TMC Retake Questions

TMC Retake Questions What should you use to inspect the gestational age of an infant? - ballard there is a shunt in the patient's left arm and absent flow in the ulnar artery in the right arm, where should you draw from? - dorsalis pedis what can excessive vomiting cause? - alkalosis what is the equation for deadspace? - Vd/Vt ratio: PaCO2-PetCO2/PaCO2 what is the equation for static compliance? - exhaled Vt/Pplat - PEEP Of the following settings, which ventilator alarm parameter is set inappropriately? -Apnea alarm -minute ventilation -high pressure alarms -high respiratory rate - minute ventilation during transport in a fixed winged aircraft going up to 8,000 ft, the RT should monitor which of the following: -PetCO2 -tidal volume -pulse oximetry - pulse oximetry when monitoring a patient with neuromuscular disease, what would you use? -pressure manometer -peak flow -pneumotachometer -wright respirometer - wright respirometer what is the normal ejection fraction? -60% -40% -90% - 60% What is negative about liquid O2 tanks? -cannot be refilled -can only hold 2L -fit hospital values -something about being bulky - still thinking about this one The suction catheter is unable to go down the trach, what should you do? - replace the inner cannula a patient with pneumonia and HIV has brown dusky fingernail buds, what should you look at? -methemoglobin -WBC -platelets -carboxyhemoglobin - WBC a patient fell 20 ft off of a building and has asymmetrical chest movement, what is this? - flail chest a trach patient has been involved in an MVC and has dyspnea due to blood being in their mouth and throat. What should you prioritize? -suction mouth -confirm that cuff is properly inflated - confirm that cuff is properly inflated a patient has OSA and is completing a CPAP titration study. The patient has a CPAP of 12 with an AHI of 3. O2 saturations remain at 90% but he still has slight snoring, what should you do? -increase CPAP level to 13 -document 12 at optimal CPAP - increase CPAP level to 13 a patient with a cerebrovascular accident meets extubation criteria but has no response to verbal stimuli. Good stats, strong cough, HR, and RR. What should you do? -extubate and put on low flow oxygen -keep on mechanical ventilaiton