Emt-I Airway Management And Ventilation

Front 1

pneumothorax

Back 1

the presence of gas or air in the plural cavity.

Front 2

upper airway obstruction

Back 2

an interference with air movement through the upper airway.

Front 3

aphonia

Back 3

inability to produce speech sounds form larynx.

Front 4

extubation

Back 4

removing a tube from a body opening.

Front 5

hypoxemia

Back 5

decreased partial pressure of oxygen in the blood.

Front 6

minute volume

Back 6

amount of gas inhaled and exhaled in one minute.

Front 7

hemothorax

Back 7

accumulation in the pleural cavity of blood or fluid containing blood.

Front 8

ABCs

Back 8

airway, breathing, and circulation.

Front 9

paradoxical breathing

Back 9

assymetrical chest wall movement that lessens respiratory efficiency.

Front 10

flail chest

Back 10

defect in the chest wall that allows a segment to move freely, causing paradoxical chest wall motion.

Front 11

cyanosis

Back 11

bluish discoloration of the skin due to reduced hemoglobin in the blood.

Front 12

dyspnea

Back 12

an abnormality of breathing rate, pattern, or effort.

Front 13

hypoxia

Back 13

state in which insufficient oxygen is available to meet the oxygen requirements of the cells.

Front 14

anoxia

Back 14

the absence or near-absence of oxygen.

Front 15

pulsus paradoxus

Back 15

drop in blood pressure of greater than 10 torr during inspiration.

Front 16

compliance

Back 16

the stiffness or flexibility of lung tissue.

Front 17

pulse oximetry

Back 17

a measurement of hemoglobin oxygen saturation in the peripheral tissues.

Front 18

capnography

Back 18

the measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide concentration.

Front 19

high-pressure regulator

Back 19

regulator used to transfer oxygen at high pressures from tank to tank.

Front 20

therapy regulator

Back 20

pressure regulator used for delivering oxygen to patients.

Front 21

nasal cannula

Back 21

catheter placed at the nares.

Front 22

venture mask

Back 22

high-flow face mask that uses a venturi system to deliver relatively precise oxygen concentrations.

Front 23

tidal volume

Back 23

average volume of gas inhaled or exhaled in one respiratory cycle.

Front 24

bag-valve mask

Back 24

ventilation device consisting of a self-inflating bag with two one-way valves and a transparent plastic face mask.

Front 25

demand valve device

Back 25

a ventilation device that is manually operated by a push button or lever.

Front 26

suction

Back 26

to remove with a vacuum-type device.

Front 27

gastric distention

Back 27

inflation of the stomach.

Front 28

nasopharyngeal airway

Back 28

uncuffed tube that follows the natural curvature of the nasopharynx, passing through the nose and extending from the nostril to the posterior pharynx.

Front 29

French

Back 29

unit of measurement approximately equal to one-third meter.

Front 30

gag reflex

Back 30

mechanism that stimulates retching, or striving to vomit, when the soft palate is touched.

Front 31

oropharyngeal airway

Back 31

semi-circular device that follows the palate’s curvature.

Front 32

laryngoscope

Back 32

instrument for lifting the tongue and epiglottis to see the vocal cords.

Front 33

ETT

Back 33

endotracheal tube.

Front 34

stylet

Back 34

plastic-covered metal wire used to bend the ETT into a J or hockey-stick shape.

Front 35

Magill forceps

Back 35

scissor-style clamps with circular tips.

Front 36

insufflate

Back 36

to blow into.

Front 37

Esophageal Tracheal CombiTube (ETC)

Back 37

dual-lumen airway with a ventilation port for each lumen.

Front 38

lumen

Back 38

the tunnel through a tube.

Front 39

Pharyngo-tracheal lumen airway (PtL)

Back 39

a two-tube system.

Front 40

stoma

Back 40

opening in the anterior neck that connects the trachea with ambient air.