CDH Paramedic Entrance Exam Questions and Answers | Latest Update
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CDH
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CDH
What are the normal respirations of adults? Infants?
12-20 and 20-40
What is the purpose of surfactant?
Reduces surface tension in alveoli (lubricant)
What is the normal stimulus to breathe in a healthy patient?
Carbonic drive
What is a pink puffer? Blue Bloater?
A COPD Patient with Emph...
✓ Abnormal breathing pattern characterized by gasping and or labored
breathing.
What is Cheyne-Stokes respirations?
✓ Abnormal Respirations characterized by progressively d eeper and
sometimes faster breathing, gradually decreases then stops briefly.
What is the difference between Ventilation and Respiration?
✓ Ventilation - Mechanical process behind breathing.
Respiration - Cellular process associated with breathing.
What is Diffusion and where does it occur in the lungs?
✓ Diffusion is the movement of particles from an area of high
concentration to an area low concentration. It occurs in the alveoli.
Why does suctioning cause a decrease in HR?
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