Respiration

Question 1

Process of taking oxygen 
into the body and expelling 
carbon dioxide from the 
body
 Is one inspiration and one 
expiration
 Do not let the patient know 
that you are counting 
respirations
(if the patient knows what you are doing, they 
may not breathe normally)

Answer 1

Respiration

Question 2

Exercise
 Anxiety
 Respiratory disease
 Medication
 Pain
 Heart disease

Answer 2

Factors that Increase Respiration

Question 3

Relaxation
 Depression
 Head injury
 Medication

Answer 3

Factors that decrease respiration

Question 4

Influenced by
age
 Newborn rate –
as much as
40/minute
 Adult rate – 14
to 18 per
minute
 Rate – # per minute
 Rhythm – are the respirations regular or irregular?
 Dyspnea – is breathing difficult?
 Apnea – has breathing stopped?
 Tachypnea – high resp rate - > 25 resps/min
 Bradypnea – low resp rate - < 10 resps/min
 Cheynes-stokes – Are there periods of labored
respirations followed by apnea?
 Rales – can you hear bubbling or rattling sounds
caused by mucus in the air passages?
 Wheezing – difficult breathing with a high
pitched whistling or sighing sound
 Cyanosis – bluish discoloration of the skin, lips,
and/or nail beds due to decreased O2 and
increased CO2 in the bloodstream

Answer 4

respiratory characteristics