Respiratory Emergencies

Question 1

Dyspnea

Answer 1

Shortness of breath; difficulty breathing

Question 2

Where does air get filtered, warmed, and humidified?

Answer 2

The mouth and nose

Question 3

What returns to an upright position during normal breathing?

Answer 3

Epiglottis

Question 4

What is respiration?

Answer 4

The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide

Question 5

How does are reach the lower airways?

Answer 5

Air travels through trachea into left and right bronchus, then into the bronchioles and finally into the alveoli sacs

Question 6

What controls breathing?

Answer 6

Brainstem by sensing levels of CO2 in the arterial blood

Question 7

Signs of normal breathing

Answer 7

Normal Rate: (A: 12-20 breaths/min, C: 15-30 breaths/min, I: 30-60 breaths/min)
Regular pattern of inhalation and exhalation
Clear and equal breath sounds on both sides of chest
Regular and equal chest rise and fall
Adequate depth (Tidal volume)
Unlabored; without adventitious (abnormal) breath sounds

Question 8

Signs and Symptoms of Inadequate Breathing

Answer 8

Refer to Table 16-2 page 631

Question 9

Signs and Symptom of Asthma

Answer 9

Wheezing on inspiration/expiration

Bronchospasm

Question 10

Anaphylaxis

Question 11

Bronchiolitis

Question 12

Bronchitis

Question 13

Congestive Heart Failure

Question 14

Common Cold

Question 15

COVID-19

Question 16

Croup

Question 17

Diptheria

Question 18

Emphysema

Question 19

Epiglottitis

Question 20

Influzena (Type A)

Question 21

Pertussis

Question 22

Pneumonia

Question 23

Pneumothorax

Question 24

Pulmonary Embolus

Question 25

Tension Pneumothorax

Question 26

Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Question 27

Tuberculosis

Question 28

Hypoxic Drive

Answer 28

Backup system to control breathing. Detects low levels of O2 instead of CO2