Session 11 - Resp Failure

Question 1

Identify the steps in the oxygen transport pathway from air to tissue

Answer 1

Air –> Airways –> Alveolar Gas –> Alveolar membrane –> Arterial blood –> Regional arteries –> Capillary blood –> Tissues

Question 2

List the disease process that would affect: a) air b) air –> airways c) airways

Answer 2

a) low inspired oxygen
b) Muscle / chest wall problems
c) obstructive airway disease

Question 3

List the disease process that would affect: a) Alveolar membrane b) alveolar membrane –> arterial blood

Answer 3

a) fibrosis
b) pulmonary oedema

Question 4

List the disease process that would affect: a) arterial blood b) arterial blood –> regional arteries c) regional arteries

Answer 4

a) anaemia
b) shock
c) peripheral artery disease