respiratory emergencies Flashcards
PORTABLE VERSIONS OF THIS CAN BE USED IN THE FIELD TO DIAL IN SPECIFIC VENTILATION RATES AND VOLUMES.
AUTOMATIC TRANSPORT VENTILATOR
PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION MAY NEED TO BE INTUBATED AND VENTILATED?
RESPIRATORY FAILURE
THESE MEDICATIONS ARE NOT AS BETA-2-SPECIFIC AS THEIR AEROSOL COUSINS.
TEBUTALINE AND EPINEPHERINE
UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE ADMINISTRATION OF SELECT DRUGS CAN BE GIVEN VIA ET TUBE.
EPINEPHERINE,ATROPINE
WHAT IS THE DOSE OF EPINEPHERINE VIA ET TUBE?
USUALLY 2-2.5 THE USUAL DOSE
WHY IS IT NECESSARY TO GIVE 2-2.5 TIMES THE USUAL AMOUNT OF EPINEPHERINE VIA ET TUBE?
MUCH OF THE DRUG DOSE DOESN’T REACH THE TERIMINAL BROCHIOLES FOR ABSORPTION IN THE BLOOD STREAM.
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION IN A SEMI-CONSCIOUS OR AN UNCONSCIOUS PT?
THE TONGUE
THE DEATH OF SOME TRAUMA, INSULIN SHOCK, SEIZURE PT’S AND PT’S WHO ARE INTOXICATED WAS CAUSED BY?
OBSTRUCTION OF THE TONGUE
WHAT DOES THE TERM SONOROUS MEAN?
SNORING
THIS TYPE OF RESPIRATION IS AN OBVIOUS SIGN THAT BREATHING IS ATLEAST PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTED?
SNORING
WHAT ARE SOME SIGNS OF AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION?
SNORING, GURGLING, SQUEKING, AND BUBBLING SOUNDS BURING BREATHING
WHAT IS THE SAFEST POSITION FOR MANY PT’S WHO HAVE HAD A SEIZURE OR HYPOGLYCEMIA, OR INTOXICATED
RECOVERY POSITION
INFLAMMATION OF THE LARYNX, TRACHEA, AND BRONCHI IS CALLED WHAT?
LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS
A CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY STRIDOR, HOARSENESS, AND A BARKING COUGH THAT MOST COMMONLY OCCURS IN INFANTS AND SMALL CHILDREN.
CROUP
WHAT LAW STATES THAT AS THE DIAMETER OF A TUBE DECREASES, RESISTENCE TO FLOW INCREASES EXPOENTIALLY.
POISEULLIE’S
VIRAL INFECTIONS ARE MORE COMMON THAN BACTERIAL AS AN UNDER LYING CAUSE OF WHAT?
CROUP
CROUP IS A CONDITION COMMONLY FOUND IN CHILDREN BETWEEN WHAT AGE GROUP; BUT CAN OCCUR AT ANY AGE.
6 MONTHS AND 3 YEARS OLD
SEVERE, RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE INFLAMMATION OF THE EPIGLOTTIS AND SURROUNDING TISSUES, USUALLY DUE TO INFECTION.
EPIGLOTTITUS
THIS CONDITION MAY BE MISTAKEN FOR EPIGLOTTITUS UNTIL A LATERAL ABSCESS (INSTEAD OF ENLARGED EPIGLOTTIS) IS SEEN IN THE THROAT. (ABSCESS FORMS NEAR ONE PHAERYNGEAL TONSIL.)
PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS
THIS IS MOST COMMON IN CHILDREN; CAUSED BY INFECTION IN RETROPHAYNGEAL LYMPH NODES AND BY DIRECT TRAUMA TO PHARYNX
RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS
CAUSATIVE BACTERIA ATTACKS AND KILLS LAYERS OF EPITHELIAL TISSUE CREATING PSEUDOMEMBRANE, OFTEN IN TONSILLAR AREA
DIPHERIA
PALATINE TONSILS CAN SWELL EXCESSIVELY, SOMETIMES TO GOLF BALL SIZE.
ENLARGED TONSILS
WHAT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THE INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUD DISEASES?
IMMUNIZATIONS
IF YOU MUST INTUBATE A PT WITH AN INFLAMMATORY CONDITION YOU SHOULD USE WHAT SIZE ET TUBE?
ATLEAST 2 FULL SIZES SMALLER THAN USUAL SIZE
