Emergency Care 14th Edition Chapter 10

Alveolar ventilation - ANSWER-the amount of air that reaches the alveoli artificial ventilation - ANSWER-Forcing air or oxygen into the lungs when a patient has stopped breathing or has inadequate breathing. Also called positive pressure ventilation. automatic transport ventilator (ATV) - ANSWER-A device that provides positive pressure ventilations. It includes settings designed to adjust ventilation rate and volume, is portable, and is easily carried on an ambulance. Bag valve mask - ANSWER-A handheld device with a face mask and a self-refilling bag that can be squeezed to provide artificial ventilations to a patient. It can deliver air from the atmosphere or oxygen from a supplemental oxygen supply system. cellular respiration - ANSWER-the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between cells and circulating blood cyanosis - ANSWER-A blue or gray color resulting from lack of oxygen in the body. diffusion - ANSWER-the process by which molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration flowemeter - ANSWER-a valve that indicates a flow of oxygen in liters per minute humidifier - ANSWER-A device connected to the flowmeter to add moisture to the dry oxygen