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Term | Definition |
Aspiration | To cough up a foreign substance |
Pneumothorax | A collection of air in chest |
Atelectasis | The collasping of a lung |
Malpositioning | Bad placement |
Pleural Effusion | Too much fluid in the pleural cavity |
Feeding Tube | A tube that helps nourshment of a patient that can't eat on their own |
pH Testing | To measure the acidity of the stomach |
Ausculation | to listen to the lungs |
Chest X-ray | To use radioactive rays to view the chest |
Insufflated Air | Gurgling |
Gastrointestinal | Relating to the stomach and intestines |
Esophagus | tube from your mouth to the stomach |
Endotracheal | Within the trachea |
Regurgitation | the back flow of a substance from the mouth |
Consciousness | the feeling of awareness |
Sedated | to be put to sleep |
Intubated | to have a tube inserted |
Debilitated | to take strength away |
Inadvertent | to be careless |
Pleural Cavity | A spacebetween the pleura, teo thin membranes that lines the lungs |
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