UCLA EMT-(13) RESPIRATORY
EMERGENCIES Questions with Complete
Solutions
METERED-DOSE INHALER (MDI) A MINIATURE SPRAY CANISTER USED TO
DIRECT MEDICATIONS THROUGH THE MOUTH AND INTO THE LUNGS
METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCCOCUS AUREUS (MRSA) A
BACTERIUM THAT CAN CAUSE INFECTIONS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY; IT
IS TRANSMITTED BY DIFFERENT ROUTES INCLUDING THE RESPIRATORY AND IS
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF IT'S RESISTANCE TO METHICILLIN.
OXYGENATION THE PROCESS OF DELIVERING OXYGEN TO THE BLOOD.
PANDEMIC AN OUTBREAK THAT OCCURS ON A GLOBAL SCALE
PERTUSSIS (WHOOPING COUGH) AN AIRBORNE BACTERIAL INFECTION
THAT AFFECTS MOSTLY CHILDREN YONGER THAN 6 YEARS. PATIENTS WILL BE
FEVERISH AND EXHIBIT A "WHOOP" SOUND ON INSPIRATION OR AFTER A
COUGHING ATTACK; HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS THROUGH DROPLET INFECTION.
, PLEURAL EFFUSION A COLLECTION OF FLUID BETWEEN THE LUNG AND
CHEST WALL THAT MAY COMPRESS THE LUNG.
PLEURITIC CHEST PAIN SHARP STABBING PAIN IN THE CHEST THAT IS
WORSENED BY A DEEP BREATH OR OTHER CHEST WALL MOVEMENT; OFTEN
CAUSED BY INFLAMMATION OR IRRITATION OF THE PLEURA.
PNEUMONIA AN INFECTIONS DISEASE OF THE LUNG THAT DAMAGES LUNG
TISSUE.
PNEUMONITIS INFLAMMATION OF HE LUNG
PNEUMOTHORAX A PARTIAL OR COMPLETE ACCUMULATION OF AIR IN THE
PLEURAL SPACE.
PULMONARY EDEMA A BUILDUP OF FLUID IN THE LUNGS, USUALLY AS A
RESULT OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
EMERGENCIES Questions with Complete
Solutions
METERED-DOSE INHALER (MDI) A MINIATURE SPRAY CANISTER USED TO
DIRECT MEDICATIONS THROUGH THE MOUTH AND INTO THE LUNGS
METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCCOCUS AUREUS (MRSA) A
BACTERIUM THAT CAN CAUSE INFECTIONS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY; IT
IS TRANSMITTED BY DIFFERENT ROUTES INCLUDING THE RESPIRATORY AND IS
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF IT'S RESISTANCE TO METHICILLIN.
OXYGENATION THE PROCESS OF DELIVERING OXYGEN TO THE BLOOD.
PANDEMIC AN OUTBREAK THAT OCCURS ON A GLOBAL SCALE
PERTUSSIS (WHOOPING COUGH) AN AIRBORNE BACTERIAL INFECTION
THAT AFFECTS MOSTLY CHILDREN YONGER THAN 6 YEARS. PATIENTS WILL BE
FEVERISH AND EXHIBIT A "WHOOP" SOUND ON INSPIRATION OR AFTER A
COUGHING ATTACK; HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS THROUGH DROPLET INFECTION.
, PLEURAL EFFUSION A COLLECTION OF FLUID BETWEEN THE LUNG AND
CHEST WALL THAT MAY COMPRESS THE LUNG.
PLEURITIC CHEST PAIN SHARP STABBING PAIN IN THE CHEST THAT IS
WORSENED BY A DEEP BREATH OR OTHER CHEST WALL MOVEMENT; OFTEN
CAUSED BY INFLAMMATION OR IRRITATION OF THE PLEURA.
PNEUMONIA AN INFECTIONS DISEASE OF THE LUNG THAT DAMAGES LUNG
TISSUE.
PNEUMONITIS INFLAMMATION OF HE LUNG
PNEUMOTHORAX A PARTIAL OR COMPLETE ACCUMULATION OF AIR IN THE
PLEURAL SPACE.
PULMONARY EDEMA A BUILDUP OF FLUID IN THE LUNGS, USUALLY AS A
RESULT OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
