Chapter 17 Flashcards
Inspiration or inhalation
Active process, contraction of intercostal and diaphragm
Expiration or exhalation
The relaxation of intercostal muscles and diaphragm
Adequate rates of breathing
Adult 12-20
Child 15-30
Infant 20-50
Adequate rhythm
Regular even and last for same lengths of time
Adequate quality
Auscultate with stethoscope to show equal lung presence. Equal rise and fall, proper depth
Agonal respiration’s
Also called dying respiration’s, are sporadic, irregular breathes usually just before respiratory arrest
Adequate ventilation rates
Adults 10-12 per minute
Infants and children 20 per minute
Hyperventilating leads to:
The elimination of more carbon dioxide leads to constriction of blood vessels in the brain which leads to perfusion of the brain.
Artificial ventilation in adults and infants and children
10 to 20 adults
20 infants and children
COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Emphysema, chronic bronchitis, black lung. Usually found in cigarettes smokers
Pulmonary edema
Patients with congestive heart failure experience difficulty breathing because of fluid that accumulates in the lungs. When fluid builds up in capillaries abd leaks into alveolis
Pneumonia
Infection on one or both lungs caused by bacteria virus or fungi
Spontaneous pneumothorax
When a lung collapses without injury or any other obvious cause
Smokers and tall skinny people are more likely
Pulmonary embolism
The clot in the pulmonary capillaries. Caused by far, air or DVT
Epiglottitis
An inflamed epiglottis
