RCP 160 FINAL REVIEW | RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
| COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
TWO MEDICATIONS THAT CAN BE GIVEN IN COMBINATION TO ACHIEVE CONSCIOUS SEDATION
FOR A SHOULDER DISLOCATION - correct answer ✔✔FENTAYLN AND MIDAZOLAM
2 things you will do before elective bronchoscopy - correct answer ✔✔-NPO
-IV access
Too much fentanyl and pt goes into respiratory detorsion, what drugs do we give? - correct
answer ✔✔Narcan
What are you going to do after a bronch to avoid aspiration ? - correct answer ✔✔Sit patient up
and continue NPO
Proper depth of sedation for patient undergoing conscious sedation - correct answer
✔✔Moderate
Do we care if the patient has an NG tube prior to emergency conscious sedation? - correct
answer ✔✔No
The chest tube has continuous bubbling in the chamber, what do we check for? - correct answer
✔✔Leak
You see a pneumo in a chest X-ray, what are you going to do ? - correct answer ✔✔Stat needle
decompression
PEEP QUESTION - correct answer ✔✔10cmH20
, Doctor has tried to intubation 3 times unsuccessfully, what do we try next ? - correct answer
✔✔LMA
Patient has facial burns, what are you going to use to assist with intubation - correct answer
✔✔Bougie catheter
Uncontrollable increased ICP is present, the pt may be hyperventilated to lower CAO2 to which
level? - correct answer ✔✔25-30 cmH20
A balloon-tipped, flow-directed catheter - correct answer ✔✔Swan ganz
Pvo2 increases= - correct answer ✔✔Improved oxygenation
HR 142 - correct answer ✔✔Hypovalemia
Best PEEP - correct answer ✔✔10cmH20
TBI Patient
7.54
30
77
25
MD wants to know what we should do with the settings? - correct answer ✔✔Stay the same
What pressure can diagnose Pulmonary Hypertension - correct answer ✔✔PAP above 25
| COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
TWO MEDICATIONS THAT CAN BE GIVEN IN COMBINATION TO ACHIEVE CONSCIOUS SEDATION
FOR A SHOULDER DISLOCATION - correct answer ✔✔FENTAYLN AND MIDAZOLAM
2 things you will do before elective bronchoscopy - correct answer ✔✔-NPO
-IV access
Too much fentanyl and pt goes into respiratory detorsion, what drugs do we give? - correct
answer ✔✔Narcan
What are you going to do after a bronch to avoid aspiration ? - correct answer ✔✔Sit patient up
and continue NPO
Proper depth of sedation for patient undergoing conscious sedation - correct answer
✔✔Moderate
Do we care if the patient has an NG tube prior to emergency conscious sedation? - correct
answer ✔✔No
The chest tube has continuous bubbling in the chamber, what do we check for? - correct answer
✔✔Leak
You see a pneumo in a chest X-ray, what are you going to do ? - correct answer ✔✔Stat needle
decompression
PEEP QUESTION - correct answer ✔✔10cmH20
, Doctor has tried to intubation 3 times unsuccessfully, what do we try next ? - correct answer
✔✔LMA
Patient has facial burns, what are you going to use to assist with intubation - correct answer
✔✔Bougie catheter
Uncontrollable increased ICP is present, the pt may be hyperventilated to lower CAO2 to which
level? - correct answer ✔✔25-30 cmH20
A balloon-tipped, flow-directed catheter - correct answer ✔✔Swan ganz
Pvo2 increases= - correct answer ✔✔Improved oxygenation
HR 142 - correct answer ✔✔Hypovalemia
Best PEEP - correct answer ✔✔10cmH20
TBI Patient
7.54
30
77
25
MD wants to know what we should do with the settings? - correct answer ✔✔Stay the same
What pressure can diagnose Pulmonary Hypertension - correct answer ✔✔PAP above 25