SIMV Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

TMC Exam B Questions Correctly Answered 2024. A patient with a PBW of 55 kg (121 lb) is receiving VC, A/C ventilation. Ventilator settings and blood gas analysis results are: FIO2 0.70 Mandatory rate 14 VT 350 mL PEEP 5 cm H2O pH 7.35 PaCO2 35 mm Hg PaO2 40 mm Hg HCO3- 19 mEq/L BE -6 mEq/L SO2 (calc) 74% A respiratory therapist should recommend A. changing to SIMV mode. B. increasing to 10 cm H2O PEEP. C. changing to 5 cm H2O CPAP. D. increasing to 400 mL VT. -...

ATI MED SURG RESPIRATORY1- A nurse is reviewing the discharge instruction for a client who is recovering from pneumonia. Which of the following statements should the nurse make? -“You should avoid crowed areas.” 2- A nurse in an emergency department is assessing a client who has a flail chest from blunt chest trauma. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect: (SATA) -Cyanosis -Dyspnea -Paradoxical chest movement 3- A nurse is caring for an adolescent with cystic...

List 5 techniques included as part of a pulmonary rehabilitation program. correct answer: Pursed lip breathing, diaphramatic breathing training, cough control technique, excersise conditioning, nutritional balance What is initial setting for EPAP on NPPV? correct answer: 4-6 cmH2O What are 2 objectives of a pulmonary rehabilitation program? correct answer: To help control medical symptoms of respiratory impairment, teach patient how to carry out daily living activities What are 6 eva...

Who is considered to be the "father of medicine"? correct answers Hippocrates In 1662, a chemist published a book that described the relationship between gas, volume, and pressure. What was the chemist's name? correct answers Robert Boyle Who discovered oxygen in 1774 and described it as "dephlogisticated air"? correct answers Joseph Priestley Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pressures for a gas mixture? correct answers John Dalton Who was the first scien...

Med Surg Capstone Questions-Bank 2024| 100% Correct 300 Questions and Answers/Verified Answers A nurse is caring for a patient who was intubated because of respiratory failure. The patient is now receiving mechanical ventilation with a preset tidal volume and number of breaths each minute. The patient has the ability to breathe spontaneously between the ventilator breaths with no ventilator assistance. The nurse should document the ventilator setting as: [Correct Ans: - synchronized intermi...

A 48 year-old female is admitted to the ED with diaphoresis, jugular venous distension, and 3+ pitting edema in the ankles. These findings are consistent with - correct answer heart failure A patient is admitted to the ED following a motor vehicle accident. On physical exam, the respiratory therapist discovers that breath sounds are absent in the left chest with a hyperresonant percussion note. The trachea is shifted to the right. The patient's heart rate is 45/min, respiratory rate is 30/...

A premature infant receiving positive pressure ventilation exhibits acute respiratory distress, asymmetrical chest motion, and hypotension. Which of the following procedures would you initially recommend? -capillary heal stick -arterial blood gas -A-P chest radiograph -chest transillumination. Ans- chest transillumination * quickly detects a pneumothorax. Affected side lights up. You need to transport several contaminated nondisposable ventilator circuits from a patient unit to an equip...

The nurse notes each time the mechanical ventilator delivers a breath to a client with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the peak inspiratory pressure alarm sounds. What is the nurse’s best intervention?A client has a new tracheostomy, on a mechanical ventilator with the following settings: SIMV, rate of 12, TV 800, FIo2 80% and PEEP of 5 cmH20. Which assessment finding requires immediate action by the nurse?The nurse palpates the posterior chest while the client says “99” and no...

TMC PRACTICE QUESTIONS A- KETTERING EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023 (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS) 1. A 48 year-old female is admitted to the ED with diaphoresis, jugular venous distension, and 3+ pitting edema in the ankles. These findings are consistent with A. liver failure. B. pulmonary embolism. C. heart failure. D. electrolyte imbalances. ANSWER - C. heart failure. 2. A patient is admitted to the ED following a motor vehicle accident. On physical exam, the respiratory therapist discovers...

The nurse notes each time the mechanical ventilator delivers a breath to a client with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the peak inspiratory pressure alarm sounds. What is the nurse’s best intervention?A client has a new tracheostomy, on a mechanical ventilator with the following settings: SIMV, rate of 12, TV 800, FIo2 80% and PEEP of 5 cmH20. Which assessment finding requires immediate action by the nurse?The nurse palpates the posterior chest while the client says “99” and no...