Respiratory Emergencies

When the body is in shock it will try to compensate to maintain _________.

What is the circulation of blood within an organ or tissue in adequate amounts to meet the current needs of the cells for oxygen, nutrients, and waste removal?

What are the 3 parts of the perfusion triangle?

• Pump (Heart)

• Container (Vessels)

• Fluid (Blood)

• Walls (Tissue)

A pulse pressure less than ____ may be seen in patients in shock.

A patient presents with difficulty breathing, weak, irregular pulses, generalized weakness, and crackles in the lower lobes of the lungs. You suspect what type of shock?

• Hypovolemic

• Distributive

• Obstructive

• Cardiogenic

A patient recently sustained trauma to his chest and is complaining of chest pain. You find he has clear and equal bilateral breath sounds, tachycardia, JVD and a B/P of 106/94. What condition do you suspect?

• Cardiac Tamponade

• Tension Pneumothorax

• Pulmonary Embolism

• Pulmonary Edema

A patient presents with dyspnea, chest pain, hemoptysis, low SpO2, and cyanosis at the finger nail beds. You suspect:

• Pulmonary edema

• Pulmonary embolism

• Tension Pneumothorax

• Cardiac Tamponade

What are common signs and symptoms of Anaphylaxis? Select all that apply

• Widespread vasodilation

• Upper airway swelling with Stridor

• Tightness is the chest with difficulty breathing

• Bounding pulses from hypertension

You have a patient who presents with tachycardia, tachypnea, and hypotension. What stage of shock do you suspect this patient to be in?

• Compensated

• Decompensated

• Irreversible

• Unsustainable

What is your awareness and concern for potentially serious and unseen underlying conditions?