Air Entry Assessment..

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How do you do an Air Entry Assessment on a post-op patient? How do you know if a patient has increased or decreased air entry?

Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

Yep.........I learn something new every day too. Thanks to our neighbor to the North!

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Specializes in Critical Care, Cardiothoracics, VADs.

Well maybe's it's a "Commonweath country" thing, because here in Australia, we definitely assess air entry as decreased, bilateral etc. I've been a critical care RN for 10 years and always been taught that way. We still use crackles, wheeze etc, but usually write "decreased AE L) LL" for reduced breath sounds in the left lower lobe.

Not sure why all the attitude towards the OP, but NarcoticJunkie, you need to know what "A-B-C"s are ASAP!!!

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Not sure why all the attitude towards the OP, but NarcoticJunkie, you need to know what "A-B-C"s are ASAP!!!

Because even a first year student should know what NPH insulin is.

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Specializes in Emergency.

lol. thanks for all the constructive criticisms. :)

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Specializes in Advanced Practice, surgery.
Well maybe's it's a "Commonweath country" thing, because here in Australia, we definitely assess air entry as decreased, bilateral etc. I've been a critical care RN for 10 years and always been taught that way. We still use crackles, wheeze etc, but usually write "decreased AE L) LL" for reduced breath sounds in the left lower lobe.

Not sure why all the attitude towards the OP, but NarcoticJunkie, you need to know what "A-B-C"s are ASAP!!!

In the UK we also assess "air entry", can be bilateral, decreased, absent and if there are added sounds then crackles, wheeze etc.

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Am a nursing syudent ---can anyone give me a few pointers on assessing a pt physically!:uhoh3:

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