Airway Vent Res

Question 1

Adult ventilations and Adequate vitals

Answer 1

12 to 20 breaths per minute 120/80 BP O2 stat greater than 95%

Question 2

What are the complications of hyperventilation?

Answer 2

Leads to carbon dioxide blow off, which causes vasoconstruction and limits blood flow to the brain;

Carbon dioxide blow off > vasoconstriction> limits blood flow to brain.

Question 3

What is dyspnea?

Answer 3

Difficulty breathing

Question 4

 What is nocturnal dyspnea?

Answer 4

Difficulty breathing after sleep, or while asleep

Question 5

Lung sounds usually heard, usually during asthma, COPD, emphysema and chronic bronchitis, high-pitched

Answer 5

Wheezes

Question 6

Lung sounds caused by fluid in the alveoli. Sounds like bubbles.

Answer 6

Crackles

Question 7

Long sounds due to an obstruction high-pitched inspiration

Answer 7

Strider

Question 8

Lung sounds due to secretions in larger airways, lower pitched

Answer 8

Rhonchi

Question 9

Condition of excessive fluid, build up in the lungs, and or other organs, because of inadequate pumping of the heart

Answer 9

Cognitive heart failure

Question 10

Emphysema, chronic bronchitis, black long, and respiratory illnesses are classified as

Answer 10

COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Question 11

Air from the chest cavity is prevented from escaping, usually during close chest injuries and caused by rub on internal surfaces

Answer 11

Tension pneumothorax

Question 12

Tachycardia is

Answer 12

High heart rate

Question 13

Bradycardia is

Answer 13

Low heart rate

Question 14

What is hyperventilation?

Answer 14

Increased depth and rate of breathing

Question 15

What is hypoxic drive

Answer 15

It is a back up system to control, respirations when oxygen level falls secondary drive

Question 16

What are the complications from tracheostomy tubes?

Answer 16

A buildup of mucus in the tube dislodgment of tube or infection around stoma

Mucus buildup
Tube dislodgement
Infection around stoma

Question 17

What is the pathophysiology of the upper and lower airways?

Answer 17

Nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchial, tubes, and lungs

Question 18

Where are beta 2 receptors located?

Answer 18

Lungs

Question 19

What do Betta 2 receptors do?

Answer 19

Stimulate bronchioles to dilate

Question 20

Where are beta-1 receptors located?

Answer 20

Heart

Question 21

What do beta-1 receptors do?

Answer 21

Increase heart rate

Question 22

How many lobes are in the lungs?

Answer 22

5 3right/ 2 left

Question 23

What is the normal respiratory rate for an adult?

Answer 23

12 to 20 breaths a minute

Question 24

What is the name of the passageway shared by digestive and respiratory systems for Air and food

Answer 24

Pharynx

Question 25

What part of the respiratory system contains the vocal cords?

Answer 25

Larynx

Question 26

What is the most common location for an airway obstruction?

Answer 26

Pharynx

Question 27

What ring shaped structure forms to lower portion of the lyrics?

Answer 27

Cricoid cartilage

Question 28

What is the name of the hollow semi flexible tube that carries inhaled air from the larynx to the lungs

Answer 28

Trachea

Question 29

What area is directly posterior to the mouth?

Answer 29

Oropharynx

Question 30

What is the name of the muscular structure that divides the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity?

Answer 30

Diaphragm

Question 31

What is directly posterior to the nose

Answer 31

Nasopharynx

Question 32

What happens to your diaphragm during inhalation?

Answer 32

Contracts

Question 33

What leaf shaped structure closes during swallowing to prevent foods in foreign objects from entering the trachea

Answer 33

 Epiglottis

Question 34

What is the name of the cartalignous Ridge in the trachea at which the right and left lung split

Answer 34

Carina

Question 35

Where is Sellicks maneuver applied?

Answer 35

Cricoid cartilage

Question 36

What are the small sacs in the lungs that are responsible for gas exchange?

Answer 36

Alveoli

Question 37

An unresponsive 43-year-old male is cool, pale diaphoretic and breathing six times a minute which device should be used to administer oxygen

Answer 37

Bag valve mask

Question 38

A 56-year-old female has a complete airway obstruction from a piece of food she becomes unconscious. While you you assess her, What should you do?

Answer 38

Begin chest compressions

Question 39

What is the normal breaths per minute for adult?

Answer 39

12 to 20

Question 40

An alert 32-year-old female complains of difficulty breathing she can only speak in 2 to 3 word sentences and has oxygen saturation of 92%. What should you do?

Answer 40

Apply high flow oxygen

Question 41

The use of accessory muscles and nasal flaring are signs of what type of breathing

Answer 41

Labored

Question 42

What is the term for a high-pitched whistling sound heard during expiration

Answer 42

Wheezing

Question 43

How should you insert a nasal pharyngeal airway?

Answer 43

Face the bevel towards the septum

Question 44

What are the structures that branch off of the trachea into the lower airway?

Answer 44

Bronchi

Question 45

A 52-year-old male is sleepy, diaphoretic difficult to arouse and breathing eight times a minute. What should you suspect?

Answer 45

Respiratory failure

Question 46

A 42-year-old male complains of shortness of breath after being sprayed with superheated heated steam he has burns to his face neck and upper chest. Vital signs are BP 112/66, p124, r28 Shallow, and labored. What should you do?

Answer 46

Assist his ventilation’s

Question 47

And 82 year old female complains of difficulty breathing before you assist he with the inhaler who will you need permission from?

Answer 47

Online medical control

Question 48

What is the amount of air that normally reaches the alveoli in an adult?

Answer 48

350 ML

Question 49

What are the small air sacs at the end of the airway that are responsible for gas exchange?

Answer 49

Alveoli

Question 50

Hey 62-year-old male complains of mild respiratory distress. He smokes four packs of cigarettes a day and reports a constant cough and frequent respiratory infections. Chest sounds reveal bilateral rhonchi what should you expect?

Answer 50

Chronic bronchitis

Question 51

An 18-year-old male is cyanosis and complains of sharp chest pain and difficulty breathing after lifting weights. Vital signs are BP 110/66 P88 R 22 what is most likely case

Answer 51

Spontaneous phnemothorax

Question 52

A 44-year-old male complains of shortness of breath and has gold chest pain. He has been coughing up Rusty septum for last three days. What is the most likely cause

Answer 52

Pneumonia

Question 53

What is the term for abnormal breath? Sounds that result from an obstructed airway.

Answer 53

Strider

Question 54

875 year old female complains of sudden onset of right side of chest pain and dyspnea. She is recovering from a recent hip surgery. What should you expect?

Answer 54

Pulmonary embolism

Question 55

Is 64-year-old male is not breathing. What should you do after initiating ventilation for the bag valve mask

Answer 55

Examine for chest rise

Question 56

77 year old female speaks in short word burst and brats with pursed lips lung sounds are diminished distant and clear. Vital signs are for 152/90 P86 and irregular, R23. What should you expect? Pursed lips lung sounds distant and clear

Answer 56

Emphysema