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1. Please watch this video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRWSyqatWQQ ) of a respiratory examination and answer the following questions below.

a. What does it mean when someone performs lung auscultation? What can they use to perform this exam?

b. What is a respiratory rate and how do you assess it? What is a normal rate for adults?

c. How do you perform percussion of the lungs? What should a normal lung sound like?

d. What is cyanosis? What is the cause of cyanosis?

e. Please compare and contrast the following abnormal lung sounds.

	Other name (if any)	1. Where on the lungs can you hear it 2. Can you hear during inspiration or expiration	How it sounds	A medical condition that is characterized by this sound
Crackles
Rhonchi
Stridor
Wheeze

2. Please define the following lung disorders in your own words.

a. Acute bronchitis -

b. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -

c. Croup -

d. Pneumonia -

e. Respiratory distress syndrome -

f. Tuberculosis -

g. Pulmonary edema -

3. If your patient is hyperventilating, more CO2 is _____ and your pH will ___, which will result in your blood to become more _____.

4. Hypoventilation will lead to _____ CO2 which will ____ pH causing your blood to become more ______.

5. A patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presents with questions regarding a message he just received. Please rewrite the message in patient friendly language to help the patient. “During your spirometry test, we checked your forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume (FEV1). The FEV1 result was 50%. We must discuss your thoughts on smoking cessation as soon as possible. Are you using your inhalers as directed?”

6. Where in the abdominal cavity is the stomach located? Name the 4 main regions of the stomach.

7. What is the purpose of the small intestine? Name the parts and location of the small intestine.

8. What is the purpose of the large intestine? Name the parts and location of all 6 segments.

9. Please describe the following in patient friendly language:

a. Patient SZ has hyperactive bowel sounds with diarrhea, hematochezia, and steatorrhea

b. Patient SZ comes back 1 week later and has been ordered to complete a colonoscopy, fecal lipids test, endoscopy, stool culture, and sigmoidoscopy. They will not need to complete a laparoscopy or urine bilirubin test.

c. Patient SZ is diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and has a history of a Cushing’s ulcer.

d. Patient SZ later found out they must have a hemicolectomy and may need a gastrostomy in the future