Chapter 7 - Airway

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Chapter 7 - Airway

The diaphragm and muscles of the chest wall are responsible for the regular rise and fall of the chest that accompany normal breathing.

The upper airway consits of the

The lower airway consists of the

Alveoli are large sacs where no actual exchange of oxygen or carbon dioxide occurs.

The space between the lungs containing the heart, great vessels, esophagus, trachea, major bronchi, and many nerves is known as what?

The diaphragm is a skeletal muscle beacause its attached to the bones and muscles.

Air outside the body is normally lower then the air pressure within the thorax.

What is the average tidal volume for a man?

Exhalation does not normally require muscular effort and is a passive process.

Clearing the airways means what?

Maintaing the airway means what?

The air we breath contains __ % oxygen and __ % nitrogen?

Oxygen passes from blood in the veins through the capillaries to tissue cells.

Carbon dioxide and cell waste pass from tissue cells through capillares and into the arteries.

Anything that destroys Surfactant will cause acute

The air we exhale contains 16% ____ and 3% to 5% ________, the rest is all ______.

The higher the level of carbon dioxide in the blood the stronger the impulse is to breath.

Hypoxia develops in the vital organs of patients who are not breathing or

All hypoxic patients should be treated with a high flow of what?

Signs for adequate breathing for adult patients

What are signs for inadequate breathing in adult patients

When to agonal respirations occur?

In unconscious patients what is the most common airway obstruction?

Patients with inadequate breathing have inadequate minute volume and need to be treated immediately.

The head tilt chin lift is for patients who have sustained trama.

The jaw-thrust maneuver is for patients who have cervical spine injuries.

To assess breathing your should use the ____, _____, and _____ techinque that should take no longer then 5 to 10 seconds.

The primary function of the airway adjuct is to prevent obstruction of the upper airway by the tongue and allow the passage of air and oxygen to the lungs.

The oropharyngeal airway is ment to keep the ____ from blocking the upper airway, and make suctioning of the _____ easier.

Indications for the oropharyngeal airway include

If the oropharyngeal airway is to large what could happen?

If the oropharyngeal airway it to small what could happen?

The nasopharyngeal airway is used with a patient who has

When inserting a nasopharyngeal airway the curvature of the device should follow the of the ____ of the nose, and the bevel should face the _____.

If you hear gurgling that means the patient is okay and able to spit up any fluids, so no suctioning is required.

Fixed suctioning unit should generate a vaccum of more than ______ when the tubing is clamped.

The best kind of catheter for suctioning the oropharynx in infants, children, and adults is

Soft plastic, nonrigid catheters (French / whistle-tip catheters) are used to suction liquid secretions from where?

Never suction the mouth or nose for longer than ____ seconds for adults ____ seconds for children ____ seconds for infants

Suctioning removes not only obstuctions but what other major thing that the patient needs?

Removal of oxygen can result in a contition called Monoxia.

Humidified oxygen is usually used for all oxygen therapies.

What two types of flow meters are commonly used?

The air you exhale in mouth-to-mouth contains only ___% oxygen

You shouldn't use an oral or nasal airway adjuct in conjunction with a BVM device.

BVM device provides less tidal volume than mouth-to-mouth ventilation, but it delivers a much higher oxygen concentration.

BVM device is used on patients who are

Vomume capabilities of the BVM Device are ____ to ____ mL for Adults ____ to 700 mL for Children ____ to ____ mL for Infants

Breaths delivered too forcefully or too fast can result in two negative effects

To alleviate gastric distention

The air we breath contains % oxygen and % nitrogen?

The air we exhale contains 16% and 3% to 5% , the rest is all __.

To assess breathing your should use the __, _, and ___ techinque that should take no longer then 5 to 10 seconds.

The oropharyngeal airway is ment to keep the from blocking the upper airway, and make suctioning of the _ easier.

When inserting a nasopharyngeal airway the curvature of the device should follow the of the of the nose, and the bevel should face the _.

Never suction the mouth or nose for longer than seconds for adults seconds for children seconds for infants

Vomume capabilities of the BVM Device are to mL for Adults to 700 mL for Children to mL for Infants