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What is the NBRC and what do they do?
National Board of Respiratory Care
They focus on the exams to become RTs
what is the AARC and what does it do?
American Association of Respiratory Care
What are the major components when asking about health history?
(OLD CART)
Onset (when it first started)
Location
Duration
Character (explain feeling of pain)
Associated Manifestations (does something trigger it?)
Relieving factors
Treatment
What are categories of health history?
Occupational/environmental history
Geographic history
ADL (activities of daily living)
Smoking history
Family history
Medical history
What are the four vital signs?
Pulse
Respirations
Tepmerature
Blood Pressure
What are assessment techniques?
Inspection
Palpation (use hands)
Percussion (striking fingertips)
Auscultation (listening with stethoscope)
Paradoxial breathing
breathing in a see saw pattern
(chest and stomach move in oposite direcitions)
What are signs of repsiratory destress?
Use of accessory muscles
NAsal flaring
Purse lipped breathing
Retractions
Pectus Excavatum
Indention of the sternum
Barrel chest
CO2 and air trappers (found in COPDers)
Chest is increased in diameter
Scoliosis
Curvature of the spine is an exadurated S
Kyphosis
Curvature of spine that changes from a vertical S to a horizontal S
Cyanosis
blue/grey usually found around lips, toes, fingers
Jaundice
yellowing found in eyes, on skin
Clubbing nails
nail bed gets bigger, almost squares
Subcutaneous Emphysema
Air under the skin
Makes a crunching sound when touched
Can migrate
Respiratory expansion
Placing hands on chest/back in specific spot to measure the expansion of the lungs
Tactile fremitus
a rumbing feeling when touching a patient's chest
Vocal fremitus
Feeling the chest vibrate when talking
FiO2
fractionally inspired oxygen
Why is oxygen given to a patient?
Decrese work of breathing and decrease workload on the heart
what are the color coding meanings?
Oxygen- green
Air- yellow
Helium- brown
Helium/Oxide- brown/green
Nitrogen- teal
Nitric oxide- teal/black
Co2- grey
What are tanks made out of?
Steel, Aluminum or composite
Author
cstewart12
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171608
Card Set
Exam 1
Description
history, patient assessment, oxygen,
Updated
2012-09-20T16:24:43Z
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