Airway, respiration, ventilation, and respiritory diseases JCCC EMT

the only floating bone

hyoid

how many atp do we get with no o2? with?

4, 32

what is the natural peep of humans (start at)

5

when would you increase peep

COPD, cardiac arrest, as needed

when suctioning a stoma, how far down should you put it?

3-5 inches (anatomically)

when suctioning a stoma, what might you need to do first?

loosen secretions with 5 ml of water

peep stands for…

positive end expiratory pressure

normal etco2?

35-45 on monitor or on disposable one yellow=yes

when to use igel (LMA)/ indications

no gag reflex, BLS adjuncts are not working, you will be bagging them for a while (a code)

contraindications to igel

gag reflex, responsiveness, caustic ingestion, unrelieved airway obstruction, esophageal disease (varices).

what is normal etco2 for CPR

12-25=good CPR

cellular respiration is…

use of o2 and glucose to create energy

(TV-DS)xRR

alveolar respiration

tidal volume formula

6-8ml per kg

dead space/DS

average of 150 ml. It is air that is NOT on alveoli

vital capacity

air you can exhale after breathing out (TV+IRV+ERV)

inspiratory reserve volume and expiratory…

insp= air you can breathe in after normal breathe, exp= breathe out after normal breathe

residual volume

air left after breathing fully out that you CANT breath out. Keeps aleoli open

using a BVM on a flail chest is called

internal splinting

irregular with pauses

Ataxic/biots

causes for ataxic

strokes, trauma, medula oblongata damage

fast shallow then heavy and deep breaths then apnea then repeat

cheyne-stokes

causes for cheyne-stokes

trauma, tumors, heartfailure,

mean arterial pressure (MAP) formula is

DP + 1/3(SP-DP)

how long does a neb treatment normally last

5-7 mins

neb lpm?

6-8lpm