Respiratory Patho and Pharm

_____ initially manifests as restlessness, confusion, and combative behavior

• Hypercapnia

• Hypercapnemia

• Hypoxemia

• Diptheria

An increase in PCO2 has ____ effects

• Sedative

• Aggravating

• Bronchoconstrictive

• Autonomic

This can provide a rough estimate of right atrial pressure

• Spirometry

• Quality of sputum

• Trachea deviation

• JVD

Vibrations in the chest upon ventilation, may notably increase with pleural effusion

A lowering BP with inhalation

• Pulsus paradoxus

• Tactile fremitus

• Pulsus alternans

• Pulsus parvus

______ are ineffective in cases of pneumonia, pulmonary edema, and heart disease

• Corticosteroids

• Bronchodilators

• Antibiotics

• Diuretics

Your partner suggests that aerosol therapy is the next line of treatment for your patient in respiratory distress, but you believe that removing the nonrebreather mask currently oxygenating them will cause further hypoxia. Do you remove the mask to administer the therapy?

• Yes

• No

MDIs fail most often due to

• Manufactured defects

• Expired medication

• User error

• Lack of additional equipment

This electrolyte used in the treatment of bronchospasm carries a hypotensive risk if administered too quickly. (Correct administration calls for 4g of a 20% solution IV/IO over 20 minutes)

• Calcium Chloride

• Sodium Bicarbonate

• Potassium Chloride

• Magnesium Sulfate

Can cause a series of adverse reactions consisting of striae development, weight gain, and fatigue

• Corticosteroids

• Short acting bronchodilators

• H1 receptor antagonists

• Thiazide diuretics