Lung Sounds l Rales, Crackles, Wheezes, Rhonchi, Pleural friction, Stridor for RN & LPN l NCLEX

[Applause] [Music] now for abnormal lung sounds in this video we're going to be listening to the top five most tested lung sounds including the need to know key points and the top Miss questions at the very end of this video so be sure to stick around to the end of this video to get the need to know info on exit exams your nursing exams as well as the end clicks and be sure to pause the screen and focus on the highlighted key points here first up is the wheezes which we call the whistle sounding a lot like this as you can hear it's described as a high-pitched musical flute located throughout the entire lung but key term here it's heard mainly on exhalation or basically breathing out now the path was very simple narrowed Airways from Bronco constriction basically those inflamed lung tissues and the disease process is typical for asthma attacks as well as COPD exacerbation now the treatment for asthma attack this one is always tested on so write this down the memory trick we use is aim a for albuterol this one is given first for brutal asthma attacks remember butol it's the one and only rescue drug for asthma attacks I is for ipratropium are anti-cholinergic to dry out secretions so just think you can't pee with a Trope since it dries the body out N M is for methyl prenolone brand name is cedrol just think it's a slow acting steroid to treat the swelling you like that did you well click here and get access to over 1,000 fun visual videos 300 study guide cheat sheets and a massive quiz Bank loaded with detailed rationals to test your knowledge neatly organized in our new app click here to get started for [Music] free next up is crackles also called RWS so just think crackles is for crazy fluid described as liquidy bubbling or crackling now we have two types fine crackles is described as high pitched like rubbing hair between fingers sounding like this and course crackles is that low pitch sound sounding like velcro being pulled apart sort of like this now the location of these crackles are typically in the lower loes or the base of the lungs also called billary and the patho is simple it's basically the Alvi that are popping open from inflammation and congestion and the disease process is typical for pulmonary edema that fluid in the lungs like with patients in heart failure that CHF or pneumonia where we have deep infection inside the lungs so the treatment we give diuretics like ferosa mide for that heart failure patient with pulmonary edema and for the infection like in pneumonia we give antibiotics next thanks for watching for our full video and new quiz Bank click right up here to access your free trial and please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel last but not least a big thanks to our team of experts helping us make these great videos all right guys see you next time

Channel: Simple Nursing

Views: 444,228

Keywords: Lung sounds, abnormal lung sounds, crackles, rhonchi, wheezes, stridor, pleural friction rub, registered nurse, RN, LPN, nursing

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Length: 4min 3sec (243 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 14 2021