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| show | A condition that causes breathing to stop periodically or be significantly reduced.
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| show | A mechanical means used to assist breathing, such as with a bag-valve-mask resuscitator (BVM) or resuscitation mask.
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| Aspiration | show 🗑
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| show | An ongoing condition in which the airways swell; the air passages can become constricted or blocked when affected by various triggers.
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| Asthma attack | show 🗑
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| show | An emergency in which breathing is impaired; can become life threatening; also called a respiratory emergency.
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| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | show 🗑
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| show | A solid ring of cartilage just below and behind the thyroid cartilage.
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| show | The areas within the respiratory system between the pharynx and the alveoli that contains a small amount of air that does not reach the alveoli.
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| show | A chronic, degenerative lung disease in which there is damage to the alveoli.
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| Foreign body airway obstruction | show 🗑
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| show | Rapid, deep or shallow breathing; usually caused by panic or anxiety.
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| show | A condition in which insufficient oxygen is delivered to the body’s cells.
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| show | A maneuver for opening the airway in a patient suspected of having an injury to the head, neck or spine.
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| show | An imaginary line that passes vertically down the body starting at the axilla (armpit); used to locate one of the areas for listening to breath sounds.
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| Oxygenation | show 🗑
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| show | The study of the abnormal changes in mechanical, physical and biochemical functions caused by an injury or illness.
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| Pneumonia | show 🗑
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| show | Sudden blockage of an artery in the lung; can be fatal.
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| show | An abnormal breath sound; a popping, clicking, bubbling or rattling sound, also known as crackles.
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| show | Condition in which the respiratory system fails in oxygenation and
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| show | A pliable, dome-shaped breathing device that fits over the mouth and nose; used to provide artificial ventilations and administer emergency oxygen.
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| show | An abnormal breath sound when breathing that can often be heard without a stethoscope; a snoring or coarse, dry rale sound.
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| show | An abnormal, high-pitched breath sound caused by a blockage in the throat or larynx; usually heard on inhalation.
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| show | The normal amount of air breathed at rest.
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| show | A mechanical device used to help keep the tongue from obstructing the airway; can be either nasal or oral.
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| show | An airway adjunct inserted through the nostril and into the throat to help keep the tongue from obstructing the airway; may be used on a conscious or an unconscious patient.
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| show | Oxygen delivered to a patient from an oxygen cylinder through a delivery device; can be given to a nonbreathing or breathing patient who is not receiving adequate oxygen from the environment.
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| show | A device used to regulate, in liters per minute (LPM), the amount of oxygen administered to a patient.
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| show | A condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the body’s cells.
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| show | A type of oxygen mask used to administer high concentrations of oxygen to a breathing person.
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| show | Plastic ring that makes the seal of the pressure regulator on an oxygen cylinder tight; can be a built-in or an attachable piece.
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| show | A steel or alloy cylinder that contains 100 percent oxygen under high pressure.
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