Diagnosis Definition Part of Airway Assessment Lung/Breath Treatment Affected Findings Sounds Anaphylaxis Severe allergic reaction Mouth, tongue, Tachycardia, Hoarseness, EpiPen Autoinjector, that can result in a nose, pharynx, profound stridor, O2 15L NRB serious cardiac or trachea hypotension, wheezing, rales, respiratory compromise decreased LOC, rhonchi rapid eventually respirations, absent swelling of the mouth, face, and airway

Status Severe, prolonged Bronchi, Shortness of Wheezing, MDI, Albuterol Asthmaticus asthma attack that does bronchioles breath, anxiety, possibly loud Nebulizer, O2 not respond to standard cyanosis, audible enough to be medications with a abnormal breath heard with a sudden onset or one sounds, stethoscope precipitated by a viral tachycardia, respiratory infection hypertension

COPD Includes several Alveoli, bronchi Shortness of Loud, audible Administer O2 to diseases characterized breath, wheezing, titrate, be prepared to by the progressive and coughing, rhonchi cleared use BVM if hypoxic irreversible disease of tightness in by coughing drive causes patient the airway marked by chest, to stop breathing decreased inspiratory tachycardia, and expiratory capacity hypertension, of the lungs “barrel chest,” use of accessory muscles, low SPO2, peripheral edema

Diagnosis Definition Part of Airway Assessment Lung/Breath Treatment Affected Findings Sounds Drowning/ Suffocation by Alveoli in wet Respiratory Loud crackles, Alaska State Near submersion in water drowning, the distress/arrest, diminished or Drowning Algorithm, Drowning larynx or cyanosis, absent Suction, secure airway diaphragm in possibly dry drowning laryngospasm

Epiglottitis Rapidly progressing Epiglottis and Rapid onset, High pitched Blowby oxygen, disease process that other tripoding, pain stridor preferably affects the supraglottic supraglottic on swallowing, administered by structures, typically seen structures drooling, caregiver, do not put in pediatrics temperature anything in the mouth above 104°F

Foreign Body A respiratory emergency Entire airway, Respiratory Stridor Transport carefully, Obstruction resulting from the dependent on distress, stridor, do not attempt to partial or complete the location of immediate remove object if obstruction of the the object patient history patient is not in airway by an object pertinent respiratory arrest

Diagnosis Definition Part of Airway Assessment Lung/Breath Treatment Affected Findings Sounds Pertussis Acute infectious Larynx, trachea, Common cold Noisy O2 NRB, Mask, inflammation and bronchi like symptoms inspiratory goggles, and gloves characterized by accompanied by stridor that for responders recurrent bouts of prolonged sounds like a spasmodic coughing cough spells “whoop” that continues until the accompanied by breath is exhausted, a “whoop” on ending in a noisy inspiration inspiratory stridor (whoop)

Pneumonia Inflammation of the Lobes of the Acute onset of Crackles, Humidified O2 15L lungs, commonly caused lungs fever and chills, diminished NRB, transport POC by bacteria, productive breath sounds, (probably seated accompanied by a cough cough, pain rhonchi that can upright) productive of brown or increases with be cleared by green sputum. deep breathing coughing

Pneumothorax Abnormal collection of Lungs, pleural Increasing Diminished, Transport POC, seated air in the plural space space respiratory muffled, or spinal immobilization distress, absent on one in vacuum mattress if hypotension, side indicated, O2 15L unilateral NRB, do no use PPV decreased lung unless pt is in severe sounds, JVD, respiratory distress tracheal deviation

Diagnosis Definition Part of Airway Assessment Lung/Breath Treatment Affected Findings Sounds Pulmonary Excessive accumulation Lungs Chest pain, “Wet”-sounding Secure airway, BVM if Edema of fluid in the lungs, hypoxic lungs, often with indicated or NRB 15L frequently associated episode, shocky, crackles and NRB, transport POC with left sided heart acute onset of wheezes. (probably seated up failure shortness of right) breath, Hx of trauma or high altitude

Pulmonary A condition in which a Pulmonary Sudden, Normal, then Handle carefully, Embolism clot or other obstruction arteries unexplained localized transport POC, secure (an embolus) partially chest pain, wheezing, then airway, suction blood or completely blocks a increased grating (pleural if necessary, BVM or pulmonary artery respirations, friction) 15L NRB hypotension, unexplained tachycardia, coughing up blood

Tuberculosis An infectious bacterial Lung tissues Fever, weight Wheezing, O2 NRB, Mask, gloves, disease that most loss, night crackles and goggles for commonly causes sweats, responders inflammation and continued calcification within the cough for more respiratory system and than 3 weeks, may infect other body common in organs vulnerable populations