RCP 160 LATEST 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔how to trouble shoot APRV based of ABG - ✔✔....
✔✔How to wean off APRV- - ✔✔decrease Phigh and increase Thigh
✔✔what HFOV setting directly effects PaCo2 - ✔✔HZ
✔✔chest x-ray of HFOV, diaphragm is at the level 7th rib, what do you want to ajust -
✔✔power, amp
✔✔most common site for an A-line - ✔✔Radial artery
✔✔What does the Mallampati score help? - ✔✔level of difficulty
✔✔What does the L in LEMON stand for - ✔✔L = Look externally (facial trauma, large
incisors, beard or moustache, large tongue)
✔✔What does the E in LEMON acronym stand for? - ✔✔Evaluate (mandibular space) -
Upper lip bite test, TMD
✔✔what can happen in early termination of INO - ✔✔rebound pulmonary hypertension
✔✔patent has a chest tube, set volume and exhaled volume are different, why? - ✔✔...
✔✔how many breaths are in 1HZ - ✔✔60 breaths= 1 HZ
✔✔Normal LMA cuff pressures - ✔✔60 cmH2O
✔✔normal lactic acid - ✔✔0.7-2.1 mEq/L
✔✔Normal ICP range for adults - ✔✔5-10 mmHg
✔✔what does a difference greater than 15 in Paco2 and Petco mean - ✔✔...
✔✔Normal Troponin - ✔✔<0.1ng/ml
✔✔Normal CVP - ✔✔2-6 mmHg
✔✔Normal PAP - ✔✔25/8 MAP 14
, ✔✔term used to describe the volume of blood ejected with each heart beat - ✔✔stroke
volume
✔✔To measure CVP from pulmonary artery catheter your would measure from what
port? - ✔✔...
✔✔ICP greater than 20 mmHg - ✔✔hyperventilate
✔✔normal cardiac output - ✔✔4-8 L/min
✔✔normal cardiac index - ✔✔2.5-4 L/min/m2
✔✔Normal EF - ✔✔65-75%
✔✔Normal CaO2 - ✔✔17-20 vol%
✔✔Normal BNP - ✔✔<100 pg/mL
✔✔Normal Creatinine - ✔✔.07-1.3 mEq/L
✔✔Normal Hb - ✔✔12-16gm/dL
✔✔Normal Hct values - ✔✔40-50%
✔✔Normal PCWP (pulm capillary wedge pressure) - ✔✔4-12 mmHg
✔✔Normal PF ratio - ✔✔>380
✔✔normal potassium - ✔✔3.5-4.5meq/l
✔✔Normal anion gap - ✔✔7-16meq/l
✔✔Normal platelet count - ✔✔150,000-400,000/mm3
✔✔A (V/Q) scan is used to investigate which kind of diagnosis?
A. pneumothorax
B. atelectasis
C. pleural effusion
D. pulmonary embolism - ✔✔pulmonary embolism- D
✔✔how to identify a tension pneumothorax on an xray - ✔✔tracheal shift to unaffected
side, absent ling markings
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔how to trouble shoot APRV based of ABG - ✔✔....
✔✔How to wean off APRV- - ✔✔decrease Phigh and increase Thigh
✔✔what HFOV setting directly effects PaCo2 - ✔✔HZ
✔✔chest x-ray of HFOV, diaphragm is at the level 7th rib, what do you want to ajust -
✔✔power, amp
✔✔most common site for an A-line - ✔✔Radial artery
✔✔What does the Mallampati score help? - ✔✔level of difficulty
✔✔What does the L in LEMON stand for - ✔✔L = Look externally (facial trauma, large
incisors, beard or moustache, large tongue)
✔✔What does the E in LEMON acronym stand for? - ✔✔Evaluate (mandibular space) -
Upper lip bite test, TMD
✔✔what can happen in early termination of INO - ✔✔rebound pulmonary hypertension
✔✔patent has a chest tube, set volume and exhaled volume are different, why? - ✔✔...
✔✔how many breaths are in 1HZ - ✔✔60 breaths= 1 HZ
✔✔Normal LMA cuff pressures - ✔✔60 cmH2O
✔✔normal lactic acid - ✔✔0.7-2.1 mEq/L
✔✔Normal ICP range for adults - ✔✔5-10 mmHg
✔✔what does a difference greater than 15 in Paco2 and Petco mean - ✔✔...
✔✔Normal Troponin - ✔✔<0.1ng/ml
✔✔Normal CVP - ✔✔2-6 mmHg
✔✔Normal PAP - ✔✔25/8 MAP 14
, ✔✔term used to describe the volume of blood ejected with each heart beat - ✔✔stroke
volume
✔✔To measure CVP from pulmonary artery catheter your would measure from what
port? - ✔✔...
✔✔ICP greater than 20 mmHg - ✔✔hyperventilate
✔✔normal cardiac output - ✔✔4-8 L/min
✔✔normal cardiac index - ✔✔2.5-4 L/min/m2
✔✔Normal EF - ✔✔65-75%
✔✔Normal CaO2 - ✔✔17-20 vol%
✔✔Normal BNP - ✔✔<100 pg/mL
✔✔Normal Creatinine - ✔✔.07-1.3 mEq/L
✔✔Normal Hb - ✔✔12-16gm/dL
✔✔Normal Hct values - ✔✔40-50%
✔✔Normal PCWP (pulm capillary wedge pressure) - ✔✔4-12 mmHg
✔✔Normal PF ratio - ✔✔>380
✔✔normal potassium - ✔✔3.5-4.5meq/l
✔✔Normal anion gap - ✔✔7-16meq/l
✔✔Normal platelet count - ✔✔150,000-400,000/mm3
✔✔A (V/Q) scan is used to investigate which kind of diagnosis?
A. pneumothorax
B. atelectasis
C. pleural effusion
D. pulmonary embolism - ✔✔pulmonary embolism- D
✔✔how to identify a tension pneumothorax on an xray - ✔✔tracheal shift to unaffected
side, absent ling markings
