You are assisting in the PFT lab and are performing a spirom…

You are assisting in the PFT lab and are performing a spirometry test on a patient. After the patient performs the test, you notice their flow-volume loop looks like the image below. The solid black line shows the patient’s effort while the blue dash line shows a “normal” flow-volume loop.Based on the image of the flow-volume loop, what do you assume is going on with your patient?

You are assisting in the PFT lab and are performing a spirom…

You are assisting in the PFT lab and are performing a spirometry test on a patient. After the patient performs the test, you notice their flow-volume loop looks like the image below. The solid black line shows the patient’s effort while the blue dash line shows a “normal” flow-volume loop. Based on the image and shape of the flow-volume loop, what do you suspect the patient having?

You are a respiratory therapist working the emergency room a…

You are a respiratory therapist working the emergency room and go to shock room one to perform a ventilator-patient assessment on Mr. Smith, who is on PC AC mode.  You note that Mr. Smith looks a bit uncomfortable and see the following on the ventilator: rise time_.png What can be done to help Mr. Smith become more comfortable with the ventilator?