CPR Quiz 1 – Flashcards
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Pharynx
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throat made of musculomembrane
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Oral Pharynx
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throat behind mouth
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Nasal Pharynx
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throat behind the nose
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Epiglottic
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- food and air valve or flap
- made up of cartilaginous material
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Larynx
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- voice box
- Musculocartilaginous
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Esophagus
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- "the food tube"
- muscular canal
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Trachea
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- windpipe
- c-rings of the cartilaginous material
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Bronchi
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- air tubes/pathways in the lungs
- where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxice occur
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Alveoli
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- air sacs within the lungs
- where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occur
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Diaphragm
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large dome-shaped muscle separating the thoracic and abdominal cavities
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Intercostals muscles
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located between the ribs
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Respiration
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The passage of air into and out of the lungs.
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Inhalation
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Breathing in.
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Exhalation
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Breathing out.
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If a person's oxygen supply to the body is cut off for more than ____ minutes, death will occur. For every minute that help is delayed, a person's chance of survival drops ____.
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- 4-6 minutes
- 10%
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Cardiac Arrest in infants and children is usually a result of a ____.
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respiratory arrest
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"Normal" breathing rates of Adult Victims are ____ breathes per minute.
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12-20
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"Normal" breathing rates of Child Victims are ____ breathes per minute.
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15-30
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"Normal" breathing rates of Infant Victims are ____ breathes per minute.
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25-50
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Skin color changes: Cyanotic
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blue-grey due to lack of oxygen
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Skin color changes: Jaundice
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yellowness due to hypebilirubinemia (lots of bile released).
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Skin color changes: Ashen
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grey color due to lack of circulation or poor circulation.
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Skin color changes: Flush
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red color due to excessive heat, internally, or externally generated.
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Heart
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(Located behind the sternum)
has four chambers, two ventricles and two atria.
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Vessels
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made up of arteries, veins, capillaries, and venules
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Blood
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made up of various components: red blood cells (carry oxygen), white blood cells (fight infections), platelets (provide clotting), and plasma (the fluid pate of the blood).
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Arteries and capillaries move blood ____
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away from the heart and the blood is oxygen
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Arteries that are important for this class are:
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carotid, femoral, redial, brachial, posterior tibia, and dorsalis pedis
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Veins and venules move blood ____
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toward the heart and the blood is oxygen depleted.
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"Normal" heart rates for an adult victim are ____ beats per minute. An adult is considered an adult from ____.
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- 60-100
- puberty to death
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"Normal" heart rates for a child victim are ____ beats per minute. A child is considered a child from ____.
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- 80-100
- one year of age to puberty
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"Normal" heart rates for an infant victim are ____ beats per minute. An infant is considered an infant from ____.
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- 120-140
- birth to one year of age.
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Blood pressure
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a measurment of pressure exerted by the blood on the walls of the flexible arteries.
