Breathing Patterns

Question 1

What are (8) abnormal breathing patterns?

Answer 1

• Bradypnoea
• Hyperventilation/Tachypnoea
• Dyspnoea
• Apnoea
• Agonal breathing
• Orthopnoea
• Kussmaul respiration
• Cheyne-Stokes breathing

Question 2

Breathing/Respiration.

Answer 2

A collective term for inspiration and expiration.

Question 3

What is the pump handle biomechanics of breathing?

Answer 3

• Primarily involves upper ribs and sternum.
• Increases the anterior-posterior dimension of the chest.

Question 4

What is the bucket handle biomechanics of breathing?

Answer 4

• Primarily involves the lower ribs.
• Increases the transverse diameter of the chest.

Question 5

What is the movement of the chest responsible for increasing the antero-posterior diameter of the chest?

Answer 5

Pump-handle movement.

Question 6

Which part of the brain controls the basic rhythm of respiration?

Answer 6

Medulla Oblongata.

Question 7

How do you encourage someone to breathe from their diaphragm?

Answer 7

• Lie on your back & place your hands just below your ribs.
• Relax the shoulders, neck, upper chest & tummy muscles.
• Aim to breathe through your nose.
• Notice how the tummy gently rises as you breathe in & gently falls as you breathe out again.