Week 1 Terminology Quiz

What is the term for air that enters the stomach during ventilation with a BVM?

• Tidal Volume

• Gastric Distention

• Hypoxia

• Cyanosis

What does the term "Oral Pharyngeal Airway (OPA)" refer to?

• A device used to provide artificial ventilations

• An airway adjunct used to control an unconscious patient's airway

• The amount of air taken into the lungs in one breath

• Sweating that occurs for no apparent reason

What is the function of a Nasopharyngeal Airway (NPA)?

• To listen through a stethoscope

• To maintain an open airway on a patient with a positive airway

• To measure blood pressure

• To provide artificial ventilations

What is a Bag Valve Mask used for?

• To measure the amount of air taken into the lungs

• To provide artificial ventilations

• To control an unconscious patient's airway

• To listen to heart sounds

What is Cyanosis?

• Sweating that occurs for no apparent reason

• Blueish, purple color of the skin due to low oxygen levels

• Severe lack of oxygen in the blood

• Difficult breathing

What does Spontaneous Respirations mean?

• Breathing the patient does on their own without assistance

• Difficult breathing

• Ineffective breaths as the heart begins to fail

• Sweating that occurs for no apparent reason

What is Labored Breathing?

• Breathing the patient does on their own without assistance

• Severe lack of oxygen in the blood

• Difficult breathing

• Ineffective breaths as the heart begins to fail

What does Hypoxia refer to?

• Severe lack of oxygen in the blood

• Sweating that occurs for no apparent reason

• Blueish, purple color of the skin

• Difficult breathing

What does Auscultation mean?

• To measure blood pressure

• To listen through a stethoscope

• To provide artificial ventilations

• To control an unconscious patient's airway

What is Diaphoresis?

• Sweating that occurs for no apparent reason

• Severe lack of oxygen in the blood

• Difficult breathing

• Blueish, purple color of the skin