Week 3: Respiratory Disorders & Oxygen Needs

Question 1

True or False: If we stop breathing for a few minutes death could occur

Answer 1

Answer: True

Question 2

True or false: When oxygen levels decrease in tissues in our body the cells begin to die right away

Answer 2

Answer: True

Question 3

True or false: Personal support workers are not allowed to assist a client with oxygen needs

Answer 3

Answer: False

Question 4

Which of the following is true about what affects oxygen needs?

a) Respiratory system function
b) Circulatory system function
c) Red blood cell count
d) All of the above

Answer 4

Answer: D (all of the above)

Question 5

True or false: In order for the respiratory system to function airways must remain open and the number of alveoli must be adequate to aid in the absorption of oxygen and the excretion of carbon dioxide

Answer 5

Answer: True

Question 6

Fill in the blank: Hemoglobin picks up and carries ___

Answer 6

Oxygen

Question 7

True or false: Bone marrow produces RBC

Answer 7

Answer: True

Question 8

List other factors that may affect our oxygen needs

Answer 8

1) Exercise (requires more oxygen)
2) Nervous system (diseases or injury)
3) Aging (loss of elasticity in our lungs)

Question 9

True or false: Drugs depress the respiratory center and can cause respiratory arrest

Answer 9

Answer: True

Question 10

Fill in the blank: Alcohol depresses the ____

Answer 10

Cough reflex

Question 11

Which of the following is true about the three phases of respiratory function

a) Air moves in and out of the lungs
b) O2 and CO2 exchanged at the alveoli
c) The blood carries O2 to the cells and removes CO2 from them
d) All of the above

Answer 11

Answer: D (all of the above)

Question 12

What does SOBE stand for

Answer 12

Shortness of breath on exertion

Question 13

True or false: Orthopnea is the difficulty of breathing when laying flat

Answer 13

Answer: True

Question 14

True or false: You should always turn up oxygen for a client

Answer 14

Answer: False (it would get rid of the hypoxic drive- affects their ability to breath)

Question 15

What is the normal respiratory rate in adults?

Answer 15

12- 20 respirations per minute

Question 16

True or false: The medical term for normal respirations is called eupnea

Answer 16

Answer: True

Question 17

Which of the following is true about Tachypnea

a) Categorized of slow breathing (less than 12 resp. per minute)
b) Lack or absence of breathing
c) Rapid breathing (more than 24 rpm)

Answer 17

Answer: C (rapid breathing)

Question 18

True or false: Kussmaul respirations are deep and rapid respirations characteristic of diabetic acidosis

Answer 18

Answer: True

Question 19

True or False: Dyspnea is when the respirations are rapid and deep

Answer 19

False: Dyspnea is difficult and labored breathing, painful breathing

Question 20

True or false: Cheyne Stroke is common when death is near

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Fill in the blank: Hypoxia is the ___ of oxygen in the cells

Answer 21

Deficiency

Question 22

List the common signs of hypoxia (there are 3)

Answer 22

1) Dizziness
2) Restlessness
3) Disorientation

Question 23

True or false: Breathing is easier when in Fowlers or semi-fowlers position?

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Fill in the blank: Coughing and deep breathing help prevent _____

Answer 24

Pneumonia and atelectasis (lung collapsing)

Question 25

True or false: Lungs are spongy tissue filled with alveoli, blood vessels and nerves

Answer 25

True

Question 26

True or false: The right lung has two lobes

Answer 26

False- the right lung has 3 lobes the left only has 2

Question 27

Which of the following protect the lungs

a) Sternum
b) Ribs
c) Vertebra
d) All of the above

Answer 27

Answer: D (all of the above)

Question 28

True or false: Asthma is a paroxysmal dyspnea (sudden difficulty in breathing) or intermittent spasms of SOB

Answer 28

Answer: True

Question 29

Which of the following is true about pneumonia

a) Infection of lung tissue
b) Alveoli fill with pus, mucous or other fluid
c) Caused by viral bacterial, aspiration or immobility
d) All of the above

Answer 29

Answer: D (all of the above)

Question 30

True or false: A patient with pneumonia produces a clear, yellow, green or rust coloured sputum (salvia or mucous)

Answer 30

Answer: True

Question 31

Which of the following is true about emphysema

a) Alveoli enlarge and become less elastic
b) O2 and CO2 cannot exchanged in the affected alveoli
c) Breathing is easier when client is sitting up-right and slightly forward
d) All of the above

Answer 31

Answer: D (all of the above)