What is the normal P(A-a) 02 range while breathing room air? 

A patient who is suffering from Myasthenia Gravis would be expected to have ________ muscle weakness. 

A 27-year-old is brought to the emergency department by paramedics following a drug overdose. The patient is obtunded. Arterial Blood Gases are drawn on room air.  ABG Results:  pH 7.24 PaC02 60 mm Hg Pa02 65 mm Hg HC03 26 mEq/L What is the A-a gradient for this patient?

This question is in three parts. The image below is a Voges-Proskauer test result for two bacterial strains labeled A and B:   a.  Which of the bacterial strains is exhibiting a positive result? b.  What is the name of the product whose presence is indicated by the result? c.  Why are the biochemical characteristics indicated by the positive result of this and the methyl red test useful (be specific)?

What exactly is a “bacterial lawn”? What is the use for a bacterial lawn?

This question is in three parts. Here is a motility test result: a.   Does this result indicate a negative or positive test for motility? b.   Why is motility considered a virulence factor? c.   What can you conclude from this result?

You are educating your patient on postural drainage. How would you describe the Reverse Trendelenburg Position to them?

Match the named microscope item with its description:

When evaluating the outcomes of the patient’s use of incentive spirometry, the respiratory therapist knows that which parameter is an unexpected outcome of the therapy?

 The respiratory therapist is demonstrating incentive spirometry to a 5-year-old patient and the family postoperatively. Which outcome should the respiratory therapist tell them is the greatest advantage of incentive spirometry?