SAE 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2025

a 96 kg ventilator settings are as follows - ANSWER continue current therapy optimal peep for mechanically ventilated 61 year old - ANSWER 5 the physician has requested an increase in the delivered tidal volume - ANSWER increasing the peep a pre and post bronchodilator study was performed on a 36 year old female patient - ANSWER insignificant bronchodilator response is present a 37 year old adult male is transferred from the ED to the respiratory ward - ANSWER perform arterial blood gas analysis which of the following best explains the results of the chest xray shown to the right - ANSWER there is a right sided tension pneumothorax with mediastinal deviation to the left the following arterial blood gas data were recorded from an adult female patient prior to extubation and 20 minutes follwing extubation - ANSWER the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen has decreased a 57 kg (125 lb) female patient who just underwent thoracic surgery requires mechanical ventilation. the most appropriate initial tidal volume for this patient is - ANSWER 450 An adult female patient has just been orally intubated and is now being manually ventilated. - ANSWER extubate and prepare for reintubation incentive spirometry q2h while awake has been ordered for a postoperative thoracic - ANSWER ask the patient to explain the reason for refusal During suctioning of an intubated, mechanically ventilated patient in the ICU , the therapist observes the ECG rhythm above - ANSWER atrial flutter An adult patient is recieving oxygen therapy via a 50% air entrainment mask operating at 8 Lmin - ANSWER the total flow of the system will decrease activation of which of the following ventilator alarms would alert the RT that a patients pulmonary compliance has worsened? - ANSWER high pressure limit when adjusting the pressure setting of a pneumatically powered, pressure cycled - ANSWER mean airway pressure which