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Emergency Medicine: Triage

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1. Considered normal - but may be present during periods of compensated shock.






2. Deep inspiration followed by breath holding prior to exhalation.






3. Early pleural space or parenchymal disease






4. A high-pitched sound on inspiration due to upper airway obstruction.






5. Difficulty breathing - characterized by orthopneic posture - nasal flaring - and mouth breathing.






6. Lower respiratory tract






7. Facial artery -palmar digital artery






8. A lung sound causes by the snapping open and close of terminal airway due to fluid filled alveoli.






9. Upper respiratory tract






10. A low-pitched snoring sound on inspiration localized to the nasopharyngeal region.






11. A breathing sound caused by the bronchoconstriction of lower airways.






12. Caused by periods of low cardiac output (due to low stroke volume or poor contractility) - peripheral vasoconstriction - or decreased pulse pressure.






13. Diminished or absent interactions with the surrounding environment - blunted response to stimuli.






14. Inward movement of the abdominal muscles on inspiration due to paralysis of the diaphragm.






15. Due to the inability to generate enough pulse difference to be detect and thromboembolic disease.






16. A complete disconnect with the surrounding environment - only responsive to noxious stimuli.






17. Late pleural space of parenchymal disease - chest wall






18. Loss of sensitivity to to alterations in carbon dioxide - most often due to increase in ICP or severe traumatic brain injury.






19. Femoral artery -dorsal pedal artery






20. A blue color to mucous membranes caused 5 g/dl or less of deoxyhemoglobin in the blood.






21. Due to damage to the chest wall - such as rib fractures -on inspiration - loose fragments are sucked into the thoracic cavity -on expiration - loose fragments move outward






22. Damage to the pons or upper medulla -increased ICP






23. Heart rate -pulse quality -mucous membrane color -CRT -distal extremity temperature -level of consciousness






24. Alternating pattern of tachypnea followed by bradypnea.






25. Appropriately interactive with the surrounding environment.






26. A complete disconnect with the surrounding environment with no response to noxious stimuli.






27. This type of breathing is a compensatory mechanism for severe metabolic acidosis - often causes by DKA.






28. The amount of time it takes for blood flow to return to a area that has been blanched with a finger (normal is less than 2 seconds).






29. Caused by a large and rapid decline in diastolic pressure - often due to anemia - high cardiac output state (sepsis) - aortic regurgitation - and left to right PDAs.






30. Slow - deep breathes characterized by a large tidal volume.