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26 Cards in this Set
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Alveolar ventilation |
The amount of air that reaches the alveoli |
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Artificial ventilation |
Forcing air or oxygen into the lungs when a patient has stopped breathing or has inadequate breathing |
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Automatic transport ventilator (Atv) |
A device that provides positive pressure ventilations. It includes setting designed to adjust ventilation rate and volume, is portable, and is easily carried on an ambulance |
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Bag valve mask (BVM) |
A handheld device with a face mask and self refilling bag that can be squeezed to provide artificial ventilations to a patient. It can be delivered from air or oxygen |
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Cellular respiration |
The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between calls and circulating blood |
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Cyanosis |
A blue or grey color resulting from lack of oxygen in the body |
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Diffusion |
A process by which molecules move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration |
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Flowmeter |
A valve that indicates the flow of oxygen in liters per minute |
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Flow-restricted Oxygen-powered ventilation device (FROPVD) |
A device that uses oxygen under pressure to deliver artificial ventilations. It’s trigger is place so the rescued can operate it while still using both hands to maintain a seal on the face mask. It had automatic flow restriction to prevent over-delivery of Oxygen’s I the patient |
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Humidifier |
A device connected to the flowmeter to add moister to the dry oxygen coming from an oxygen cylinder |
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Hypoxia |
An insufficiency of oxygen in the body’s tissue |
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Nasal cannula |
A device that delivers low concentrations of oxygen through two prongs the rest in the patients nostrils |
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Non rebreather mask (NRB) |
A face mask and reservoir bag device is hat delivers high concentrations of oxygen. The patients exhaled air escape through a cable and is not rebreathed |
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Oxygen cylinder |
A cylinder filled with oxygen under pressure |
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Partial rebreather mask |
A face mask and reservoir oxygen bag with no one way valve to the reservoir bag so done exhaled air mixes with the oxygen, used in some patients to help preserve carbon dioxide levels in the blood to stimulate breathing |
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Pocket face mask |
A device usually with one way valve to aid in artificial ventilation. A rescuer breather through the valve when the mask is placed over the patients face. It also acts as a barrier to prevent contact with a patient breath or body fluids. It can be used with supplemental oxygen when fitted with an oxygen inlet |
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Pressure regulator |
A device connected to an oxygen cylinder to reduce cylinder pressure so it is safe for delivery of oxygen to a patient |
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Pulmonary respiration |
The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the alveoli and circulating blood in the pulmonary capillaries |
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Respiration |
The diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the alveoli and the blood and between the blood and the cells Simply breathing |
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Respiratory arrest |
When breathing completely stops |
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Respiratory distress |
Increased work of breathing A sensation of shortness of breath |
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Respiratory failure |
The reduction of breathing to the point where oxygen intakes is not sufficient to support life |
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Stoma |
A permanent surgical opening in the neck through which the patient breathes |
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Tracheostomy mask |
A device designed to the placed over a stoma or tracheostomy tube to provide supplemental oxygen |
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Ventilation |
Breathing in and out Artificial provision of breaths |
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Venturi mask |
A face mask and reservoir bag device the delivers specific concentrations of oxygen by mixing oxygen with inhaled air |
