Respiratory System

Question 1

Upper Respiratory Tract?

Answer 1

Nose
Mouth
Sinuses
Pharynx
Larynx
1/3 trachea

Question 2

Lower Respiratory Tract?

Answer 2

Lower 2/3 trachea
Bronchi
Lungs
Pleural membranes

Question 3

Full respiratory cycle?

Answer 3

inspiration + expiration

Question 4

What may cause problems with inspiration (restrictive)?

Answer 4

Sx
pain
lung infection (pneumonia)
scoliosis
kyphosis
aspiration
obesity

Question 5

What may cause problems with expiration (obstructive)?

Answer 5

asthma
COPD
lung cancer

Question 6

What brings patients with respiratory illness to the hospital?

Answer 6

cough (productive or not)
dyspnea/SOB
orthopnea (trouble breathing in supine position)
chest/rib/muscle pain

Question 7

Document respirations?

Answer 7

Rate: bradypnea, tachypnea, eupnea

Rhythm: regular, irregular

Volume: shallow, deep, hypo/hyperventilation

Sounds: crackles, ronchi, wheezing, stridor

Question 8

Assessment of common Respiratory Symptoms?

Answer 8

OPPQRRSTU

Question 9

Vertebrae?

Answer 9

C  1-7
  T  1-12
   L  1-5			
Sacrum
Coccyx

Question 10

Adventitious sounds?

Answer 10

abnormal sounds

Question 11

Bronchiovesicular sounds?

Answer 11

between 2/3 ICS I=E

Question 12

ICS 3,4,5 (between C7 and T5) will hear sods of?

Answer 12

bronchovesicular

Question 13

Normal breath sounds?

Answer 13

tracheal
broncheal
bronchovesicular
vesicular

Question 14

Adventious sounds?

Answer 14

Abnormal sounds

Question 15

Crackles?

Answer 15

bubble sound of air young into fluid

Question 16

Ronchi?

Answer 16

rattling sound of air going into secretions

if pt coughs and nothing is herd then it is ronchi

Question 17

Wheezing?

Answer 17

whistling on expiration

Question 18

Stridor?

Answer 18

obstruction of trachea

crowing sound-upper airway obstruction

Question 19

how does fluid usually accumulate?

Answer 19

bilaterally

Question 20

What is wet sounding cough related to?

Answer 20

infection

Question 21

What is dry sounding cough related to?

Answer 21

upper respiratory tract infection

Question 22

Health history?

Answer 22

What brings you in today

Question 23

What to observe for when pt is breathing?

Answer 23

accessory muscle use (skin btwn ribs in concave on inhalation)

rise and fall of chest

use of shoulder muscles to breathe

Question 24

Palpation?

Answer 24

trachea
supersternal notch

NO PERCUSSION

Question 25

Check for good air entry bilaterally

Answer 25

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Question 26

vesicular sound?

Answer 26

remainder of lung field I>E

Question 27

Bronchiovesicular sound?

Answer 27

sternal border between scapula I=E

Question 28

Bronchial sound?

Answer 28

next to trachea I<E

Question 29

Tracheal sound?

Answer 29

over trachea I<E