HSC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Respiratory Arrest, Cardiac Arrest, Tachypnea
12 Oct 2018
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The most important and sensitive organs include:* lungs, heart, brain, spinal cord. Death will result in about _____ minutes if the body"s oxygen supply is cut * Ventilation is a mechanical process that alternately increases and decreases the size of the chest cavity. Cool or clammy skin that is pale or cyanosis (blue or purple tones due to low oxygen) Infants and children have smaller respiratory structures than adults do. Infants"and children"s respiratory structures are more easily obstructed than are those of adults. Cardiac arrest in children usually results from respiratory arrest. The three major components of the circulatory system are:* About the size of a man"s clenched fist. Located in the left center of the chest. The heart is divided into two chambers, the above one is ____, and the below one is. Arteries are elastic, muscular tubes that carry blood ______ from the heart. Oxygen and nourishment pass out of the bloodstream into the body"s cells.
