SHADOW HEALTH -RESPIRATORY CONCEPT
LAB
Crackles(fine) - ANSWERS-Fine crackles, as the name indicates, are high-pithed
crackling sounds that occur when in haled air meets deflated alveoli, causing
them to pop open.
-short popping sounds
-high-pithed
-location: usually bases of lower lobes
Tip: fine crackles sound like the noise created by rolling a strand of hair between
your thumb and index finger.
Crackles (course) - ANSWERS-Loud low pitch bubbling sounds that are caused
when air meets secretions in the large airways.
-short crackling sounds
-low-pithed
-location: trachea and large bronchi
Tip: coarse crackles sound like separating a velcro fastener.
Rhonchi - ANSWERS-Rhonchi are continuous, low-pitched snoring sounds caused
by airway obstruction from thick secretions, muscular constriction, or masses.
LAB
Crackles(fine) - ANSWERS-Fine crackles, as the name indicates, are high-pithed
crackling sounds that occur when in haled air meets deflated alveoli, causing
them to pop open.
-short popping sounds
-high-pithed
-location: usually bases of lower lobes
Tip: fine crackles sound like the noise created by rolling a strand of hair between
your thumb and index finger.
Crackles (course) - ANSWERS-Loud low pitch bubbling sounds that are caused
when air meets secretions in the large airways.
-short crackling sounds
-low-pithed
-location: trachea and large bronchi
Tip: coarse crackles sound like separating a velcro fastener.
Rhonchi - ANSWERS-Rhonchi are continuous, low-pitched snoring sounds caused
by airway obstruction from thick secretions, muscular constriction, or masses.
