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14 Cards in this Set
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What is a crepitus
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Air leaks into tissues from a chest tube site
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If you have severe pleural effusion, what may develop?
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Thoracentesis
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Air trapping may cause what?
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Barrel chest
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Crackles are what kind of sound?
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Adventitious
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What is tidaling?
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In the water seal chamber - shows that tube is intact
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What kind of sound is high pitched violins?
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Wheezes
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What kind of sound is crowing?
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Stridor
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Coarse crackles sounds like what?
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Moist bubbling
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Fine crackles sounds like what?
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Velcro being torn apart
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A pleural friction rub sounds like what?
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leather rubbing together
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What is the whats up technique?
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Where is it? How does it feel? Aggravating factors? Timing? Severity? Useful data? Patient perception of problem
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What does pursed lip breathing do?
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Carbon dioxide excretion
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What position will help increase O2 saturation with lung dise3ase
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Side lying with good lung dependent
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How often should a transtracheal catheter be cleaned?
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2-3 times a day
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