Hey and welcome to episode 65 of the Physician Assistant Boards.com

podcast today we're going to be answering a question from Jamie and as always if you

have a question you can go ahead and go on the website, click on the top right tab and

click ask a question and you can go ahead and ask me anything you guys want answered.

It could be a test exam question that you probably got wrong, something you heard during

your clinical rotations. It really doesn't matter. exam question that you probably got wrong, something you heard during your

clinical rotations. It really doesn't matter. You can go ahead and just ask and

the more specific you are the better, this way I can give a more focused answer

for you guys. So today we're going to go ahead and answer

Jamie's question and Jamie says can you please go over acid-based disorders and to

narrow it down even further maybe just the respiratory alkalosis, acidosis, since those two are not as clear to me.

By the way, I absolutely love your podcast.

It makes it very convenient to listen to you when driving, getting ready, or when I'm taking

my three mile walks.

Well, first of all, thank you so much, Jamie.

I really appreciate the kind words.

But let's get into your question.

So today we're going to be talking about respiratory

alkalosis, respiratory acidosis. Now essentially this is simply an

acid-based balance disturbance. This is all it is. This is the entire acid-based

problem is simply the body trying to adjust and trying to balance out the pH. That's all it is.

So we're going to talk about alkalosis first and alkalosis occurs because of hyperventilation

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