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What is dyspnea?
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Shortness of breath
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What is apnea?
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Patient no longer breathing
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What is hypoxia?
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Pt not getting adequate supply of oxegyn
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What happens during respritory distress?
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Its when the patients R/R will be elevated because the body is trying to compensate for itself
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What happens during respritory failure?
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The pts R/R will be severely low (6) because the body can no longer compensate for itself
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What are the two types of COPD?
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Emphysema and chronic bronchitus
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The usual treatment to help a patient with COPD is what?
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CPAP device
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What are the two main medications to give patients with breathing complications?
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Albuterol and Atrovent
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What is emphysema?
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The destruction of the alveolar walls
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Primary purpose of the upper and lower airways is the conduction of air into and out of the lungs
T/F
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True
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The use of accessory muscles shows what about the breathing?
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The patient is working hard to breath, this is not normal.
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The medulla and the pons which are located in the _______. which exert nervous control of breathing.
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Brainstem
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___________ receptors in the walls of the lungs provide info to the brainstem to prevent accidental overexpansion injuries, and irritant receptors in the walls of the bronchioles detect the prescence of abnormalitites such as excessive fluid, toxic fumes or smoke, or significant air temperature changes.
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Stretch
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Receptors near the alveoli, called ______________ receptors, detect when the alveolar capillary beds are becoming abnormally engorged with blood as a result of heart failure.
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Juxtacapillary
(these receptors are belived to play a role in the feeling of SOB the pt may expirience)
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Use what part of your stethescope to listen to lung sounds?
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The diaphragm
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