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- 1. a handheld tool that is used to deliver positive pressure ventilation to any subject with insufficient or ineffective breaths.
- 6. is a surgically created hole (stoma) in your windpipe (trachea) that provides an alternative airway for breathing.
- 8. a serious condition in which blood collects in your pleural space.
- 9. a medication used to manage and treat hypoxic respiratory failure or persistent pulmonary hypertension in newborns.
- 12. supraglottic airway devices. They may be used as a temporary method to maintain an open airway during the administration of anesthesia or as an immediate life-saving measure in a patient with a difficult or failed airway.
- 13. a complex with a unique phospholipid and protein composition. Its specific function is to reduce surface tension at the pulmonary air-liquid interface.
- 14. defined by an increase in carbon dioxide in the bloodstream.
- 18. is an airway clearance technique to drain the lungs, and may include percussion (clapping), and vibration.
- 19. swelling and irritation and a buildup of mucus in the small airways of the lung.
Down
- 1. a drug that causes widening of the bronchi, e.g., any of those taken by inhalation for the alleviation of asthma.
- 2. a non profit organization and is the only professional organization supporting Respiratory Care in the United States.
- 3. a non-profit organization formed in 1960 with the purpose of awarding and maintaining credentialing for Respiratory Therapists in the United States.
- 4. a type of mechanical ventilation that uses a constant distending pressure (mean airway pressure [MAP]) with pressure variations oscillating around the MAP at very high rates (up to 900 cycles per minute). This creates small tidal volumes, often less than the dead space.
- 5. test that measures the oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in your blood.
- 7. a mixture of saliva and mucus coughed up from the respiratory tract, typically as a result of infection or other disease and often examined microscopically to aid medical diagnosis.
- 10. a hereditary disorder affecting the exocrine glands. It causes the production of abnormally thick mucus, leading to the blockage of the pancreatic ducts, intestines, and bronchi and often resulting in respiratory infection.
- 11. the presence of air or gas in the cavity between the lungs and the chest wall, causing collapse of the lung.
- 15. Formerly known as hyaline membrane disease, a syndrome of respiratory difficulty in newborn infants caused by a deficiency of a molecule called surfactant.
- 16. resulting inadequate levels of oxygen in the tissues
- 17. a machine or device used medically to support or replace the breathing of a person who is ill, injured, or anesthetized.
- 20. is an emergency lifesaving procedure performed when the heart stops beating. When started immediately it can double or triple chances of survival.