Oxygen therapy Flashcards
normal resp rate for a horse?
8-12
normal resp rate of dog?
10-30
normal resp rate of cat?
20-30
normal resp rate of rabbit?
30-60
What is auscultation?
Listening to the internal sounds of the body during an examination using a stethoscope
Used to examine the respiratory, circulation and digestive system
Check externally for signs of injury and/or foreign body
Abnormal sounds during auscultation?
Crackling – fluid / infection
Dull sound – air in or around lungs
Wheezing – restricted air
Respiratory distress signs?
Coughing, wheezing Mouth breathing – cats Difficulty breathing Large exertion of effort Demeanour Change in mucous membrane Posture – stretched out Crackling sounds Open wounds in thoracic cavity? RTA?
Considerations for animal with respiratory distress?
Handle patient cautiously
- stressed and in pain
Place in oxygen enriched stress-free environment
Allow time between procedures
Stop procedures as necessary
- struggling causes more oxygen use
Assess body temperature
- can fluctuate – less oxygen makes regulation harder
- often more effort causes raise temperature
IV catheter placement
- need fluids and likely to be dehydrated
Tracheotomy kit
- used in emergencies
- surgeons makes hole through front of neck into trachea and places tracheostomy tube to keep open breathing
Best position for animal is respiratory distress?
standing up
Specific respiratory emergencies?
Often caused by RTAs
Upper airway obstruction - chocking – especially dogs Pleural space disease - from air or fluid in plural space - high risk of infection Diaphragmatic rupture - tear of diaphragm - stop its function Shipping fever - pneumonia - head not going down so can’t drain fluid from lungs - mainly caused through travel for long timeframe (used to be in ships) Pneumothorax - could be caused by puncture to lung or lung collapse - Or by disease Nerve damage around thorax
What is paradoxical breathing?
No breathing properly
Diaphragm moves in opposite direction than it should be when inhaling/exhaling
Could be caused by trauma/rupture
What is abdominal breathing?
When diaphragm moves down it pushes against abdominal contents
This forces wall out
Can increase supply of oxygen and nutrients and relaxes muscles/tension
What is oxygen therapy?
A method of improving a patient’s respiratory function when not functioning efficiently
Oxygen therapy methods?
flowing oxygen face masks nasal catheters oxygen cage coma/intubation
oxygen therapy methods
flowing oxygen?
- tube close to nostrils
- good for short term treatment
- cant determine how much oxygen patient is taking in
- can be noisy and unpleasant as blow air into face
- easy to pull out – not well tolerated
