INTRO. TO RESPIRATORY THERAPY
EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Febrile - ANSWER-(adj.) feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever caused by infection
or disease
Afebrile - ANSWER-without fever; normal temperature
Pulse Rate - ANSWER-Normal = 60 - 100 beats/minute
Systolic - ANSWER-When the heart contracts / upper number
Diastole - ANSWER-When the heart relaxes / bottom number
Cardia - ANSWER-heart
tachy- - ANSWER-fast
Tachycardia - ANSWER-heart rate over 100 bpm
-Caused by hypoxia, fever, exercise, stress
brady- - ANSWER-slow
Bradycardia - ANSWER-heart rate less than 60 bpm
-Caused by hypothermia, medications, depressant drugs
hyper- - ANSWER-above normal
hypo- - ANSWER-below normal
-thermia - ANSWER-body temperature
increased body temperature - ANSWER-when this vital sign increases by 1C, oxygen
consumption increases by 10%
-oxia - ANSWER-Oxygen
hypoxia - ANSWER-low oxygen level
Asystole - ANSWER-no contractions of heart
Respiratory Rate - ANSWER-Normal = 12-20 breathes per minute
, -number of breaths per minute
-pnea - ANSWER-breathing
Tachypnea - ANSWER-rapid breathing: greater than 20 breathes per minute
Causes: Hypoxemia, lung disease, fever, exercise
Bradypnea - ANSWER-slow breathing: less than 12 breathes per minutes
Causes: Hypothermia, narcotic drugs, head injury
Kussmaul respirations - ANSWER-very deep and rapid respirations
Cheyne-Stokes - ANSWER-Periods of difficult breathing (dyspnea) followed by periods
of no respirations (apnea)
Dyspnea - ANSWER-difficulty breathing
Apnea - ANSWER-absence of breathing
Biot's respirations - ANSWER-Rapid and deep respirations followed by 10 to 30
seconds of apnea
Blood Pressure - ANSWER-Normal Rate (90-120) / (60-80)
Tension - ANSWER-blood pressure
Hypertension - ANSWER-High blood pressure; systolic greater than 140 or diastolic
greater than 90
Causes: Vascular disease, obesity, high sodium
Hypotension - ANSWER-low blood pressure; Systolic is lower than 90
Causes: heart failure, position change, depressant drugs
Orthopnea - ANSWER-oxygen desaturation in the upright position
Hippocrates - ANSWER-Father of medicine
Thomas Beddoes - ANSWER-Father of inhalation therapy
Karl Scheele - ANSWER-Discovered Oxygen
EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Febrile - ANSWER-(adj.) feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever caused by infection
or disease
Afebrile - ANSWER-without fever; normal temperature
Pulse Rate - ANSWER-Normal = 60 - 100 beats/minute
Systolic - ANSWER-When the heart contracts / upper number
Diastole - ANSWER-When the heart relaxes / bottom number
Cardia - ANSWER-heart
tachy- - ANSWER-fast
Tachycardia - ANSWER-heart rate over 100 bpm
-Caused by hypoxia, fever, exercise, stress
brady- - ANSWER-slow
Bradycardia - ANSWER-heart rate less than 60 bpm
-Caused by hypothermia, medications, depressant drugs
hyper- - ANSWER-above normal
hypo- - ANSWER-below normal
-thermia - ANSWER-body temperature
increased body temperature - ANSWER-when this vital sign increases by 1C, oxygen
consumption increases by 10%
-oxia - ANSWER-Oxygen
hypoxia - ANSWER-low oxygen level
Asystole - ANSWER-no contractions of heart
Respiratory Rate - ANSWER-Normal = 12-20 breathes per minute
, -number of breaths per minute
-pnea - ANSWER-breathing
Tachypnea - ANSWER-rapid breathing: greater than 20 breathes per minute
Causes: Hypoxemia, lung disease, fever, exercise
Bradypnea - ANSWER-slow breathing: less than 12 breathes per minutes
Causes: Hypothermia, narcotic drugs, head injury
Kussmaul respirations - ANSWER-very deep and rapid respirations
Cheyne-Stokes - ANSWER-Periods of difficult breathing (dyspnea) followed by periods
of no respirations (apnea)
Dyspnea - ANSWER-difficulty breathing
Apnea - ANSWER-absence of breathing
Biot's respirations - ANSWER-Rapid and deep respirations followed by 10 to 30
seconds of apnea
Blood Pressure - ANSWER-Normal Rate (90-120) / (60-80)
Tension - ANSWER-blood pressure
Hypertension - ANSWER-High blood pressure; systolic greater than 140 or diastolic
greater than 90
Causes: Vascular disease, obesity, high sodium
Hypotension - ANSWER-low blood pressure; Systolic is lower than 90
Causes: heart failure, position change, depressant drugs
Orthopnea - ANSWER-oxygen desaturation in the upright position
Hippocrates - ANSWER-Father of medicine
Thomas Beddoes - ANSWER-Father of inhalation therapy
Karl Scheele - ANSWER-Discovered Oxygen
