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