Chapter 4 Terms

Question 1

Airway

Answer 1

The natural passageway for air to enter the lungs

Question 2

Anxiety

Answer 2

Unease or worry, often about a situation or condition

Question 3

Artificial Airway

Answer 3

Any tube inserted into the respiratory tract for maintaining an airway

Question 4

Coma

Answer 4

A state of unconsciousness in which a person is unable to respond to any change

Question 5

Combative

Answer 5

violent or hostile

Question 6

Confusion

Answer 6

The inability to think clearly and logically

Question 7

Defense mechanisms

Answer 7

unconscious behaviors used to release tension

Question 8

Disorientation

Answer 8

Confusion about a person, place, or time. could be permanent or temporary

Question 9

Dyspnea

Answer 9

Difficulty breathing

Question 10

Impairment

Answer 10

A partial or complete loss of function or ability

Question 11

Major depressive disorder

Answer 11

An illness that causes social withdrawal, lack of energy and activities

Question 12

Masturbation

Answer 12

To touch or rub sexual organs to pleasure yourself or others.

Question 13

Tracheostomy

Answer 13

A surgically-created opening through the neck into the trachea

Question 14

Ventilation

Answer 14

The exchange of air between the lungs and the environment

Question 15

Denial

Answer 15

Blocking reality

Question 16

Displacement

Answer 16

Transferring a strong feeling to a less threatening object or person

Question 17

Projection

Answer 17

Seeing feelings in others that are your own

Question 18

Rationalization

Answer 18

Making excuses to justify something

Question 19

Repression

Answer 19

Blocking painful events or feelings from the mind

Question 20

Regression

Answer 20

Going back to behavior from the past for comfort