FISDAP Airway Exam With 100% Correct Answers 2024.
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FISDAP Airway
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FISDAP Airway
FISDAP Airway Exam With 100% Correct Answers 2024.
airway
The upper airway tract or the passage above the larynx, which includes the nose, mouth, and throat.
alveolar minute volume
The volume of air moved through the lungs in 1 minute minus the dead space; calculated by multiplying tidal volu...
FISDAP Airway Exam With 100%
Correct Answers 2024.
airway
The upper airway tract or the passage above the larynx, which includes the nose,
mouth, and throat.
alveolar minute volume
The volume of air moved through the lungs in 1 minute minus the dead space;
calculated by multiplying tidal volume (minus dead space) and respiratory rate.
alveolar ventilation
The volume of air that reaches the alveoli. It is determined by subtracting the amount of
dead space air from the tidal volume.
American Standard Safety System
A safety system for large oxygen cylinders, designed to prevent the accidental
attachment of a regulator to a cylinder containing the wrong type of gas.
apnea
absence of spontaneous breathing
aspiration
In the context of airway, the introduction of vomitus or other foreign material into the
lungs.
ataxic respirations
Irregular, ineffective respirations that may or may not have an identifiable pattern.
automatic transport ventilator (ATV)
A ventilation device attached to a control box that allows the variables of ventilation to
be set. It frees the EMT to perform other tasks while the patient is being ventilated.
bag-valve mask (BVM)
A device with a one-way valve and a face mask attached to a ventilation bag; when
attached to a reservoir and connected to oxygen, it delivers more than 90%
supplemental oxygen.
Barrier device
A protective item, such as a pocket mask with a valve, that limits exposure to a patient's
body fluids.
Bronchioles
Subdivision of the smaller bronchi in the lungs; made of smooth muscle and dilate or
constrict in response to various stimuli.
Capnometry
The use of a capnometer, a device that measures the amount of expired carbon
dioxide.
carina
Point at which the trachea bifurcates (divides) into the left and right mainstem bronchi.
Chemoreceptors
Monitor the levels of O2, CO2, and the pH of the cerebrospinal fluid and then provide
feedback to the respiratory centers to modify the rate and depth of breathing based on
the body's needs at any given time.
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