NBRC TMC/CRT/RRT REVIEW EXAM LATEST WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | A+ GRADE
An increased HR may indicate? - (ANSWER)Decreased Oxygenation
what do you recommend to a patient with tobacco use? - (ANSWER)Nicotine replacement
What is the pack year Formula? - (ANSWER)# of packs/day x # of years smoked
If the patient is in shock you will care about what? - (ANSWER)a urine output less than 40
mL/hr
What does a decreased CVP mean and how do you fix it? - (ANSWER)Hypovolemia
Give fluids
What does an increased CVP mean and how do you fix it? - (ANSWER)Hypervolemia
Give diuretics
General Malaise is usually due from? - (ANSWER)Electrolyte imbalance
What is a correct interview technique? - (ANSWER)Ask open ended questions, not yes or no
questions
Use the KISS method
When the patient has peripheral edema, what condition does go along with? -
(ANSWER)CHF
What does diaphoresis mean and why does it happen? - (ANSWER)Profuse sweating
1. CHF (heart failure)
2. fever, infection
3. anxiety
4. tuberculosis
What are some examples of positive inotropes? - (ANSWER)1. Digitalis
2. Digoxin
When the patient has kyphoscoliosis, what does it cause the patient to have wrong with
their lungs? - (ANSWER)A restrictive pattern
(reduced lung volumes)
Normal breathing means the chest moves? - (ANSWER)Symmetrical
,NBRC TMC/CRT/RRT REVIEW EXAM LATEST WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | A+ GRADE
What is the word for normal breathing and what is the normal RR? - (ANSWER)Eupnea
12-20
When the patient is tachypneic, what do you give the patient? - (ANSWER)oxygen
What is the normal muscles used in ventilation? - (ANSWER)Diaphragm and external
intercostals
What disease processes have hypertrophy in common? - (ANSWER)COPD and increased
WOB
What condition is atrophy common in? - (ANSWER)Paralysis
If the patient has a strong cough but no sputum production may need? -
(ANSWER)Assistance
Respiratory distress in infants is indicated by what? - (ANSWER)Nasal flaring
An increased respiratory rate, increased depth, regular rhythm is what breathing pattern? -
(ANSWER)Hyperpnea
A gradually increasing then decreasing rate and depth in a cycle lasting from 30-180
seconds, with periods of apnea lasting up to 60 seconds is what breathing pattern? -
(ANSWER)Cheyne-Stokes
An increased respiratory rate and depth with irregular periods of apnea is what breathing
pattern? - (ANSWER)Biot's
An increased respiratory rate, increased depth, irregular rhythm, breathing sounds labored
is what breathing pattern? - (ANSWER)Kussmaul's
Shallow or slow breathing? - (ANSWER)Hypopnea
Soft palate, uvula, fauces, pillars visible is what class of the mallampati score? -
(ANSWER)class 1
Soft palate, uvula, fauces visible is what class of the mallampati score? - (ANSWER)class 2
, NBRC TMC/CRT/RRT REVIEW EXAM LATEST WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | A+ GRADE
Soft palate, base of uvula visible is what class of the mallampati score? - (ANSWER)class 3
Hard palate only visible is what class of the mallampati score? - (ANSWER)class 4
What are the classes considered difficult in the mallampati score? - (ANSWER)class 3 and
4
utilize a bronchoscope or video assist device
when giving a treatment what change in HR is considered a adverse reaction? -
(ANSWER)More than 20 BPM
If the patient has an adverse reaction to the treatment what should you do? -
(ANSWER)Immediately STOP the treatment
What does the assessment by inspection mean? - (ANSWER)What you can see
What does the assessment by palpation mean? - (ANSWER)What you can feel?
