TMC form 2020 (MAY) Test Guide Fully Answered

If a patient is on 8-12L/min, what would be the fio2? -Answer 50% If minute ventilation stays the same but dead-space is added, what will increases? -Answer PaCO2 What is the static compliance equation? -Answer Exhaled Vt/(Pplat - PEEP) Before chest physiotherapy is done, what should the respiratory therapy do FIRST? -Answer Review patient chart history What should a therapist do when a family is asking to put the patient on the mechanical ventilator when they have a DNI order in place? -Answer Start with NPPV What phrase would describe a patient having dyspnea? -Answer "I have to stop and catch my breath" A patient who has a neck injury but needs their airway protected. What should you put in place? -Answer Oropharyngeal airway A patient is unconscious, what should you do to establish a patent airway? -Answer Head tilt chin A patient has accessory muscle and scalene usage, what does this indicate? -Answer Increased work of breathing Unevenly spaced beats decreased pulse strength during inspiration, is indicative of what? -Answer Pulsus paradoxus What positions do you place a patient in for right lung secretions? -Answer Left lateral decubitus What the correct endotracheal tube placement? -Answer 5cm above the carina or 4-6cm Chest x-ray looks normal but they have been sitting for an extended period of time and is experiencing dyspnea. What is likely the cause? -Answer Pulmonary embolism Chest x-ray showing a deflated lung. What is a likely diagnosis? -Answer Tension pneumothorax A patient has hemoptysis, what do you do? -Answer Bronchoscopy Broncholavage should be done with what? -