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

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

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

an airway that is OPEN and CLEAR

the throat

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

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

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

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

when a patient experiences: the absence of breathing

refers to breathing that becomes difficult and labored

a general term to describe when a patient is not breathing adequately

surgical opening in the skin, on the anterior (front) of the neck when a patient has a tracheostomy

the amount of air being moved in and out of the lungs with each breath (chest rise and fall)

the tube-like structure that carries air into and out of the lungs

the process of breathing in and out