What does Pulsus paradoxus mean and what does it indicate? - (ANSWER)pulse or BP vary
with the RR
Indicates severe air trapping
What do you give to the patient that has tachycardia? - (ANSWER)Oxygen
What pathologies make the trachea pull toward them? - (ANSWER)Atelectasis
Pneumonectomy
Diaphragmatic paralysis
What pathologies make the trachea pull away from them? - (ANSWER)Pleural effusion
Tension pneumothorax
Neck tumors
Mediastinal mass
What does tactile fremitus mean? - (ANSWER)vibrations that are felt by the hand on the
chest wall
Resonant percussion mean? - (ANSWER)Normal
ANSWERS | A+ GRADE
An increased HR may indicate? - (ANSWER)Decreased Oxygenation
what do you recommend to a patient with tobacco use? - (ANSWER)Nicotine replacement
What is the pack year Formula? - (ANSWER)# of packs/day x # of years smoked
If the patient is in shock you will care about what? - (ANSWER)a urine output less than 40
mL/hr
What does a decreased CVP mean and how do you fix it? - (ANSWER)Hypovolemia
Give fluids
What does an increased CVP mean and how do you fix it? - (ANSWER)Hypervolemia
Give diuretics
General Malaise is usually due from? - (ANSWER)Electrolyte imbalance
What is a correct interview technique? - (ANSWER)Ask open ended questions, not yes or no
questions
Use the KISS method
When the patient has peripheral edema, what condition does go along with? -
(ANSWER)CHF
What does diaphoresis mean and why does it happen? - (ANSWER)Profuse sweating
1. CHF (heart failure)
2. fever, infection
3. anxiety
4. tuberculosis
What are some examples of positive inotropes? - (ANSWER)1. Digitalis
2. Digoxin
When the patient has kyphoscoliosis, what does it cause the patient to have wrong with
their lungs? - (ANSWER)A restrictive pattern
(reduced lung volumes)
Normal breathing means the chest moves? - (ANSWER)Symmetrical
,NBRC TMC/CRT/RRT REVIEW EXAM LATEST WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | A+ GRADE
What is the word for normal breathing and what is the normal RR? - (ANSWER)Eupnea
12-20
When the patient is tachypneic, what do you give the patient? - (ANSWER)oxygen
What is the normal muscles used in ventilation? - (ANSWER)Diaphragm and external
intercostals
What disease processes have hypertrophy in common? - (ANSWER)COPD and increased
WOB
What condition is atrophy common in? - (ANSWER)Paralysis
If the patient has a strong cough but no sputum production may need? -
(ANSWER)Assistance
Respiratory distress in infants is indicated by what? - (ANSWER)Nasal flaring
An increased respiratory rate, increased depth, regular rhythm is what breathing pattern? -
(ANSWER)Hyperpnea
A gradually increasing then decreasing rate and depth in a cycle lasting from 30-180
seconds, with periods of apnea lasting up to 60 seconds is what breathing pattern? -
(ANSWER)Cheyne-Stokes
An increased respiratory rate and depth with irregular periods of apnea is what breathing
pattern? - (ANSWER)Biot's
An increased respiratory rate, increased depth, irregular rhythm, breathing sounds labored
is what breathing pattern? - (ANSWER)Kussmaul's
Shallow or slow breathing? - (ANSWER)Hypopnea
Soft palate, uvula, fauces, pillars visible is what class of the mallampati score? -
(ANSWER)class 1
Soft palate, uvula, fauces visible is what class of the mallampati score? - (ANSWER)class 2
, NBRC TMC/CRT/RRT REVIEW EXAM LATEST WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | A+ GRADE
Soft palate, base of uvula visible is what class of the mallampati score? - (ANSWER)class 3
Hard palate only visible is what class of the mallampati score? - (ANSWER)class 4
What are the classes considered difficult in the mallampati score? - (ANSWER)class 3 and
4
utilize a bronchoscope or video assist device
when giving a treatment what change in HR is considered a adverse reaction? -
(ANSWER)More than 20 BPM
If the patient has an adverse reaction to the treatment what should you do? -
(ANSWER)Immediately STOP the treatment
What does the assessment by inspection mean? - (ANSWER)What you can see
What does the assessment by palpation mean? - (ANSWER)What you can feel?
What does Pulsus paradoxus mean and what does it indicate? - (ANSWER)pulse or BP vary
with the RR
Indicates severe air trapping
What do you give to the patient that has tachycardia? - (ANSWER)Oxygen
What pathologies make the trachea pull toward them? - (ANSWER)Atelectasis
Pneumonectomy
Diaphragmatic paralysis
What pathologies make the trachea pull away from them? - (ANSWER)Pleural effusion
Tension pneumothorax
Neck tumors
Mediastinal mass
What does tactile fremitus mean? - (ANSWER)vibrations that are felt by the hand on the
chest wall
Resonant percussion mean? - (ANSWER)Normal
