TMC practice questions with 100% correct Answers

TMC practice questions with 100% correct Answers A patient with a flail chest is intubated and mechanically ventilated with PEEP therapy. Pancuronium bromide has been administered. Which of the following ventilator alarms would be most important to set correctly for this patient? Peak pressure alarm low pressure alarm I:E ratio alarm Low exhaled volume alarm - ANSWER-low pressure alarm -> remember the low pressure alarm in the most important of the alarms overall During recovery from a resection of an aortic aneurysm, a 65 year old female patient suddenly develops severe sub sternal chest pain with grave dyspnea. The pain does not appear to be aggravated by her respirations. Auscultation reveals bilateral, basilar, moist, crepitate rales. The patient appears pale, cold, and diaphoretic. Which of the following should the respiratory therapist recommend for initial assessment of this patient? ECG CBC Serum electrolytes Lateral decubitus radiograph - ANSWER-ECG Which of the following techniques measures TLC? Helium dilution Body Box Single breath nitrogen elimination - ANSWER-Helium and body box