Deck 13: Respiration

Question 1

Chest pain when breathing, bruising of the lung tissue, and inadequate gas exchange are all signs and symptoms of which of the following conditions?

A) Epiglottitis
B) Brain Injury
C) Stroke
D) Muscular dystrophy

Answer 1

Muscular dystrophy

Question 2

A respiratory disease that causes destruction of the alveolar walls; damage to the adjacent capillary walls; abnormal, permanent enlargement of the alveoli; and a loss of lung elasticity is

A) pneumonia.
B) pulmonary edema.
C) emphysema.
D) chronic bronchitis.

Answer 2

emphysema.

Question 3

You are listening to the breathing sounds of a patient and hear a "rattling" or "rumbling"
Sound coming from her lungs. This is known as

A) rhonchi.
B) stridor.
C) gurgling.
D) wheezing.

Answer 3

rhonchi.

Question 4

Your patient is making a wet, slurping noise upon inhalation. You document this sound as

A) gurgling.
B) stridor.
C) wheezing.
D) snoring.

Question 5

Your male patient is having difficulty breathing; his skin appears pale and slightly blue. His wife tells you that just before she called 911, his breathing was very slow and shallow. He is in which stage of inadequate ventilation?

A) Respiratory Arrest
B) Respiratory Failure
C) Cardiac Distress
D) Cardiac Arrest

Question 6

The pulse oximeter reading for your patient is 89%. The patient has

A) adequate oxygenation.
B) mild hypoxemia.
C) moderate hypoxemia.
D) severe hypoxemia.

Question 7

Which of the following letters would you NOT find on the label of an onboard oxygen tank?

A) M
B) H
C) G
D) D

Question 8

Which of the following is the valve that controls the liters of oxygen delivered per minute to a patient when using an oxygen tank?

A) Flow regulator
B) Pressure meter
C) Flow meter
D) Pressure regulator

Question 9

You have just taken your patient off of oxygen. You should next

A) replace the o-ring on the flow meter valve.
B) remove the regulator from the cylinder.
C) turn off the main valve on the top of the cylinder.
D) bleed oxygen out of the system until the flow stops.

Question 10

Your female patient has been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Which of the following would you use to deliver oxygen to her?

A) Venturi mask
B) Partial rebreather mask
C) Nasal cannula
D) Non-rebreather mask (NRB)

Question 11

When using a non-rebreather mask, the approximate inspired oxygen concentration provided is

A) 25-45%
B) 35-60%
C) 60-95%
D) 24-50%

Question 12

You are administering oxygen to a child by attaching the oxygen tubing to one of her toys and are holding it next to her face. You are using which technique in this situation?

A) Breathing room air
B) Blow by
C) Nasal cannula
D) Partial rebreather mask

Question 13

Which term describes the amount of air moved into or out of the lungs during a normal breath?

A) Residual Volume
B) Minute Volume
C) Tidal Volume
D) Vital Capacity

Question 14

Your patient is displaying rapid breathing, poor coordination, dizziness, and complains of a headache. You suspect

A) pneumonia.
B) hypoxia.
C) COPD.
D) congenital heart disease.

Question 15

Which is a key function of the right side of the heart?

A) Driving cellular respiration
B) Driving systemic circulation
C) Receiving pulmonary circulation
D) Receiving systemic circulation

Question 16

Croup, Epiglottitis, allergic reactions and trauma to the face or neck are all conditions that can affect

A) integrity of the airway.
B) function of the respiratory muscles.
C) nervous control of the respiratory system.
D) function of the thorax.

Question 17

Your patient appears very anxious and is concentrating on breathing. She is wheezing with shallow breathing. She is displaying symptoms of

A) hyperventilation.
B) a foreign body airway obstruction.
C) inadequate ventilation.
D) inadequate airway.

Question 18

Because the tank pressure of a fully pressurized oxygen cylinder is too high to be delivered to patients, the tank is equipped with a ________ that releases the oxygen in a controlled manner.

A) flow meter
B) pressure meter
C) flow regulator
D) pressure regulator

Question 19

An oxygen delivery device that has one or more one-way disks covering the side ports of the mask and allows exhaled air to escape called a

A) resuscitation mask.
B) nonbreather mask.
C) pocket mask.
D) nasal cannula.

Question 20

The first step in setting up an oxygen delivery system is to place the tank in which of the following positions?

A) Valve right
B) Upside down
C) Valve left
D) Pointing upright

Question 21

In which of the following situations would you use a nasal cannula to deliver oxygen?

A) With a patient who needs low demand levels
B) With a patient who has poor respiratory effort
C) With a patient who is unable to breathe through his nose
D) With a non-breathing patient