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TMC SECURE COMPREHENSIVE Exam Coverage
THERAPIST SAE EXAM
Exam coverage for the TMC Secure
Comprehensive Therapist SAE Exam includes the
advanced respiratory care knowledge, clinical
judgment, and problem-solving skills required for
entry-level and advanced respiratory therapy
practice. It focuses on patient assessment,
cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology, oxygen
therapy, airway management, mechanical
ventilation, arterial blood gas analysis, pulmonary
diagnostics, and therapeutic procedures. The exam
also evaluates understanding of respiratory disease
management, patient monitoring, pharmacology,
and evidence-based clinical decision-making
across a variety of healthcare settings.
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A patient is admitted to the ED Needle aspirate the 2nd left intercostal space.
following a motor vehicle accident.
On physical exam, the respiratory
therapist discovers that breath
sounds are absent in the left chest
with a hyperresonant percussion
note. The trachea is shifted to the
right. The patient's heart rate is
45/min, respiratory rate is 30/min,
and blood pressure is 60/40 mm Hg.
What action should the therapist
recommend first?
A. Call for a STAT chest x-ray.
B. Insert a chest tube into the left
chest.
C. Needle aspirate the 2nd left
intercostal space.
D. Activate the medical emergency
team to intubate the patient.
A 48 year-old female is admitted to Heart failure
the ED with diaphoresis, jugular
venous distension, and 3+ pitting
edema in the ankles. These findings
are consistent with
A. liver failure.
B. pulmonary embolism.
C. heart failure.
D. electrolyte imbalances
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All of the following strategies are C. using a low-residual-volume, low-compliance
likely to decrease the likelihood of cuff.
damage to the tracheal mucosa
EXCEPT
A. maintaining cuff pressures
between 20 and 25 mm Hg.
B. using the minimal leak technique
for inflation.
C. using a low-residual-volume, low-
compliance cuff.
D. monitoring intracuff pressures.
A 52 year-old post-operative deep breathing and coughing to clear secretions.
cholecystectomy patient's breath
sounds become more coarse upon
completion of postural drainage with
percussion. The respiratory therapist
should recommend
A. continuing the therapy until breath
sounds improve.
B. administering dornase alpha.
C. administering albuterol therapy.
D. deep breathing and coughing to
clear secretions.
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A 65 kg spinal cord injured patient IPPB with normal saline
has developed atelectasis. His
inspiratory capacity is 30% of his
predicted value. What bronchial
hygiene therapy would be most
appropriate initially?
A. IS / SMI
B. IPPB with normal saline
C. postural drainage and percussion
D. PEP therapy
A patient on VC ventilation has 1, 2, and 3 only
demonstrated auto-PEEP on
ventilator graphics. Which of the
following controls, when adjusted
independently, would increase
expiratory time?
1. Tidal volume
2. Respiratory Rate
3. Inspiratory flow
4. Sensitivity
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THERAPIST SAE EXAM BANK EXAM, /GET IT 100%
ACCURATE!! 2026!! MOST TESTED QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
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Terms in this set (152)
TMC SECURE COMPREHENSIVE Exam Coverage
THERAPIST SAE EXAM
Exam coverage for the TMC Secure
Comprehensive Therapist SAE Exam includes the
advanced respiratory care knowledge, clinical
judgment, and problem-solving skills required for
entry-level and advanced respiratory therapy
practice. It focuses on patient assessment,
cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology, oxygen
therapy, airway management, mechanical
ventilation, arterial blood gas analysis, pulmonary
diagnostics, and therapeutic procedures. The exam
also evaluates understanding of respiratory disease
management, patient monitoring, pharmacology,
and evidence-based clinical decision-making
across a variety of healthcare settings.
https://quizlet.com/1193898974/tmc-exam-secure-comprehensive-therapist-sae-exam-bank-exam-get-it-100-accurate-2026-most-tested-questions-an… 1/71
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A patient is admitted to the ED Needle aspirate the 2nd left intercostal space.
following a motor vehicle accident.
On physical exam, the respiratory
therapist discovers that breath
sounds are absent in the left chest
with a hyperresonant percussion
note. The trachea is shifted to the
right. The patient's heart rate is
45/min, respiratory rate is 30/min,
and blood pressure is 60/40 mm Hg.
What action should the therapist
recommend first?
A. Call for a STAT chest x-ray.
B. Insert a chest tube into the left
chest.
C. Needle aspirate the 2nd left
intercostal space.
D. Activate the medical emergency
team to intubate the patient.
A 48 year-old female is admitted to Heart failure
the ED with diaphoresis, jugular
venous distension, and 3+ pitting
edema in the ankles. These findings
are consistent with
A. liver failure.
B. pulmonary embolism.
C. heart failure.
D. electrolyte imbalances
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All of the following strategies are C. using a low-residual-volume, low-compliance
likely to decrease the likelihood of cuff.
damage to the tracheal mucosa
EXCEPT
A. maintaining cuff pressures
between 20 and 25 mm Hg.
B. using the minimal leak technique
for inflation.
C. using a low-residual-volume, low-
compliance cuff.
D. monitoring intracuff pressures.
A 52 year-old post-operative deep breathing and coughing to clear secretions.
cholecystectomy patient's breath
sounds become more coarse upon
completion of postural drainage with
percussion. The respiratory therapist
should recommend
A. continuing the therapy until breath
sounds improve.
B. administering dornase alpha.
C. administering albuterol therapy.
D. deep breathing and coughing to
clear secretions.
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A 65 kg spinal cord injured patient IPPB with normal saline
has developed atelectasis. His
inspiratory capacity is 30% of his
predicted value. What bronchial
hygiene therapy would be most
appropriate initially?
A. IS / SMI
B. IPPB with normal saline
C. postural drainage and percussion
D. PEP therapy
A patient on VC ventilation has 1, 2, and 3 only
demonstrated auto-PEEP on
ventilator graphics. Which of the
following controls, when adjusted
independently, would increase
expiratory time?
1. Tidal volume
2. Respiratory Rate
3. Inspiratory flow
4. Sensitivity
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