FISDAP AIRWAY CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED STUDY PACK
●● Dead air space
Answer: anatomic dead space are structures that hold air but but can't
participate in gas exchange. Physiologic dead space are alveoli or
capillaries destroyed by disease
●● Expiratory reserve volume
Answer: amount of gas that can be forcefully expired at the end of a
normal expiration
●● Inspiratory reserve volume
Answer: amount of gas that can be forcefully inspired in addition to a
normal breaths tidal volume
●● Internal respiration
Answer: exchange of gases between blood cells and tissues
●● Peak expiratory flow
Answer: the greatest rate of airflow during forced expiration when lungs
are fully inflated
,●● Residual volume
Answer: after maximal forced exhalation, amount of air remaining not
able to be expelled
●● Tidal volume
Answer: amount of air in a respiratory cycle (500 ml, 5-7ml/kg)
●● Minute volume
Answer: amount of gas moved in and out of respiratory tract per minute
●● Air trapping
Answer: a respiratory pattern associated with an obstruction in the
pulmonary tree. Rate increases to overcome resistance.
●● Angle of Louis
Answer: angulation of the sternum that indicates the point where the
second rib joins the sternum. (manubriosternal junction)
●● Anoxia
Answer: total lack of oxygen available to the tissues
●● Apnea
, Answer: respiratory arrest
●● Atelectasis
Answer: abnormal condition characterized by collapse of alveoli,
preventing exchange of CO2 and O2 in a part of the lungs
●● Barrier device
Answer: thin film of material placed on the patient's face used to prevent
direct contact with the patient's mouth during PPV
●● Carina
Answer: where the trachea divides into right and left bronchi
●● Ronchi
Answer: rattling or rumbling in the lungs. Inspiration and expiration.
Fluid in larger airways and may be cleared from a cough.
●● Stridor
Answer: harsh, high-pitched inspiratory sound best heard over the neck
●● Rattles (ronchi)
Answer: inflammation and mucus or fluid in larger airways heard on
inspiration. Associated with bronchitis or pneumonia
EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED STUDY PACK
●● Dead air space
Answer: anatomic dead space are structures that hold air but but can't
participate in gas exchange. Physiologic dead space are alveoli or
capillaries destroyed by disease
●● Expiratory reserve volume
Answer: amount of gas that can be forcefully expired at the end of a
normal expiration
●● Inspiratory reserve volume
Answer: amount of gas that can be forcefully inspired in addition to a
normal breaths tidal volume
●● Internal respiration
Answer: exchange of gases between blood cells and tissues
●● Peak expiratory flow
Answer: the greatest rate of airflow during forced expiration when lungs
are fully inflated
,●● Residual volume
Answer: after maximal forced exhalation, amount of air remaining not
able to be expelled
●● Tidal volume
Answer: amount of air in a respiratory cycle (500 ml, 5-7ml/kg)
●● Minute volume
Answer: amount of gas moved in and out of respiratory tract per minute
●● Air trapping
Answer: a respiratory pattern associated with an obstruction in the
pulmonary tree. Rate increases to overcome resistance.
●● Angle of Louis
Answer: angulation of the sternum that indicates the point where the
second rib joins the sternum. (manubriosternal junction)
●● Anoxia
Answer: total lack of oxygen available to the tissues
●● Apnea
, Answer: respiratory arrest
●● Atelectasis
Answer: abnormal condition characterized by collapse of alveoli,
preventing exchange of CO2 and O2 in a part of the lungs
●● Barrier device
Answer: thin film of material placed on the patient's face used to prevent
direct contact with the patient's mouth during PPV
●● Carina
Answer: where the trachea divides into right and left bronchi
●● Ronchi
Answer: rattling or rumbling in the lungs. Inspiration and expiration.
Fluid in larger airways and may be cleared from a cough.
●● Stridor
Answer: harsh, high-pitched inspiratory sound best heard over the neck
●● Rattles (ronchi)
Answer: inflammation and mucus or fluid in larger airways heard on
inspiration. Associated with bronchitis or pneumonia
