Oxygenation (Exam 1) (Sub with JD's FCs) Flashcards
Breathing is what kind of process?
Passive. It is regulated by O2 CO2 and pH of the blood.
-When CO2 increases the body knows to increase rate and depth of breaking to help remove CO2
Lung Volumes depend on
Age, Gender, Height
Tidal Volume
-Amount of air exhaled following normal inspiration
-Tidal volume can vary based on health status, activity, pregnancy, exercise, obesity, and etc
Alveoli Function
Promote gas exchange
Respiration assessment
-Is measuring ventilations. Normal 12-20.
-Watch the depth and rhythm of breathing
Who’s respiration is higher?
Kids and Males. They are abdominal breathers where as females are thoracic breathers
Crackles
Fine to coarse bubbly sounds associated with air passing through fluid or collapsed small airways
Wheezes
High pitched whistling, narrow obstructed airways. Musical
Asthma or allergic reaction
Rhonchi
-Loud low pitch rumbling, rattling, can resolve with coughing
Stridor
Chocking and in children
Pleural friction rub
Inflamed pleural friction rub
Oxygen Saturation Assess
Diffusion and perfusion
Work of Breathing
-Determine by rate and depth. Evaluate accessory muscle use.
-Effort to expand and contract lungs
-COPD (Effort to breath)
Compliance
Ability of lungs to distend or expand in response to pressure changes
Decreased compliance, increased airway resistance, and/or increased accessory muscle use ____________ work of breathing
increases
Factors Affecting Oxygenations: 4 main factors
- Physiological
- Developmental
- Lifestyle
- Environmental
Factors Affecting Oxygenation: Chest wall movement
-Pregnancy, obesity, musculoskeletal diseases, trauma, neuromuscular disease, CNS alterations
-Damage to the Medulla Oblongata
Goal of Ventilations
Normal Arterial carbon dioxide tension and normal arterial oxygenations tension
Labs:
PaO2 = 80-100
PaCO2 = 34-45
EtCO2 = 35-45
O2 sat (SpO2) = > 95%
Hypoventilation Causes and S/S
Medications and Atelectasis
Mental status changes and heart dysrthythmias
Hypoventilation
Inadequate alveolar ventilation to meet demand
Not enough O2 or too much CO2
Hyperventilation
-Removing CO2 faster than it is produced by cellular metabolism
-Anxiety attacks (severe), infection, drugs, pH imbalance, aspirin poisoning, amphetamine use
Numbness/tingling, hands feet, light-headedness, loc
INCREASE WOB
Hypoxia
In adequate tissue oxygenation at the cellular level
Can lead to cardiac problems because the heart needs O2 to function
Hypoxia Causes
-Decreased hemoglobin levels/low O2 carrying capability (Decrease Hemo)
-Diminished O2 concentration of inspired O2 (Altitude)
-Inability of tissues to get O2 from the blood (Cyanide poison)
-Decreased diffusion of O2 from alveoli to blood-infections/pneumonia
-Poor perfusion with oxygenated blood (shock)
-Impaired ventilations from trauma (rib fracture)