Chapter 11

Question 1

Aerobic Metabolism

Answer 1

Metabolism that can only proceed in the presence of oxygen

Question 2

Aerosol generating procedure

Answer 2

Any airway manipulation that induces the production of aerosols that may present a risk for airborne transmission of pathogens, such as CPR.

Question 3

Agonal gasps

Answer 3

Abnormal breathing pattern characterized by slow, gasping breaths, sometimes seen in patients in cardiac arrest.

Question 4

airway

Answer 4

The upper airway tract or the passage above the larynx, which includes the nose, mouth, and throat.

Question 5

alveolar minute volume

Answer 5

The volume of air moved through the lungs in 1 minute minus the dead space; calculated by multiplying tidal volume (minus dead space) and respiratory rate.

Question 6

alveolar ventilation

Answer 6

The volume of air that reaches the alveoli. It is determined by subtracting the amount of dead space air from the tidal rolume.

Question 7

American standard safety system

Answer 7

A safety sys-m for large oxygen cylinders, designed to pre-nt the accidental attachment of a regulator to a inder containing the wrong type of gas.

Question 8

anaerobic metabolism

Answer 8

The metabolism that as place in the absence of oxygen; the main roduct is lactic acid.

Question 9

apnea

Answer 9

absence of spontaneous breathing

Question 10

apneic oxygenation

Answer 10

A technique in which oxygen administered via a high-flow nasal cannula is ler. in place during an intubation attempt, allowing
‘or continuous oxygen delivery into the airways during all phases of the procedure.

Question 11

aspiration

Answer 11

In the context of the alway, the intro. auction of vomitus or other foreign material into the lungs.

Question 12

ataxic respiration

Answer 12

Irregular, ineffective respira. tions that may or may not have an identifiable
pattern.

Question 13

Automatic transport ventilator (ATV)

Answer 13

A ventilation device attached to a control box that allows the variables of ventilation to be set. It frees the EMT to perform other tasks while the patient is being ventilated.

Question 14

Bag mask device

Answer 14

A device with a one-way valve and a face mask attached to a ventilation bag; when attached to a reservoir and connected to oxygen, it delivers more than 90% supplemental oxygen.

Question 15

barrier device

Answer 15

A protective item, such as a pocket mask with a valve, that limits exposure to a patient’s body fluids.

Question 16

Bilateral

Answer 16

A body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline

Question 17

bronchioles

Answer 17

Subdivision of the smaller bronchi in the lungs; made of smooth muscle and dilate or constrict in response to various stimuli.

Question 18

capnography