Respiratory Review with Rebecca

What is a normal respiratory rate?

12-20 Breaths/Min

If the Respiratory Rate is above 20 what is it called?

Hyperpnea

If the Respiraotry rate is below 12 what is it called?

Bradypnea

What is a adventitious breath sound?

abnormal breath sound

What are the adventitious breath sounds?

Crackles

Wheezing

Rhonchi

Stridor

What breath sound does crackles make?

Represents an airsac popping open with fluid (popping like rice crispy) (fine crackling, highpitched) (found in the lower parts of lungs)

What sound does Wheezing makes?

Whistling High Pitched (like musical)

What sound does Rhonchi make?

Low pitched snoring or gurgling (can be cleared with a cough)

What sound does Stridor make?

Highpitched wheeze when inhaling (harsh crowing) (found in the upperairway)

pH =?

homeostatsis

PaO2 =?

oxygenation in patient

PaCO2 =?

Respiratory, indication of patient’s ventilation

HCO3 =?

Metabolic processes

Why are PFT’s important?

Volumes = capacites

Flow = expiratory flow

What are some contradictions?

Hypoxemia =?

In the blood PaO2 or Pulse oximetry SpO2 low level of oxygen in blood

Hyperoxemia =?

excess level of oxygen in blood

Sites for Pulse Oximetry

Fingers Ears Toes Bridge of nose

Alter reading from Pulse Oximetry?

Nail Polish

Anemia

Poor perfusion

Cold

Normal breath sounds?

Bronchial = High pitch and loud intensity (trachea)

Bronchovesicular = moderate pitch intensity (sternum and scapulae)

Vesicular = low pitched and soft (peripheral lung areas)

Crackles is

Discontinuous crackling or bubbling sounds (coarse or fine)

movement of excessive fluid in airway

Wheezes is

High pitched continuous lung sound (passing through narrow lumen at high velocity, Musical sounding)

tighter the compression higher the pitch

Stridor is?

Heard over larynx and trachea during inhalation

sign of upper airway obstruction