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36 Cards in this Set
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safety measures required for a patient with oxygen therapy |
explain procedure , semi fowlers position, make sure all equipment is working, apply oxygen when needed, monitor the clients respiratory rate, pattern, level of consciousness |
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asthma |
disorder that causes the airways of the lungs to swell and narrow, leading to wheezing, coughing, SOB |
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hemothorax |
a collection of blood between the chest wall and the lung |
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COPD |
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease lung disease makes it difficult to breath |
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CVS |
brain attack , blood flow stops in the brain "stroke"
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oxygen |
humans need to breath , symbol O , |
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carbon dioxide |
natural chemical compound , 2 oxygen atoms attached to it |
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hypoxia |
inadequate oxygen supply to body or specific area |
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hypoxic drive |
limits oxygen in COPD patients , body uses oxygen instead of carbon dioxide |
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hypoxemia |
abnormal low level amount of oxygen in blood |
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tachypnea |
rapid breathing |
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bradypnea |
low breathing |
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eupnea |
good, normal, unlabored ventilation |
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apnea |
stoppage of breathing , esp during sleep |
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orthopnea |
shortness of breath when lying flat |
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cyanosis |
bluish , discolored of the skin resulting from weak circulation |
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suffocation |
stoppage of respiration , |
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pulse oximeter |
battery electric operated device with a sensor attached to the probe : toes, earlobe, forehead, bridge of the nose, fingertips |
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ABG |
blood test from using blood from the artery |
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ARDS |
acute respiratory distress syndrome |
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CXR |
chest x ray |
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CPAP |
continuous positive airway pressure , particular type of ventilation therapy , mask |
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crackles |
sound like cereal getting liquid added to it , you hear this when a patient has pneumonia , bronchitis, pulmonary fibrosis |
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rhonchi |
difference between wheezing and crackles , snoring like rattling like respiration, hear this when patients have secretion in the bronchial airways |
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wheezing |
high pitched whistling sound when breathing , it is heard when air moves through narrowed breathing tubes |
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nasal cannula |
flow rate of 1- 6 L per minute |
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Simple mask |
flow rate of 5 - 8 L per minute |
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non rebreathing mask |
flow rate of 10 - 15 L per minute |
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venturi mask |
flow rate of 2- 10 L per minute |
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cephal/o |
head |
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spin/o |
spine , backbone |
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neur/o |
nerve functional unit of the nervous system |
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ton/o |
tone tension |
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myel/o |
meaning marrow of the spinal cord |
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plegia |
paralysis of |
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obliterate a pulse |
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