10.02 Breath Sounds for CCRN Review
Included In This Lesson
Outline
Overview
- Breath sounds by “Normal” location
- Bronchial → over the trachea
- Heard on exhalation
- Harsh
- If heard in another area other than trachea = not normal
- Bronchovesicular → Right and left bronchi
- Heard equal on right and left on inhalation and exhalation
- Softer than bronchial
- If heard in another area other than bronchi = not normal
- Vesicular → Lung lobes
- On inspiration
- If heard in another area other than lung lobes = not normal
- Bronchial → over the trachea
- Pneumonia
- Aerated tissue turns semi solid → continuous noise
- Bronchial breath sounds over the lungs
- Abnormal because bronchial breath sounds are normal at the trachea
- Dull percussion
- Increased fremitus
- Bronchial breath sounds over the lungs
- Rhonchi
- Heard on inspiration and exhalation
- Rumbling
- Aerated tissue turns semi solid → continuous noise
CCRN Review (Critical Care Certification Review)
This course is a review for the CCRN exam. Experienced critical care nurses that meet the testing criteria can use this course to review key concepts for their CCRN exam, which is a certification for critical care nurses. Criteria to test includes having 1,750 hours in direct bedside care of acutely and/or critically ill patients during the last 2 years (prior to the exam). 875 hours need to be worked in the year prior to your application.