RESPIRATORY

KNOW YOUR PNEUMONIA'S

KNOW YOUR ACRONYMS, LIKE:
SARS
RSV
COPD
ARDS
IRDS
......etc

KNOW TUBERCULOSIS

KNOW INTERNAL DEVICES, SUCH AS:
CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS
SWAN-GANZ CATHETER
ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE

where they go, what they can do or are used for.

Know the physiology of the lungs,
How gasses are exchanged
and where the exchange happens

HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE

CROUP

EPIGLOTTITIS

CYSTIC FYBROSIS

ANTHRAX

PLEURAL EFFUSION

EMPHYSEMA....MEDIASTINAL AND SUBCUTANEOUS

EMPYEMA

PNEUMOTHORAX

ATELECTASIS

EMBOLISM............SEPTIC AND PULMONARY

PNEUMOCONIOSIS.....

SILICOSIS...silicon dioxide (quartz dust)

ASBESTOSIS...asbestos fibers

ANTHRACOSIS... anthracite.. coal dust. miners

COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS

MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS

DISEASE OF THE DIAPHRAGM

ROUTES OF METASTASIS

CARCINOMAS

PULMONARY MYCOSIS

ANYTHING AGE RELATED, SEX RELATED, BODY HABITUS RELATED,