Respiratory Terms and Definitions
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| Sporadic, irregular breaths that are usually seen just before respiratory arrest. | show 🗑
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| Active process in which the intercostal muscles and the diaphragm contract, expanding the size of the chest cavity and causing air to flow into the lungs; also called inhalation | show 🗑
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| show | bronchoconstriction
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| Pulling in of the accessory muscles to breathe. | show 🗑
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| Passive process in which the intercostal muscles and the diaphragm relax, causing the chest cavity to decrease in size and forcing air from the lungs; also called exhalation. | show 🗑
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| The structure that divides the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity is the | show 🗑
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| When you check for presence of breath sounds, chest expansion, and depth of respirations you are determining the | show 🗑
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| show | immediate artificial ventilation with supplemental oxygen
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| show | accessory muscles
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| Since oxygenation of the body's tissue is reduced in a patient with inadequate breathing, their skin may be | show 🗑
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| show | snoring or gurgling sounds
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| The leading killer of infants and children is | show 🗑
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| show | structures are smaller and more easily obstructed, tongues are proportionately larger, the trachea is softer and more flexible
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| show | their chest wall is softer.
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| show | nasal flaring, grunting, seesaw breathing
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| show | presence and adequacy of breathing
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| Best method for providing artificial ventilation | show 🗑
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| show | provide artificial ventilation
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| Adequate rate of artificial ventilations for a non-breathing adult patient is | show 🗑
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| Adequate rate of artificial ventilations for a non-breathing infant patient | show 🗑
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| You are artificially ventilating an adult patient in respiratory arrest. The chest does NOT rise and fall with each ventilation. The first action to take is to | show 🗑
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| When working with an infant or child, it is important to distinguish between an upper airway problem and a lower airway problem because | show 🗑
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| show | wheezing, increased breathing when exhaling, rapid breathing without stridor
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| If your patient is only able to speak in short, choppy sentences, he may be | show 🗑
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| This position (used for patients in respiratory distress) means the patient is leaning forward with his hands resting on his knees | show 🗑
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| show | crowing/restlessness, retractions/shortness of breath, increased pulse/tightness in chest
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| show | nonrebreather mask
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| If a patient is suffering from breathing difficulty and is breathing adequately, they should be placed in this position. | show 🗑
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| show | shake the inhaler rigorously
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| To ensure that the most medication is absorbed when using an inhaler, encourage the patient to | show 🗑
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| The best way to document a patient's respiratory complaint is to | show 🗑
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| show | spacer device
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| These inhalers are types of medication that would be used in an emergency to reverse airway constriction. | show 🗑
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| When assessing the lungs of a patient in respiratory distress you hear a fine bubbling sound upon inspiration. This sound is caused by fluid in the alveoli and is called | show 🗑
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| show | small-volume nebulizer
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| oximeter reading for a normal healthy person | show 🗑
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| oximeter reading below 95% | show 🗑
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| show | mild hypoxia
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| oximeter reading between 86% and 90% | show 🗑
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| oximeter reading below 85% | show 🗑
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