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Terms in this set (431)
,A 5-year-old child is brought to A
the emergency room (ER) with
a fever and difficulty breathing.
The patient is drooling but is
making no vocal sounds. Which
of the following procedures
should the respiratory therapist
recommend?
A. lateral neck radiograph
B. bronchoscopy
C. CBC
D. inspection of the pharyngeal
area with a tongue depressor
,A 5-year old patient with acute B.
epiglottitis has just received a A patient who has a tracheostomy tube in place is unable to
tracheotomy and is returned to naturally humidify inspired gases because the natural
the emergency department for humidification processes of the body, including the nasal
monitoring. The patient is now passages and oropharynx, are bypassed. In this case, providing
breathing through a heated humidity, which can make up the entire humidity deficit,
tracheostomy tube. Which of is paramount.
the following is most important
at this time?
A. keep the tracheostomy tube
cuff inflated
B. provide heated humidity
C. mechanical ventilatory
support
D. provide cool aerosol therapy
, A 6-ft, 2-in (188-cm) Caucasian B.
male has inexplicably become Because the profile fits a spontaneous pneumothorax (white,
tachypneic. Tracheal deviation tall, male), the patient most likely does not have significant fluid
to the left is noted. A chest to drain from the pleural spaces. Thus, the tube may be placed
radiograph confirms a in a higher position - 2nd interspace, mid-clavicular line. Since
pneumothorax and chest tube the trachea is deviated to the left, the pneumothorax is
placement is ordered. The indicated on the right.
respiratory therapist should
recommend placement of chest
tubes in the
A. right side 5th interspace,
mid-clavicular line.
B. right side, 2nd interspace,
mid-clavicular line.
C. left side, 2nd interspace,
mid-axillary line.
D. left side, 5th interspace, mid-
axillary line.
A 6-minute walk test is used to A.
evaluate A 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is a way of evaluating a patient's
A. a patient's physical stamina physical performance ability, especially given certain
and aerobic endurance. cardiopulmonary limitations. The test evaluates the distance a
B. pulmonary ventilatory ability. person can walk in 6 minutes. This is known as a 6-minute walk
C. PF ratio. distance (6MWD).
D. Oxygen desaturation
tendency.
Terms in this set (431)
,A 5-year-old child is brought to A
the emergency room (ER) with
a fever and difficulty breathing.
The patient is drooling but is
making no vocal sounds. Which
of the following procedures
should the respiratory therapist
recommend?
A. lateral neck radiograph
B. bronchoscopy
C. CBC
D. inspection of the pharyngeal
area with a tongue depressor
,A 5-year old patient with acute B.
epiglottitis has just received a A patient who has a tracheostomy tube in place is unable to
tracheotomy and is returned to naturally humidify inspired gases because the natural
the emergency department for humidification processes of the body, including the nasal
monitoring. The patient is now passages and oropharynx, are bypassed. In this case, providing
breathing through a heated humidity, which can make up the entire humidity deficit,
tracheostomy tube. Which of is paramount.
the following is most important
at this time?
A. keep the tracheostomy tube
cuff inflated
B. provide heated humidity
C. mechanical ventilatory
support
D. provide cool aerosol therapy
, A 6-ft, 2-in (188-cm) Caucasian B.
male has inexplicably become Because the profile fits a spontaneous pneumothorax (white,
tachypneic. Tracheal deviation tall, male), the patient most likely does not have significant fluid
to the left is noted. A chest to drain from the pleural spaces. Thus, the tube may be placed
radiograph confirms a in a higher position - 2nd interspace, mid-clavicular line. Since
pneumothorax and chest tube the trachea is deviated to the left, the pneumothorax is
placement is ordered. The indicated on the right.
respiratory therapist should
recommend placement of chest
tubes in the
A. right side 5th interspace,
mid-clavicular line.
B. right side, 2nd interspace,
mid-clavicular line.
C. left side, 2nd interspace,
mid-axillary line.
D. left side, 5th interspace, mid-
axillary line.
A 6-minute walk test is used to A.
evaluate A 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is a way of evaluating a patient's
A. a patient's physical stamina physical performance ability, especially given certain
and aerobic endurance. cardiopulmonary limitations. The test evaluates the distance a
B. pulmonary ventilatory ability. person can walk in 6 minutes. This is known as a 6-minute walk
C. PF ratio. distance (6MWD).
D. Oxygen desaturation
tendency.
