Asthma: Disease of the respiratory system Breathing‚ the act of inhaling and exhaling of air. Oddly enough this process is an absolute necessity for life and yet we do not control it. There are two systems involved in our ability to breathe one is the parasympathetic nervous system and the other is the respiratory system. The parasympathetic nervous system controls the body ’s unconscious actions that are necessary to live such as the beating of the heart. The Respiratory system mainly consists
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Respiratory Case Study The following case study is of a 37-year old Hispanic male weighing 145 lbs and 70 inches tall found unconscious by his girlfriend. According to her he was unconscious for about 15 hours and she was concerned because he would not wake or respond and was breathing shallow and slow. She then called 9-1-1. The patient entered the ER by emergency vehicle and on my initial assessment Pt had an altered mental status‚ was very unresponsive showing symptoms of a possible drug overdose
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REPSIRATORY DEPTH Depth- amplitude of each respiratory movement The depth of ventilation refers to the amount of air that is inhaled and exhaled. The amount of air inhaled and exhaled in one cycle is called the tidal volume. The more the chest cavity expands‚ the greater the depth of the ventilation. Full expansion of the chest wall with full relaxation on exhalation is a good indicator of adequate depth of breathing and adequate tidal volume. Many books will try and apply numbers in milliliters
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Respiratory System Webquest Name__________________ Use the website below to access the answer for the following questions. http://teachhealthk-12.uthscsa.edu/studentresources/AnatomyofBreathing3.swf 1. After watching the intro (replay if needed) select continuous breathing. a. What happens to the rib cage during inhalation? b. What happens to the diaphragm during inhalation? c. What happens to the rib cage during exhalation? d. What happens to the diaphragm during exhalation? 2
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General care was the right place for me to start for clinicals. It taught me the basic techniques a respiratory therapist needs. When I first began clinicals‚ it was difficult for me to learn new techniques and procedures for respiratory therapies. I struggled to take them from a procedure learned in a book or on the Mayo Intranet and figure how to apply it when I was with a patient. We did have labs to help us get hands on experience with the therapies but I still didn’t feel confident when entering
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Respiratory problem are often the case in newborns. It accounts for nearly half of neonatal deaths. Research by Kumar & Bhat (1996‚ p.93) states that Respiratory Depression (RD) is a common neonatal problem that generally occurs in preterm infants due to surfactant deficiency which relates to antenatal history of immature lung development and term infants of diabetic mothers. To describe some of the common diagnosis associated with RD are: Transient Tachypnea of the newborn (TTNB) was found
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Exercise #4 1. Working without taking a break. We try to get as much work done as we can in an hour. We work without taking breaks to get as much work done as we can in an hour. 2. I needed to bring work home. In order to meet the deadline. I need to bring work home in order to meet the deadline. 3. Unless the ground thaws before spring break. We won’t be planting any tulips this year. Unless the ground thaws before spring break‚ we won’t be planting any tulips this year. 4. Turning the lights
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Henley Respiratory Care Practicum I 18 August 2011 Soap Notes for Soap 1 Subjective - Upon physical examination‚ patient presents as a morbidly obese senior woman who appears older than her age. Patient presents with sudden onset vomiting and nausea. Patient is has recently undergone surgery on her lower back and is complaining of pain in and around the incision area. Patient has a home O2 requirement of 4 L/min at resting and 5 L/min during physical activity. Patient’s current respiratory rate
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Meghan Glass 11/21/2014 Exercise 11 Article for exercise: Troy‚ N. W.‚ & Dalgas-Pelish‚ P. (2003). The effectiveness of a self-care intervention for the management of postpartum fatigue. Applied Nursing Research‚ 16 (1)‚ 38–45. 1. What demographic variables were measured at least at the interval level of measurement? I think marital status should have been because postpartum moms that are single are going to have a higher level of fatigue due to less help‚ whereas moms that are married will have
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Respiratory acidosis is a condition where body is unable to eliminate all the carbon dioxide within the lungs; this condition results with the body fluids becoming too acidic usually within the patient’s blood. The PCO2 of respiratory acidosis is greater than 45mmHg and the pH would be less than 7.36. (Graham‚ T. (2006). Respiratory alkalosis is when the levels of carbon dioxide in the blood‚ mainly due to breathing excessively are too low. Levels of respiratory alkalosis is a PCO2 of less than 35
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