Kettering TMC Exam Practice Mechanical Ventilation C Questions And Correct Answers |100% Verified |Guaranteed Success | 2025 update

1. The respiratory therapist initiates weaning protocol for an 8-year-old child who receives volume-control ventilation... The therapist should A. attempt T-tube weaning trials. B. use pressure support with SIMV. C. increase the FIO2 during weaning. D. discontinue all weaning attempts. - CORRECT ANSWER: use pressure support with SIMV. 2. A 52-year-old, 5' 8" male patient (70 kg, 154 lb) receives mechanical ventilation... Based upon this assessment, the respiratory therapist should A. decrease the set rate to 10/min. B. decrease the VT to 600 mL. C. increase the FIO2 to 0.45. D. increase the PEEP to 8 cm H2O. - CORRECT ANSWER: decrease the VT to 600 mL. 3. A patient (65 kg, 150 lb) with pneumonia has been intubated and requires mechanical ventilation... Which of the following set of ventilator parameters should the respiratory therapist recommend? A. VT 350 mL, rate 20/min B. VT 400 mL, rate 15/min C. VT 450 mL, rate 18/min D. VT 500 mL, rate 20/min - CORRECT ANSWER: VT 500 mL, rate 20/min 4. A patient with a history of COPD is being weaned from mechanical ventilation... Based upon these results, which of the following should the respiratory therapist recommend?A. Increase the pressure support. B. Return to full ventilator support. C. Increase the set respiratory rate. D. Initiate bilevel ventilation. - CORRECT ANSWER: Increase the pressure support. 5. A 32-year-old woman who is 165 cm (5' 6" inches) tall and weighs 100 kg (220 lb)... Which of the following should the therapist recommend? A. VC, A/C, rate 10, tidal volume 700 mL B. VC, SIMV, rate 24, tidal volume 400 mL C. VC, SIMV, rate 14, tidal volume 800 mL D. VC, A/C, rate 12, tidal volume 500 mL - CORRECT ANSWER: VC, A/C, rate 12, tidal volume 500 mL 6. A 22-year-old female patient with ARDS receives volume-control ventilation... Which of the following alarms should the respiratory therapist consider readjusting? A. Low oxygen B. Low pressure C. Low tidal volume D. Low minute volume - CORRECT ANSWER: Low pressure 7. A 29-year-old female patient is in the PACU following mitral valve replacement... Which of the following should the therapist recommend? A. Increase the peak pressure alarm limit B. Order a STAT chest x-ray C. Change to SIMV mode and evaluate the patient D. Order a STAT arterial blood gas - CORRECT ANSWER: Change to SIMV mode and evaluate the patient 8. A 59-year-old patient is transferred from the post anesthesia care unit... The respiratory therapist should A. switch to SIMV mode. B. initiate pressure support.C. recommend morphine sulfate. D. recommend rocuronium bromide. - CORRECT ANSWER: recommend morphine sulfate.