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| WHAT IS A CRITICAL CONCERN OF A PATENT AIRWAY? |
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| ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A PATENT (OPEN) AIRWAY & ENSURING EFFECTIVE OXYGENATION & VENTILATION ARE VITAL ASPECTS OF EFFECTIVE PT CARE. |
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| WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM?` |
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| IT BRINGS IN O2 AND ELIMINATES CO2(THE PRIMARY WASTE PRODUCT OF OXYGEN METABOLISM) |
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| WHAT MAY CAUSE AN INCREASE IN MORTALITY & MORBIDITY IN PATIENTS? |
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| POOR TECHNIQUE(EG.IMPROPER BVM SEAL,IMPROPER AIRWAY POSITIONING AND FAILURE TO REASSESS THE PT'S CONDITION. |
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| WHAT IS THE UPPER AIRWAY? |
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| CONSISTS OF ALL OF THE ANATOMIC AIRWAY STRUCTURES ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE VOCAL CORDS. |
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| WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE UPPER AIRWAY? |
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| TO WARM,FILTER, AND HUMIDIFY AIR AS IT ENTERS THE BODY THRU THE NOSE AND MOUTH. |
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| DESCRIBE THE COMPONENTS OF THE PHARYNX. |
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NASOPHARYNX-AIR ENTERS THE NOSE AND PASS INTO THE NASOPHARYNX..NASAL CAVITY IS LINED WITH CILIATED MOUCUS MEMBRANE...3 BONY SHELVES CALLED TURBINATES SERVE TO INCREASE THE SURFACE AREA OF NASAL MOUCOSA FOR WARMING, FILTERING, AND HUMIDIFICATION.
OROPHARYNX-POSTERIOR PORTION OF THE ORAL CAVITY...TONGUE IS ATTACHED TO THE MANDIBLE AND HYOID BONE...2 PALATES HARD AND SOFT...
LARYNGOPHARYNX |
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| WHAT ARE SINUSES AND WHAT ARE THERE FUNCTION? |
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| SINUSES ARE CAVITIES FORMED BY CRANIAL BONES...THEY PREVENT CONTAMINANTS FROM ENTERING THE RESPIRATORY TRACT AND ACT AS TRIBUTARIES FOR FLUID FOR EUSTACHIAN TUBES & TEAR DUCTS. |
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| WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF ANATOMICAL UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION? |
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| LOCATED ON THE POSTERIOR NASO WALL,MADE UP OF LYMPHATIC TISSUE, TO FILTER BACTERIA. |
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| LYMPHATIC TISSUE LOCATED POSTERIOR PHARYNX,THAT TRAP BACTERIA. |
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| A LEAF-SHAPED FLAP OF CARTILAGE, THAT PREVENTS FOOD LIQUID FROM ENTERING THE LARYNX DURING SWALLOWING. |
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| AN ANATOMIC SPACE LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE TONGUE,AND EPIGLOTTIS,THE LANDMARK FOR INTUBATION. |
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| WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF THE LARYNX? |
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Definition
LARYNX-FORMS MANY INDEPENDENT CARTILAGINOUS STRUCTURES
THYROID CART.-SHIELD-SHAPED STRUCT.ANTERIOR PROMINENCE (ADAM'S APPLE)
CRICOID CART.-FORMS LOWEST PORTION OF THE LARYNX,FORMS A COMPLETE RING AROUND THE AROUND THE TRACHEA.
CRICOTHYROID MEMBRANE-BETW.THYROID AND CRICOID CARTILAGES,SITE FOR EMERGENCY SURGICAL AND NONSURGICAL ACCESS TO AIRWAY(CRICOTHYROTOMY)
GLOTTIS-VOCAL CORDS,NARROWEST PORTION OF THE ADULT AIRWAY
ARYTENOID CARTILAGE-PYRAMID-LIKE STRUCTURES,REGULATES THE PASSAGE OF AIR THRU THE LARYNX(VOICE BOX) |
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| SUBMERSION INCIDENT OCCURS TO CUASE DEFENSIVE REFLEXES WHICH WILL CLOSE THE VOCAL CHORDS SEALING THE AIRWAY. |
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| WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE LOWER AIRWAY? |
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Definition
| TO EXCHANGE OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE. |
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| WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF THE LOWER AIRWAY? |
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Definition
TRACHEA-THE CONDUIT FOR AIR ENTRY INTO THE LUNGS...
CARINA-POINT AT WHICH THE RT AND LF BRONCHI SEPARATE
BRONCHI-LINED WITH MUCUS-PRODUCING CELLS AND BETA-2 RECEPTORS THAT WHEN STIMULATED CAUSE BRONCHODIALATION
{RT SHORTE AND STRAIGHTER THAN LF}
BRONCHIOLES-MADE OF SMOOTH MUSCLE DILATE AND CONSTRICT IN RESPONSE TO STIMULI
ALVEOLI-LINED WITH SURFACTANT WHICH KEEPS THEM EXPANDED..WHERE GAS EXCHANGE OCCURS |
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| WHEN PULMONARY SURFACTANT IS DECREASED OR THE ALVEOLI ARE NOT INFLATED THEY WILL COLLAPSE. |
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| HELPS PROTECT THE LOWER AIRWAY FROM ASPIRATION OR ENTRY OF FLIUDS AND SOLIDS INTO THE TRACHEA. |
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