________ is the normal respiratory rate range for an adult

Your patient is unresponsive or has an altered level of consciousness who has no gag reflex. Which airway adjunct should you use?

Common fast-acting MDI medications work because they

Your patient has pedal edema. Do they have right-sided heart failure, left-sided heart failure or both?

When you auscultate your patient's lung sounds, you hear bilaterial crackles (rales). What should you suspect?

This nerve innervates the diaphragm and controls respiration.

Where are the beta 1 receptors located?

As the diaphragm and intercostal muscles contract, the thoracic cavity

Inhalation is _____ while exhalation is _________.

Your patient is complaining of dyspnea. She has clear lung sounds and her nailbeds and lips are cyanotic. You should:

When do you remove a patient's dentures?

Your unresponsive patient begins to gag after you insert an OPA. What should you do?

True or False? A basic airway adjunct should be used in any unresponsive patient.

When listening to lung sounds, you determine that your patient has a lower airway obstruction because you hear?

A pneumothorax is

Your patient is taking an antibiotic for a respiratory infection. She's complaining of dypsnea, has a fever, is coughing up rust-colored sputum. You hear crackles when you listen to lung sounds. You should suspect:

Your 20 year old patient says she can't catch her breath. Her fingers are tingling. R 32, SpO2 100%, HR 102, lung sounds clear. You should

Which medication would you administer to a patient with dyspnea and wheezing?

Your patient is complaining of difficulty breathing and felt a "pop" in his chest while he was lifting weights. Lung sounds are diminished. You should suspect

How do you measure for placement of an OPA?

Your patient has dyspnea, wheezing and a chronic, productive cough with sputum production that is green or rust-colored. What should you suspect?

How long do you suction an adult's airway?

This is an injury or bruising of lung tissue that results in a hemorrhage.

You've assisted your asthmatic patient with administration of his inhaler and he is now tachycardic. Tachycardia is a/n

The exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen occurs in the alveoli and by this process.

Your patient complains of sudden onset of dyspnea. RR 26, HR 100, SpO2 89%. You should

You've responded to an MCI and are triaging patients. Your first patient has a respiratory rate of 34, capillary refill < 2 seconds and can follow simple commands. You triage him as

Which of the following is a sign?

Your patient is experiencing chest pain and dyspnea. You notice that his nailbeds are cyanotic and he tells you he had a recent surgery. You should suspect?

Your patient choked on a piece of steak and is hoarse and trying to cough. You should?

This is a genetic disease that affects the cells that produce mucus, sweat, and digestive juices. It causes these fluids to become thick and sticky.