Wk6 - Respiratory Assessment

Question 1

What is the difference between the right lung and left lung?

Answer 1

Right light has 3 lobes

Left lung has 2 lobes

Question 2

What are the lobes of the lungs divided by?

Answer 2

Fissures which are grooves

Question 3

What is the top of the lung called?

Answer 3

Apex

Question 4

What types of pleura are there?

Answer 4

Parietal pleura

Visceral pleura

Question 5

What stimulates us to breath?

Answer 5

Chemoreceptors - H+, CO2, O2

Question 6

What is normal respiratory drive activated by?

Answer 6

High levels of CO2

Question 7

Where is the respiratory centre?

Answer 7

In the medulla/ pons

Question 8

What are signs and symptoms of respiratory distress?

Answer 8

Cough
Sputum
Chest pain
Dyspnoea

Question 9

What 4 tools do we use when assessing the respiratory system?

Answer 9

PQRST
Past health history
Health promotional activities
IPPA

Question 10

During Inspection what are 3 things you need to check?

Answer 10

symmetry of chest walls
presence of superficial veins
intercostal spaces
muscles of respiration

Question 11

What is eupnoea?

Answer 11

Normal

12-20 breaths per minute

Question 12

What is tachypnoea?

Answer 12

Fast

20+ breaths per minute

Question 13

What is bradypnoea?

Answer 13

Slow

-12 breaths per minute

Question 14

What is apnoea?

Answer 14

Absence

No breaths for 10+ seconds

Question 15

What is important to inspect during the inspection of respirations?

Answer 15

Patterns
Depth
Symmetry
Audibility
Mode
Patient position

Question 16

Each breath sound is unique in its

Answer 16

Pitch
Intensity
Quality
Duration
Location

Question 17

What are 3 examples of adventitious breath sounds and what are the causes?

Answer 17

• fine/ course crackle (alveoli collapsing and reinflating)
• stridor (upper air way obstruction)
• wheeze (asthma, tight airways)