tachypnea

Question 7

Signs and Symptoms of Inadequate breathing

Answer 7

SOB
difficulty breathing
anxious or restless
breathing rhythm is irregular
skin, pale, cyanotic

Question 8

CHF

Answer 8

lower extemity edema
crackles
orthopnea
paroxysmal nucturnal dyspnea
wet lung sounds (crackles)
inability to lie flat

Question 9

Common cold

Answer 9

cough
runny nose
sore throat

Question 10

COVID-19

Answer 10

cough
fever
dyspnea
chest pain

Question 11

Croup

Answer 11

fever
barking cough
stridor

Question 12

Diphtheria

Answer 12

difficult breathing or swallowing
sore throat
fever
thick grey build up

Question 13

Emphysema

Answer 13

COPD
barrel chest
pursed lip breathing
cyanosis
dyspnea
older pts

Question 14

Epiglottitis

Answer 14

children
stridor
dyspnea
DROOLING
tripod position
sniffing

Question 15

Inf A

Answer 15

cough
sore throat
fatigue

Question 16

Pertussis

Answer 16

whooping cough
fever
coughing spells

Question 17

pneumonia

Answer 17

cough
fever, chills
dyspnea
localized wheezing

Question 18

Pneumothorax

Answer 18

Sudden chest pain
decreased breath sounds
subcu emphysema

Question 19

Pulmonary embolus

Answer 19

dyspnea
occasionally have sharp chest pain
tachycardia

Question 20

Tension pneumo

Answer 20

severe SOB
diminshed or abscent breath sounds
JVD
tracheal deviation

Question 21

RSV

Answer 21

coughing
wheezing
fever
dehydration

Question 22

TB

Answer 22

weight loss
cough
fever
fatigue

Question 23

COPD

Answer 23

Chronic bronchitis and emphysema (most common)
sputum
Lung sounds (dry) wheezes
thin chested
tripod position

Question 24

Asthma

Answer 24

immune issue
manifest in airway
wheezing on exhilation
may be from allergic response

Question 25

pulmonary embolism

Answer 25

blood clot forms in vein
lodged after leaving RV and into lungs

Question 26

Hyperventilation

Answer 26

Rapid breathing
compensate fro acidosis
alkalosis breathing off too much CO2

Question 27

Pleural effusion

Answer 27

-collection of fluid outside the lungs
-diminshed breath sounds where fluid is poresent and not allowing lung expansion

Question 28

Sponatneous pneumothorax

Answer 28

partial or complete accumulation of air in pleural space
-tracheal deviation

Question 29

wheezing

Answer 29

asthma- dypsnea
COPD- productive cough
CHF- pink frothy sputum
pneumonia- fever, chest pain
bronchitis- clean or white sputum
anaphylaxis- hives, facial swelling

Question 30

Rhonchi

Answer 30

COPD- productive cough
pneumonia- fever, chest pain
bronchitis- clear or white sputum

Question 31

Crackles

Answer 31

CHF- Pink Fr Sp
pneumonia- fever, chest pain

Question 32

Stridor

Answer 32

croup- fever, barking
epiglottitis- fever, sore throat, drooling

Question 33

Decreased or abscent breath sounds

Answer 33

asthma- nonproductive cough
COPD- productive cough
pneumonia- fever, chest pain
hemothorax- shock, resp distress
pneumothorax- dypsnea, pleuritic chest pain
atelectasis- fever, decreased O2 sat