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©PREP4EXAMS@2024/2025 REAL EXAM DUMPS Monday@ August 5@ 2024 6@07 PMNREMT vocab Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions
aerobic metabolism - Answer✔️✔️-Metabolism that can proceed only in the
presence of oxygen.
agonal gasps - Answer✔️✔️-occasional, gasping breaths that occur after the heart
has stopped
airway - Answer✔️✔️-The upper airway tract or the passage above the larynx, which
includes the nose, mouth, and throat.
alveolar minute volume - Answer✔️✔️-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 - Answer✔️✔️-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 - Answer✔️✔️-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.
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anaerobic metabolism - Answer✔️✔️-The metabolism that takes place in the absence
of oxygen; the principle product is lactic acid.
apnea - Answer✔️✔️-absence of spontaneous breathing
aspiration - Answer✔️✔️-In the context of airway, the introduction of vomitus or
other foreign material into the lungs.
ataxic respirations - Answer✔️✔️-Irregular, ineffective respirations that may or may
not have an identifiable pattern.
automatic transport ventilator (ATV) - Answer✔️✔️-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) - Answer✔️✔️-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 - Answer✔️✔️-A protective item, such as a pocket mask with a valve,
that limits exposure to a patient's body fluids.
bilateral - Answer✔️✔️-A body part or condition that appears on both sides of the
midline.
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Bronchioles - Answer✔️✔️-Subdivision of the smaller bronchi in the lungs; made of
smooth muscle and dilate or constrict in response to various stimuli.
capnography - Answer✔️✔️-A noninvasive method to quickly and efficiently
provide information on a patient's ventilatory status, circulation, and metabolism;
effectively measures the concentration of carbon dioxide in expired air over time.
Capnometry - Answer✔️✔️-The use of a capnometer, a device that measures the
amount of expired carbon dioxide.
carina - Answer✔️✔️-Point at which the trachea bifurcates (divides) into the left and
right mainstem bronchi.
Chemoreceptors - Answer✔️✔️-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.
compliance - Answer✔️✔️-The ability of the alveoli to expand when air is drawn in
during inhalation.
continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) - Answer✔️✔️-A method of ventilation
used primarily in the treatment of critically ill patients with respiratory distress;
can prevent the need for endotracheal intubation.
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