Asthma Education (Respiratory |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Therapy) exam with correct answers |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A patient runs five times a week and uses a short-acting beta2 agonist 10 to 15 minutes before
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running to prevent EIB. At the patient's next follow-up appointment, what should the RT do? -
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correct answer✔✔Encourage this practice and check with the patient to be sure that it is
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effective in controlling asthma symptoms associated with exercise. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A patient arrives at the emergency clinic hyperventilating and complaining of wheezing and
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feeling tired. The patient states that this is the first episode of breathing distress in over a week
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and that the shortness of breath has lasted for the past 6 hours. The patient's PaCO2 is
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normal, although the breathing rate is increased. During the hour before coming to the |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
emergency clinic, the patient used a short-acting beta2 agonist MDI six times without relief. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
The PEF is 40% of the patient's personal best. What should the RT do? - correct
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answer✔✔Treat the patient for severe exacerbation of asthma and impending respiratory |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
failure.
An older adult patient is in the asthma clinic being instructed on a long-acting beta2 agonist
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MDI. The patient is able to handle the inhaler and actuate it, but there is a lag between
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actuation and the start of inspiration. What should the RT do? - correct answer✔✔Dispense a |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
spacer device to use with the MDI. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
During a patient's asthma clinic visit, a spirometry test is performed. The patient's normal FEV1
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is 4 L, and the result of the spirometry test is 2.9 L, which is 72.5% of predicted. What is the
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best interpretation of these measurements? - correct answer✔✔The findings are consistent
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with persistent moderate asthma severity. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
An adult patient has been hospitalized for an acute asthma exacerbation. The patient is ready
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to be discharged home. What should the patient's treatment plan include? - correct
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answer✔✔A long-acting beta2 agonist and an inhaled corticosteroid with a short-acting beta2 |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Therapy) exam with correct answers |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A patient runs five times a week and uses a short-acting beta2 agonist 10 to 15 minutes before
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running to prevent EIB. At the patient's next follow-up appointment, what should the RT do? -
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correct answer✔✔Encourage this practice and check with the patient to be sure that it is
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effective in controlling asthma symptoms associated with exercise. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A patient arrives at the emergency clinic hyperventilating and complaining of wheezing and
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feeling tired. The patient states that this is the first episode of breathing distress in over a week
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and that the shortness of breath has lasted for the past 6 hours. The patient's PaCO2 is
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normal, although the breathing rate is increased. During the hour before coming to the |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
emergency clinic, the patient used a short-acting beta2 agonist MDI six times without relief. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
The PEF is 40% of the patient's personal best. What should the RT do? - correct
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answer✔✔Treat the patient for severe exacerbation of asthma and impending respiratory |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
failure.
An older adult patient is in the asthma clinic being instructed on a long-acting beta2 agonist
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MDI. The patient is able to handle the inhaler and actuate it, but there is a lag between
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actuation and the start of inspiration. What should the RT do? - correct answer✔✔Dispense a |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
spacer device to use with the MDI. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
During a patient's asthma clinic visit, a spirometry test is performed. The patient's normal FEV1
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is 4 L, and the result of the spirometry test is 2.9 L, which is 72.5% of predicted. What is the
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best interpretation of these measurements? - correct answer✔✔The findings are consistent
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with persistent moderate asthma severity. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
An adult patient has been hospitalized for an acute asthma exacerbation. The patient is ready
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to be discharged home. What should the patient's treatment plan include? - correct
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answer✔✔A long-acting beta2 agonist and an inhaled corticosteroid with a short-acting beta2 |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
