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NREMT Advanced EMT

Category - Airway and Respiration

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What is the right term for the following: Air moves into the lungs when the alveolar pressure is lower than atmospheric pressure and moves out of the lungs when the alveolar pressure exceeds atmospheric pressure?
  1. Esophageal intubation
  2. Vocal cord disruption
  3. The pulmonary ventilation process
  4. None of the above
Explanation
Answer - C - The pulmonary ventilation process is the correct term. Pulmonary ventilation process: Air moves into the lungs when the alveolar pressure is lower than atmospheric pressure and moves out of the lungs when the alveolar pressure exceeds atmospheric pressure.
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