EMR Ch 9 Key Terms Part 2

technique used to open the airway of a trauma patient with a possible neck or spine injury

• head-tilt chin-lift

• bag valve mask

• jaw-thrust

• chest thrusts

section of the airway between the throat and the trachea where the VOCAL CORDS are located

• pharynx

• larynx

• epiglottis

• alveoli

a flexible tube that is inserted into a patient's nose to provide an open airway

• nasopharyngeal airway (NPA)

• bag mask device (BVM)

• oropharyngeal airway (OPA)

• nasal cannula

curved plastic device inserted into the patient's mouth to minimize obstruction of the airway caused by the tongue

• nasopharyngeal airway (NPA)

• bag mask device (BVM)

• oropharyngeal airway (OPA)

• non-rebreather mask

an airway that is OPEN and CLEAR

• agonal respirations

• dyspnea

• wheezing

• patent airway

the throat

• pharynx

• larynx

• epiglottis

• trachea

a device used to help provide ventilations (with a one-way valve)

• pocket face mask

• nasal cannula

• oropharyngeal airway (OPA)

• nasopharyngeal airway (NPA)

the process of using external pressure to force air into a patient's lungs (such as with mouth-to-mask or BVM ventilations)

• tidal volume

• positive pressure ventilation

• chest thrusts

• cyanosis

the act of providing manual ventilations for a patient who is not breathing or is unable to breathe adequately on his own

• non-rebreather mask

• nasal cannula

• rescue breathing

• patent airway

the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide within the tissues and cells (the act of breathing)

• inhalation

• exhalation

• respiration

• hypoxia