Across
- 1. Measurement of blood pH, CO2, and PaCO2 (abbr.)
- 3. Device used to deliver medication in mist form
- 4. common abbreviation for endotracheal tube
- 6. portable device that measures oxygen saturation (2 words)
- 8. the voice box
- 10. the primary muscle of respiration
- 11. Professional credential for respiratory therapist (abbr.)
- 14. condition of low oxygen in the blood
- 16. common symptom prompting oxygen therapy
- 18. airway-opening sound often heard in asthma
- 19. the volume of inhaled or exhaled air during normal breathing (2 words)
- 20. Type of ventilation that assists in breathing with positive pressure (abbr.)
Down
- 2. medication used to relax airway smooth muscle
- 4. Lung condition characterized by destruction of alveoli
- 5. pressure applied to keep alveoli open during mechanical ventilation (abbrv).
- 7. term used for the small tubes that branch from the bronchi
- 9. Collar, Device used to delivery humidified oxygen to a tracheostomy (2 word)
- 12. Gas measured along with CO2 in arterial blood gas
- 13. Procedure to remove mucus from airways (2 words)
- 15. Common bronchodilator used
- 17. air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange occurs