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What are the adult ventilation rates and adequate volumes? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅12-20 breaths per minute, 120/80 BP, O2 Stat of greater than 95%
What are the complications of hyperventilation? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Leads
to carbon dioxide blow off, which causes vasoconstriction, and limits blood flow to the
brain
What is dyspnea? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅difficulty breathing
What is nocturnal dyspnea? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Difficulty breathing after
sleep or while asleep
Lung sounds usually heard usually during asthma, COPD, emphysema, and Chronic
Bronchitis / high pitched - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Wheezes
Lung sounds caused by fluid in the alveoli / sounds like bubbles - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Crackles
Lung sound due to a obstruction / high pitched on inspiration - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Stridor
Lung sounds due to secretions in larger airways / Lower pitched - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Rhonchi
Condition of excessive fluid buildup in the lungs and/or other organs because of
inadequate pumping of the heart - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Congestive heart
failure
Emphysema, chronic bronchitis, black lung, and respiratory illnesses are classified as -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅COPD / Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Air from the chest cavity is prevented from escaping, usually during closed chest injuries
and caused by rub on internal surfaces - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Tension
pneumothorax
Tachycardia is? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅High heart rate
, Bradycardia is? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Low heart rate
What is hyperventilation? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Increased depth and rate of
breathing
What is hypoxic drive? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅It is a backup system to control
respirations when oxygen levels fall. *Secondary drive*
What are the complications from tracheostomy tubes? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A
buildup of mucus in the tube, dislodge-meant of tube, or infection around stoma
What is the pathophysiology of the upper and lower airways? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, lungs
Where are beta 2 receptors located? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Lungs
What do beta 2 receptors do? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Stimulate bronchioles to
dilate
Where are beta 1 receptors located? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅heart
What do beta 1 receptors do? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅increase heart rate
How many lobes are in the lungs - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅5 (3 right, 2 left)
What is the normal respiratory rate for an adult? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅12-20
breaths/min
What is the name of the passageway shared by the digestive and respiratory systems
for air and food - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅pharynx
What part of the respiratory system contains the vocal cords - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅larynx
What is the most common location for an airway obstruction - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅pharynx
What ring shaped structure forms the lower portion of the larynx - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅cricoid cartilage
What is the name of the hollow, semi flexible tube that carries inhaled air from the larynx
to the lungs - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅trachea