Insp to resp care part 1 Flashcards
What does ARDS stand for?
acute respiratory distress syndrome
What does CoAARC stand for?
Commitee on Accreditation for respirato-
ry care?
What does ITA stand for?
Inhalation Therapy Association
What does NBRT stand for?
National board for respiratory therapy
What are the 2 methods for Hand hy-
giene?
Soap & water, Hand sanitizer
Who is the father of medicine?
Hippocrates (Greek Physician)
What is the number 1 drug used to treat
asthma?
albuterol
What is another name for albuterol?
Xopenex
What is the order that we read a word?
Suffix, prefix, root
What are the 2 types of energy?
Potential (still) makes up solids and liq-
uids
What are the 4 ways that heat can be
transferred?
Conduction, convection, radiation, evap-
oration & condensation
Buoyancy
the force that causes objects to float. It
is the force exerted on an object that is
partly or wholly immersed in a fluid.
Sublimation
Transition from a solid to gas without be-
coming a liquid first. ex. dry ice
Surface tension
Force exerted by like molecules
What is the law of thermodynamics?
Heat transfer when 2 objects of different
temperatures coexist
What are the 2 types of vaporization?
Boiling & evaporation
Absolute humidity
Weighing water vapor extracted from air
using drying agent.
RELATIVE HUMIDTY (RH)
when gas is not fully saturated
What does AAIT stand for?
American Association for inhalation therapist
What does AARC stand for?
American Association for Respiratory Care
What does ARCF stand for?
American Respiratory Care Foundation
What does NBRC stand for?
National Board for Respiratory Care
What does CEU stand for?
Continuing education credits
Conduction
Heat transfer in solids by direct contact between hot and cold molecules.
Convection
Heat transfer bet liquids and gases. Involves the mixing of fluid molecules at different temperatures.
Radiation
Heat transfer without physical contact
Vaporization
Change of the state from liquid to gas. Heat energy must come from surroundings.
Evaporation
Liquid to gas; heat is taken from surrounding air around liquid cooling the air.
What is Avagadro’s number (constant)?
6.023x 10^23
Condensation
Vaporization takes heat from the air around a liquid (cooling) and gives heat back to surroundings
