05-12-2022

Question 1

Hyperventilation

Answer 1

Panic Attack

Overstimulated by the Sympathetic Nervous System

Changes the acidity in your body.

Question 2

Hyperventilation

Signs

Answer 2

Carpopedal spams (can’t open hands)

Circumoral Tingling (numbness around the mouth)

Chest pressure

Dizziness

Question 3

Hyperventilation

Treatment

Answer 3

Coach their breathing

Question 4

OPA (Adult)

Sizing

Answer 4

Center of the mouth to the angle of the jaw.

Corner of the patient’s mouth to the tip of the earlobe.

Question 5

OPA (Adult)

Inserting

Answer 5

Tip points to the roof of the mouth.

Slide along the roof until you meet resistance.

Rotate 180 degrees so the tip is pointing down into the pharynx.

Question 6

OPA (Adult)

Indications

Answer 6

Unconscious

No patient airway.

Question 7

OPA (Peds)

Sizing

Answer 7

Corner of the mouth to the tip of the earlobe.

Question 8

OPA (Peds)

Insertion

Answer 8

Tongue Depressor

Insert downward.

Question 9

NPA (Adult)

Sizing

Answer 9

Nostril to the tip of the earlobe or the angle of the jaw.

Question 10

NPA (Adult)

Insertion

Answer 10

Lubricant.

Push the tip of the nose up.

Beveled side toward the base of the nostril.

Advance until the flange is against the nostril.

Question 11

NPA (Child)

Sizing

Answer 11

Thickness of the patient’s little finger.

Measure from the nostril to tragus (cartilage at the front of the ear).

Question 12

NPA (Child)

Inserting

Answer 12

Same as adult.

Question 13

Prone

Answer 13

Face down.

Question 14

Supine

Answer 14

Back up.

Question 15

Right lateral recumbent

Answer 15

Lying on right side.

Question 16

Left lateral recumbent

Answer 16

Lying on the left side.

Question 17

Fowlers

Answer 17

45 degree angle.

Question 18

Trendelenburg

Answer 18

Legs elevated.

Question 19

CHF

Answer 19

Failure of the heart to pump efficiently.

Leads to excessive blood or fluid buildup in the lungs or body.

Question 20

CHF

Signs

Answer 20

Tachycardia

Shortness of breath.

Hypertension

Pulmonary or pedal edema.

Cyanosis.

Question 21

CHF

Causes

Answer 21

Chronic hypertension

Heart attack

Previous MI

Genetics

Diseased heart valves.

Question 22

COPD

Causes

Answer 22

Irritants to the lungs (long term exposure).

Humid air.

Cigarette smoke.

Question 23

Asthma vs Anaphylaxis

Answer 23

Drop in BP with anaphylaxis.

Total body immune response with anaphylaxis.

Question 24

Anaphylaxis

Symptoms

Answer 24

Skin reactions

Low blood pressure.

Constriction of airways.

Weak & Rapid pulse.

Nausea, vomit, diarrhea.

Question 25

Asthma Symptoms

Answer 25

Shortness of breath Cough Chest tightness or pain. Wheeze

Question 26

Shortness of Breath in Children

Answer 26

Retracting Pursed lips. Tripoding Nasal flaring See-Saw breathing Paradoxical motion. Pale / cyanotic ALOC

Question 27

Types of Clots

Answer 27

Calv - DVT - Deep Vein Thrombosis Heart - MI Brain - Stroke Lung - PE - Pulmonary Embolism

Question 28

Shortness of Breath vs Chest Pain Which came first?

Answer 28

Shortness of breath - respiratory problem. Chest Pain - cardiac.

Question 29

Pneumonia Signs

Answer 29

Shortness of breath. Low grade fever. Pleuritic chest pain. Productive cough (Yellow or Brown).