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Upper Airway

Nose, mouth, jaw, oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx.


Funtion: warm, filter, and humidify air as it enters the nose and mouth.

Lower Airway

Trachea and lungs.


Funtion: exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide.

Adequate breathing for an adult

12 to 20 per minute.


Regular pattern of inhalation and exchange, adequate depth, bilateral clear and equal lung sounds, regular and equal chest rise and fall.

Inadequate Breathing for an adult

Fewer than 12 breaths a minute. More than 20 breaths a minute.


Shallow depth, breath sounds that are diminished, absent, or noisy

Hypoxia

A dangerous condition in which the body's tissues and cells do not have enough oxygen

How to treat inadequate breathing

Airway management, supplemental oxygen, and ventilation support

Basic techniques for opening an airway

Head tilt-chin lift


Jaw-thrust

Oropharyngeal or Oral airway

Keeps the tong from blocking the airway with no gag reflex

Nasopharyngeal or Nasal airway

Goes in the nose and is used when the patient has a gag reflex

Suction

Rigid tonsil-tip are for pharynx


Soft plastic are for the nose

Recovery Position

Used to help maintain the airway in patients without traumatic injuries

You must provide immediate artificial ventilation with supplemental oxygen to patients that_____ _______ on their own

are not

Patients that require oxygen

Signs of dyspnea


Signs of shock


Signs of myocardial infraction with oxygen lower than 94%.

How much oxygen can a nasal cannulas and nonrebreathing mask deleiver

at 15l/permin 90% oxygen

Methods for providing artificial ventilation

Mouth to mask, 55% O2,


two person BVM 100% O2


manual trigger ventilation device


one person BVM 100% O2

CPAP

Noninvasive method for providing ventilatory support for patients in respiratory distress or suffering from sleep apnea

Aerobic Metabolism

Metabolism that can proceed only in the presence of oxygen

Agonal Gasps

Gasping breaths that occur after the heart has stopped

Alveolar Minute Volume

The volume of air moved through the lungs in one minute

Alveolar Ventilation

The volume of air that reaches the alveoli

Anaerobic Metabolism

The metabolism that takes place in the absence of oxygen

Apnea

Absence of spontaneous breathing

Aspiration

The introduction of vomitus or other foreign material into the lungs

Ataxic Respirations

Irregular, ineffective respiration that may or may not have an identifiable pattern

Automatic Transport Ventilator

A ventilation device attached to a control box that allows the variable of ventilation to be set.

Bilateral

A body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline

Bronchioles

Subdivisions of the smaller bronchi in the lungs

Capnography

A noninvasive way to quickly and efficiently provide information on a patients ventilatory status

Carina

Point at which the trachea bifurcates into the left and right main stem bronchi

Compliance

The ability of the avioli to expand when air is drawn in during ventilation

Dead Space

The portion of the tidal volume that does not reach the avveoli and thus does no participate in gas exchange

Diffusion

The process in which molecules move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

Dyspnea

Shortness of breath

End-tide CO2

The amount of carbon dioxide present at the end of an exhaled breath

Exhalation

The passive part of the breathing process

External Respiration

The exchange of gas between the lungs and blood cells in the pulmonary capillaries, also called pulmonary respiration

Gastric Distention

A condition when air fills the stomach

Glottis

The space between the vocal cords that is the narrowest portion of the adults airway

Hypercarbia

Increased carbon dioxide level in the bloodstream

Hypoxia

When the body does not have enough oxygen

Hypoxic Drive

A condition in which chronically low levels of oxygen in the blood stimulate the respiratory drive

Inhalation

Drawing air into the lungs

Internal Respiration

The exchange of gases between the blood cells and the tissues

Intrapulmonary Shunting

Bypassing of oxygen-poor blood past nonfunctional alveoli to the left side of the heart

Labored Breathing

Breathing that requires greater than normal breathing

Larynx

A complex structure formed by many independent cartilaginous structures that all work together

Mediastium

Space within that contains the heart, major blood vessels, vagus nerve, trachea, major bronchi, and esophagus; located between the two lungs

Minute Volume

The volume of air moved through the lungs in 1 minute

Nasopharynx

The nasal cavity

Oropharynx

Forms the posterior portion of the oral cavity

Oxygen Toxicity

A condition of excessive oxygen consumption resulting in cellular and tissue damage

Parietal Pleura

The membrane that lines the chest cavity

Passive Ventilation

The act of moving air in and out of the lungs during chest compression

Patent

Open, clear of obstruction

Phrenic Nerve

Nerve that innervates the diaphragm; necessary for adequate breathing to occur

Pneumothorax

A partial or complete accumulation of air in the pleural space

Residual Volume

The air that remains in the lungs after maximal expiration

Retractions

Movement in which the skins pulls in around the ribs during inspiration

Stoma

An opening through the skin and into an organ or other structure

Stridor

A high pitch noise heard primarily on inspiration

Surfactant

A liquid protein substance that coats the alveoli in the lungs

Tension Pneumothorax

A life threatening collection of air within the pleural space

Tidal Vilume

The amount of air that is moved in or out of the lungs during breathing

Visceral Pleura

The membrane that covers the lung

Vital Cavity

The amount of air that can be forcibly expelled from the lungs after breathing in as deeply as possiable