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• A premature 3-week-old infant is receiving 1 L/min of O, via a nasal
cannula and has a PaO2 of 43 torr and a PACO2 of 40 torr. The
respiratory therapist should recommend which of the following?
A. Increase the cannula flow to 2 L/min.
B. Intubate and institute mechanical ventilation
C. Initiate CPAP of 4 cm H20 and 50% O2
D. Increase the cannula flow to 5 L/min. -✓✓A
• A patient arrives in the emergency department after being pulled from
a burning house. The respiratory therapist should recommend obtaining
which of the following measurements to best determine the severity of
the patient's smoke inhalation?
A. SpO2
В. НЬСО
C. PaO2
D. Hb -✓✓B
• The physician has ordered O, to be administered to an active 3-year-
old with an Spo, of 86%. Which of the following delivery devices would
you recommend for this patient?
A. 1- to 2-L nasal cannula
,B. Air-entrainment mask
C. Simple O2 mask
D. O2 hood -✓✓A
• The ability of the patient to follow instructions would be indicated by
which of the following?
A. Orientation to person
B. Performance of tasks when asked
C. Ability to feed himself
D. Awareness of time -✓✓B
• You suspect a patient may have a pulmonary embolism. Which of the
following would be the most appropriate recommendation for diagnosis
of this condition?
A. Bronchoscopy
B. V/Q lung scan
C. Coagulation studies
D. Shunt study -✓✓B
• 7. To most effectively increase a sedated, paralyzed pa- tient's alveolar
minute ventilation while the patient is on volume-controlled ventilation
in the assist-control mode, you would recommend increasing which of
the following?
A. PEEP
B. Inspiratory flow
C. Vt
D. Ventilator rate -✓✓C
, • Failure to hyperoxygenate a patient on a ventilator before ET
suctioning may result in
А. Нурохеmia
В. Нуросарnia
C. Bradycardia
D. Hypertension -✓✓A
• The most reliable method of determining whether the lungs of a patient
receiving mechanical ventila- tion are getting stiffer and harder to
ventilate is by measuring the
A. Static lung compliance
B. Dynamic lung compliance
C. Spontaneous VT
D. PaO2 -✓✓A
• A 60-kg (132-lb) 52-year-old man is admitted to the ICU for the
treatment of refractory hypoxemia. He is currently on VC-SIMV and
pressure support of 10 cm H2O with an FIO2 of 0.60. Other pertinent
data are below:
ABGS
pH 7.49
PaCO2 30 torr
PaO2 59 torr
Heart rate 120/min
Respiratory rate 12/min
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• A premature 3-week-old infant is receiving 1 L/min of O, via a nasal
cannula and has a PaO2 of 43 torr and a PACO2 of 40 torr. The
respiratory therapist should recommend which of the following?
A. Increase the cannula flow to 2 L/min.
B. Intubate and institute mechanical ventilation
C. Initiate CPAP of 4 cm H20 and 50% O2
D. Increase the cannula flow to 5 L/min. -✓✓A
• A patient arrives in the emergency department after being pulled from
a burning house. The respiratory therapist should recommend obtaining
which of the following measurements to best determine the severity of
the patient's smoke inhalation?
A. SpO2
В. НЬСО
C. PaO2
D. Hb -✓✓B
• The physician has ordered O, to be administered to an active 3-year-
old with an Spo, of 86%. Which of the following delivery devices would
you recommend for this patient?
A. 1- to 2-L nasal cannula
,B. Air-entrainment mask
C. Simple O2 mask
D. O2 hood -✓✓A
• The ability of the patient to follow instructions would be indicated by
which of the following?
A. Orientation to person
B. Performance of tasks when asked
C. Ability to feed himself
D. Awareness of time -✓✓B
• You suspect a patient may have a pulmonary embolism. Which of the
following would be the most appropriate recommendation for diagnosis
of this condition?
A. Bronchoscopy
B. V/Q lung scan
C. Coagulation studies
D. Shunt study -✓✓B
• 7. To most effectively increase a sedated, paralyzed pa- tient's alveolar
minute ventilation while the patient is on volume-controlled ventilation
in the assist-control mode, you would recommend increasing which of
the following?
A. PEEP
B. Inspiratory flow
C. Vt
D. Ventilator rate -✓✓C
, • Failure to hyperoxygenate a patient on a ventilator before ET
suctioning may result in
А. Нурохеmia
В. Нуросарnia
C. Bradycardia
D. Hypertension -✓✓A
• The most reliable method of determining whether the lungs of a patient
receiving mechanical ventila- tion are getting stiffer and harder to
ventilate is by measuring the
A. Static lung compliance
B. Dynamic lung compliance
C. Spontaneous VT
D. PaO2 -✓✓A
• A 60-kg (132-lb) 52-year-old man is admitted to the ICU for the
treatment of refractory hypoxemia. He is currently on VC-SIMV and
pressure support of 10 cm H2O with an FIO2 of 0.60. Other pertinent
data are below:
ABGS
pH 7.49
PaCO2 30 torr
PaO2 59 torr
Heart rate 120/min
Respiratory rate 12/min
