FISDAP: Airway, Respiratory, and Ventilation Exam 100% Updated!

subcutaneous emphysema - ANSWERthe presence of air in the subcutaneous tissue (crackling under the skin, swelling and bruising around neck, sore throat/wheezing, can indicate pneumothorax) traumatic asphyxia - ANSWERintense compression of the thoracic cavity, causing venous back-flow from the right side of the heart into the veins of the neck and the brain (ex. motor vehicle accidents, industrial and farming accidents; swelling of face/neck; cyanosis, distended neck vein; subconjunctival bleeding in eyes; small spot-like hemorrhages) pulmonary edema - ANSWERexcessive fluid in the lungs (caused by: CHF, burns, drowning, blood stops pumping through the body; EXTREME SOB, dyspnea; feeling of suffocation, wheezing; cold clammy skin; coughing up pink frothy sputum; can indicate CHF, renal failure, fluid overload; low sats; may need CPAP or intubation) COPD - ANSWERdisease characterized by a decreased ability of the lungs to perform the function of ventilation (similar umbrella terms: emphysema, chronic asthma, chronic bronchitis) (cause: smoking; most likely elderly or someone that needs O2 on the daily; SOB, wheezing; chest tightness; chronic cough that might produce sputum; unintended weight loss; barrel chest; may tripod breath; sats run lower all the time; be careful giving too much oxygen -- may kill their respiratory drive and cause them to stop breathing -- but never withhold oxygen if respiratory distress is happening) asthma - ANSWERnarrowing of airway, swells, and produce extra mucus (troubled breathing after exertion; wheezing: especially inspiratory; most likely will hav