Paramedic Airway And Respiratory Exam

Front 1

chemoreceptors

Back 1

respond to chemical stimuli

Front 2

barorecptors

Back 2

stimulated by change in pressure

Front 3

Dalton's Law

Back 3

total pressure exerted is equal to the sum of the partial pressure of each componant in the mixture

Front 4

Boyle's law

Back 4

relationship between the pressure and volume of a confined gas held at a constant tempature

Front 5

Flick Principle

Back 5

used to determine cardiac output assumes amount of oxygen consumed by by that organ is equal to the amount of oxygen consumed by that organ plus the amount of oxygen carried away from that organ

Front 6

autonomic nervous system

Back 6

controls all automatic functions of the body
involontary functions of body

Front 7

peripheral nervous system

Back 7

conects the central nervous system to the limbs and organs

Front 8

parasympathetic nervous system

Back 8

subdivision of the autonomic nervous system that controls vegetative functions ie digestion, defecation, and urination

Front 9

sympathetic nervous system

Back 9

subdivision of the autonomic nervous system that usually is involved in preparing the body for physical activity

Front 10

slow, shallow, irregular breathing

Back 10

agonal

Front 11

clustered, irregular breathing

Back 11

ataxic

Front 12

irregular rate and volume with apnea

Back 12

biots

Front 13

respirations less than average for age

Back 13

bradypnea

Front 14

slow, shallow, irregular breathing

Back 14

agonal

Front 15

clustered, irregular breathing

Back 15

ataxic

Front 16

irregular rate and volume with apnea

Back 16

biots

Front 17

respirations less than average for age

Back 17

bradypnea

Front 18

deep rapid associated with ICP

Back 18

Central neurogenic hyperventilation

Front 19

gradual increase in rate and tidal volume followed by apnea

Back 19

cheyne-stokes

Front 20

persistant rapid deep

Back 20

hyperventilation

Front 21

deep gasping

Back 21

kussmaul's

Front 22

persistant increase due to pai, anxious, fx rib, PE, pleurisy, compensatory shock

Back 22

thacypnea

Front 23

deep rapid associated with ICP

Back 23

Central neurogenic hyperventilation

Front 24

gradual increase in rate and tidal volume followed by apnea

Back 24

cheyne-stokes

Front 25

persistant rapid deep

Back 25

hyperventilation

Front 26

deep gasping

Back 26

kussmaul's

Front 28

Hair rubbed between fingers
End of inspiration
Disease of small airway/alveoli
Fluid, mucus are heard on expiration
Popping heard on inspiration (forced opening of alveoli)
Pulmonary edema and pneumonia

Back 28

Rales/ crackles

Front 29

Musical, louder during expiration
Air traveling through narrow airway
Foreign body, asthma, CHF, obstruction, tumor, mucus plug

Back 29

wheezes

Front 30

Sonorous wheezes
Low-pitched, rumble on expiration
Thick secretions, pneumonia, OD, long post-operative recovery

Back 30

Rhonchi

Front 31

Inspiratory
Crowing sound
Narrowing./obstruction of larynx or trachea
Epiglottitis, croup, aspiration
Listen over the larynx/trachea area
Life threatening in children

Back 31

Stridor

Front 32

Low pitched, dry, rubbing or grating sound
Caused in pleural space by inflammation of pleural surfaces
Heard on inspiration and expiration
Pleurisy, TB, pulmonary embolus

Back 32

friction Rub