Other Flashcards
Enkephalins & Dynorphin
Naturally occurring peptide that has potent painkilling effects and is released by neurons in the central nervous system.
Dynorphin
Can cause addiction and mood regulation
Gate control theory
Pain and emotions are connected. Pain is both physiological and psychological
What is activation of pain receptors called?
Transduction
Conducting pain receptors along the pathways. (Tells them where to go)
Transmission
Perception of pain
Awareness of the characteristics of pain. (Everyone’s is different)
Modulation
Inhibition and modification of pain. An example would be RICE, or taking pain meds.
Pain threshold
The minimum intensity you can take in regards to pain.
Pain tolerance
The maximum amount of pain you can tolerate
3 Responses to pain
Behavior, Physiological(involuntary), Effective (Psychological, it’s in your head)
CRIES pain scale
Used on baby’s 0-6months
C-Crying
R-Requires oxygen
I-Increased vital signs
E-expression
S-Sleeplessness
FLACC pain scale
Used in peds
F-Face
L-Legs
A-Activity
C-Cry
C-Consolability
Sedation scale
S-sleep(easy to wake up)
1-awake and alert
2-occasion drowsy but easy to wake up
3-frequently drowsy/keeps falling asleep (reduce dosage)
4-no response to stimuli
What does Aveoli do in the lungs
Oxygen exchange
Upper airway does what?
Warms, filters, and humidifies
Different parts of the upper airway
Mouth, nose, throat, epiglottis
Three jobs of lower airway
Passes air through, prevent collapse of alveoli and produces elasticity, moves mucus around
Lower airway
Trachea, mainstem bronchi, bronchioles
Pleura what is it?
Serous membrane covering the lungs
Total lung capacity
Total amount the lungs can take in
Skin on children younger than two
Thinner and weaker
What happens to skin as you age
Epidermal cells is prolonged (developing of new skin is longer) thinner weaker skin
In older adults
Circulation and collagen is impaired
What two people are more sesceptiaboe to impairment of skin
Obese people, older people
