CHAPTER 8 Flashcards
ABDOMINAL THRUSTS
MANUEL THRUSTS THAT HELP WITH EXPELLING AIRWAY
ACCESSORY MUSCLES
USE OF NECK, CHEST, AND AB MUSCLES THAT HELP ASSIST BREATHING EFFORT
AGONAL RESPIRATIONS
AN ABNORMAL BREATHING PATTERN, SLOW, SHA;LOW BREATHS (CARDIAC ARREST)
APNEA
ABSENCE OF BREATHS.
BAG MASK DEVICE
BVM
BIOLOGICAL DEATH
APPROX FOUR TO SIX MIN AFTER CLINICAL DEATH AND RESULTS WHEN THERE IS EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF BRAIN CELL DEATH .
CARDIAC ARREST
ABSENCE OF A HEARTBEAT. AND INEFFECTIVE CIRCULATION
CLINICAL DEATH
MOMENT WHEN BREATHING AND HERT ACTIONS STOPS
CYANOSIS
BLUISH DISCOLORATION OF TISSUES CAUSED BY LACK OF SUFFICIENT OXYGE IN BLOOD.
DIAPHRAGM
PRIMARY MUSCLE OF RESPIRATION. AND DIVIDES CHEST AND ABDOMINAL CAVITY
DYSPNEA
DIFFICULT OR LABORED BREATHING SHORTNESS OF BREATH.
EPIGLOTTIS
FLAP OF CARTILAGE AND OTHER TISSUES OVER THE LARYNX. HELPS CLOSE THE AIRWAY..
GASTRIC DISTENTION
.INFLATION OF THE STOMACH
HYPOXIA
.CONDITION IN WHICH THERE IS AN INSUFFICIENT LEVEL OF OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD AND TISSUES
INSPIRATION
.REFERS TO THE PROCESS OF WHICH OF BREATHING IN
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TOTAL OR PARTIAL REMOVAL OF LAYRNX
LARYNX
SECTION OF AIRWAY BETWEEN THE THROAT AND TRACHEA THAT CONTAINS THE VOCAL CORDS
NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY
FLEXIBLE TUBE THAT IS LUBRICATED AND INSERTED INTO PATIENTS NOSE.
OROPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY
CURVED BREATHING TUBE INSERTED INTO PATIENTS MOUTH TO HOLD BASE OF TONGUE FORWARD
PATENT AIRWAY
AIRWAY THAT IS OPEN AND CLEAR
POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION
PROCESS OF USING EXTERNAL PRESSURE TO FORCE AIR INTO A PATIENTS LUNGS, SUCH AS WITH MOUTH TO MASK OR BAG MASK
PULMONARY RESUSCITATION
RESCUE BREATHING ALSO
RESPIRATION
ACT OF BREATHING, EXCHANGE OF OXYGEN AND CARBOM DIOXIDE THAT TAKES PLACE IN LUNGS
RESPIRATORY ARREST
ABSENCE OF BREATHING
