You and your OEC candidate are evaluating a 67-year-old patient with respiratory distress. You tell the candidate to document that the patient complains of dyspnea. The candidate asks you what dyspnea means. You explain that dyspnea is:
a. a term that describes a patient who is in respiratory distress.
b. a subjective complaint of shortness of breath.
c. a term that describes your objective assessment of a patient's difficulty in breathing.
d. another term for tachypnea.
Question 2
Which of the following is within the normal range for respiratory rate in children?
a. 10 breaths per minute.
b. 20 breaths per minute.
c. 35 breaths per minute.
d. 40 breaths per minute.
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