DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
LESSON 1
Section I. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS
1-1. INTRODUCTION
1-2. COMPONENTS AND SUBDIVISIONS OF THE HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
1-3. SUPRALARYNGEAL STRUCTURES
1-4. LARYNX
1-5. INFRALARYNGEAL STRUCTURES
Section II. ACCESSORY STRUCTURES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
1-6. DIAPHRAGM
1-7. INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES
1-8. THORAX
1-9. PLEURA
Section III. PHYSIOLOGY OF RESPIRATION
1-10. INTRODUCTION
1-11. COSTAL (THORACIC) BREATHING
1-12. DIAPHRAGMATIC (ABDOMINAL) BREATHING
1-13. CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT AND ELIMINATION
1-14. REGULATION OF RESPIRATION
1-15. FACTORS THAT CAN DECREASE OXYGEN TRANSPORT TO TISSUES
1-16. RESPIRATORY CYCLE
1-17. AIR CAPACITY OF THE LUNGS
EXERCISES
SOLUTIONS
LESSON 2
Section I. GENERAL APPROACH TO PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT
2-1. PATIENT'S HISTORY
2-2. CONDITIONS
2-3. PROCEDURE
2-4. FUNCTIONS OF THE PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT
Section II. STEPS OF THE PROCEDURE
2-5. INSPECTION
2-6. PALPATION
2-7. PERCUSSION OF CHEST
2-8. AUSCULTATION OF CHEST
EXERCISES
SOLUTIONS
LESSON 3
Section I. UPPER RESPIRATORY DISEASES
3-1. ALLERGIC RHINITIS
3-2. PARANASAL SINUSITIS
3-3. COMMON COLD
3-4. ACUTE PHARYNGITIS
3-5. ACUTE TONSILLITIS/STREP THROAT
Section II. UPPER RESPIRATORY DISEASES WITH SYSTEMIC EFFECTS
3-6. MONONUCLEOSIS
3-7. INFLUENZA
Section III. LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES
3-8. ACUTE BRONCHITIS
3-9. PLEURITIS
3-10. PNEUMONIA
Section IV. OTHER CAUSES OF PNEUMONIA
3-11. INTRODUCTION
3-12. STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA
3-13. MYCOPLASMAL PNEUMONIA
3-14. VIRAL PNEUMONIA
3-15. BRONCHIAL PNEUMONIA
EXERCISES
SOLUTIONS
LESSON 4
Section I. ASTHMA
4-1. DEFINITION/CHARACTERISTICS
4-2. SIGNS/SYMPTOMS
4-3. LABORATORY FINDINGS
4-4. TREATMENT
Section II. CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
4-5. DEFINITION/CHARACTERISTICS
4-6. SIGNS/SYMPTOMS
4-7. TREATMENT
Section III. EMPHYSEMA
4-8. DEFINITION/CHARACTERISTICS
4-9. SIGNS/SYMPTOMS
4-10. TREATMENT
EXERCISES
SOLUTIONS
LESSON 5
Section I. HYPERVENTILATION SYNDROME
5-1. DEFINITION/CHARACTERISTICS
5-2. SIGNS/SYMPTOMS
5-3. TREATMENT
Section II. SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX
5-4. DEFINITION/CHARACTERICS
5-5. SIGNS/SYMPTOMS
5-6. DIAGNOSIS
5-7. TREATMENT
Section III. PULMONARY EMBOLISM
5-8. DEFINITION/CHARACTERISTICS
5-9. SIGNS/SYMPTOMS
5-10. DIAGNOSIS/PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
5-11. TREATMENT
5-12. PREVENTION OF VENOUS STASIS
Section IV. INHALED TOXIC SUBSTANCES
5-13. DEFINITION/CHARACTERISTICS
5-14. TOXIC AGENTS (INHALANTS)
5-15. PATIENT HISTORY/PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
5-16. COMMON SIGNS/SYMPTOMS
5-17. TREATMENT
EXERCISES
SOLUTIONS
LESSON 6
TUBERCULOSIS
6-1. DEFINITION
6-2. COMMUNICABILITY OF INFECTION
6-3. SIGNS/SYMPTOMS
6-4. TYPES OF TESTS
6-5. GENERAL CARE
6-6. DRUG THERAPY
6-7. VACCINATION SITE REACTION
6-8. POSITIVE REACTION
6-9. NEGATIVE REACTION
6-10. CONVERSION REACTION
6-11. GENERAL MEASURE OF CONTROL
EXERCISES
SOLUTIONS