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ASTHMA
PATHOLOGY
ACUTE BRONCHOSPASM
INCREASED MUCUS PRODUCTION
ASTHMA
PHYSICAL FINDINGS
POSSIBLY ALLERGIC INFECTIVE OR STRESS INDUCED
INCREASED HEART RATE/RESPERATION RATE
USE OF ACCESORY MUSCLES
WHEEZING
ASTHMA
FIELD MANAGEMENT
HIGH FLOW O2
CONSIDER EPI AUTO INJECT
SMALL VOLUME NEBULIZER
PNEUMONIA
PATHOLOGY
INFLAMTION OF THE LUNGS DO TO PUS
MAY BE BACTERIAL, VIRAL OR FUNGAL
RESULT OF ASPERATION OR CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
PNEUMONIA
PHYSICAL FINDINGS
FEVER
CHILLS
RUSTY BROWN SPUTUM
CHEST PAIN
DEHYDRATION
SMOKING AND ALCHOHOL
COLD
PNEUMONIA
FIELD MANAGEMENT
PATIENT POSITION OF COMFORT
HIGH FLOW O2
MASK ON CREW OR PATIENT TO REDUCE EXPOSURE
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
PATHOLOGY
TYPE OF COPD
CHRONIC INFLAMATION OF LARGE AIRWAYS
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
PHYSICAL FINDINGS
TYPE OF COPD
PERSISTANT COUGH W/ INCREASED MUCUS
OVERWEIGHT
CYANOTIC
WHEEZING
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
FIELD MANAGEMENT
PATIENT POSITION OF COMFORT
HIGH FLOW O2
EMPHYSEMA
PATHOLOGY
DESTRUCTION OF AVEOLAR WALLS
DECREASED ELASTICITY OF THE LUNGS
HYPERINFLATION
EMPHYSEMA
PHYSICAL FINDINGS
PINK PUFFER
EXERTIONAL DYSPNEA
MINIMAL COUGH WITH SPUTUM
INCREASED HEART RATE
USE OF ACCESORY MUSCLES
WHEEZING
EMPHYSEMA
FIELD MANAGEMENT
PATIENT POSITION OF COMFORT
HIGH FLOW O2
EPIGLOTTITIS
PATHOLOGY
BACTERIAL INFECTION
CAUSES SWELLING OF EPIGLOTTIS
EPIGLOTTITIS
PHYSICAL FINDINGS
USUALLY 3-7 YEARS OF AGE
HIGH FEVER
PAIN SWALLOWING
ANXIETY
RESTLESSNESS
EPIGLOTTITIS
FIELD MANAGEMENT
POSITION OF COMFORT
WARM HUMIDIFIED O2
BE READY TO ASSIST W/ O2 RESPERATIONS
CROUP
PATHOLOGY
GROUG OF VIRAL INFECTIONS
CAUSES SWELLING OF THE LARYNX
CROUP
PHYSICAL FINDINGS
SEAL BARKING COUGH
USUALY ACCURES AT NIGHT
GREATER USE OF INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES
ANXIETY DUE TO HYPOXIA AND TACHYCARDIA
CROUP
FIELD MANAGEMENT
PATIENT POSITION OF COMFORT
WARM HUMIDIFIED O2
PNEUMOTHORAX
PATHOLOGY
COLLECTION OF AIR IN THE CHEST CAVITY TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE LUNGS
CAUSED BY PUNCTURES TO THE CHEST WALL OR LUNGS
PNEUMOTHORAX
PHYSICAL FINDINGS
DYSPNEA
OPEN CHEST WOUND
MAY MAKE SUCTIONING SOUND
PNEUMOTHORAX
FIELD MANAGEMENT
COVER THE WOUND W/ OCCLUSIVE DRESSING
CHEST DECOMPRESSION
HIGH FLOW O2 W/ POSOTIVE PRESSURE
SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX
PATHOLOGY
CLOSED PNEUMOTHORAX
NOT DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED W/ TRAUMA
AIR ENTERS THORACIC CAVITY THROUGH HOLE IN LUNG
LUNG PARTIALY OR COMPLETLY COLAPSES
CAN BE CAUSED BY COUGHING
SPONTANEOUS PNUEMOTHORAX
PHYSICAL FINDINGS
DYSPNEA
HYPERRESONANT THORACIC CAVITY
SPONTANEOUS PNUEMOTHORAX
FIELD MANAGEMENT
HIGH FLOW O2 W/ POSITIVE PRESSURE
HEMOTHORAX
PATHOLOGY
BLOOD AND BODY FLUIDS BETWEEN LUNGS AND CHEST CAVITY
CAUSED BY PENETRATION OR BLUNT TRAUMA
HEMOTHORAX
PHYSICAL FINDINGS
DYSPNEA
HYPOVOLEMIC
REDUCED BREATH SOUNDS
HYPORESONANT THORACIC CAVITY
HEMOTHORAX
FIELD MANAGEMENT
HIGH FLOW O2
TREAT FOR SHOCK
RAPID TRANSPORT
TENSION PNUEMOTHORAX
PATHOLOGY
ACCUMULATION OF AIR PRESSUREIN THE CHEST W/ NO AVENUE OF ESCAPE
TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX
PHYSICAL FINDINGS
PROGRESSIVE DYSPNEA AS PRESSURE IN THE CHEST INCREASES
TENSION PNUEMOTHORAX
FIELD MANAGEMENT
OPEN OCCLUSIVE DRESSING
CHEST DECOMPRESSION
HIGH FLOW O2 W/ POSITIVE PRESSURE
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
PATHOLOGY
A LARGE VEIN THROMBOSIS
THROMBOSIS DISLODGES
SETTELS IN PULMONARY BED
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
PHYSICAL FINDINGS
HISTORY OF VASCULAR PROBLEMS
COAGULATION DISORDER
TRAUMA
POST-OP
SUDDEN CHEST PAIN
CAUGHING BLOOD
DYSPNEA
TACHYCARDIA
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
FIELD MANAGEMENT
PATIENT POSITION OF COMFORT
HIGH FLOW O2
PULMONARY EDEMA
PATHOLOGY
PULMONARY VESSELS ENGORGED W/ BLOOD
ALVEOLI CONTAIN EXCESS FLUID AND FOAM
MAY BE CAUSED BY CHF
PULMONARY EDEMA
PHYSICAL FINDINGS
HYPERTENSION
TACHYCARDIA
TACHYPNEA
FLUID IN LUNGS
PINK FROTHY SPUTUM
PULMONARY EDEMA
FIELD MANAGEMENT
HIGH FLOW O2
POSITION OF COMFORT
CALL MEDICAL CONTROL FOR POSSIBLE NITRO
Author
Anonymous
ID
41
Card Set
PULMONARY CONDITIONS
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BRANDON
Updated
2009-09-29T03:23:51Z
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