If the high pressure alarm goes off on the vent, which of the following should you consider: 1. Pneumothorax 2. Secretions 3. Patient disconnect 4. Leak in the vent circuit

A patient suffering from postoperative complications has been receiving mechanical ventilation for 6 days with a volume ventilator. A heat-moisture exchanger (HME) is providing control over humidification and airway temperature. Over the past 24 hr, the patient’s secretions have decreased in quantity but are thicker and more purulent. Which of the following actions would you suggest at this time?

When is applied PEEP advocated in the presence of auto-PEEP?

Using the above patient scenario 1: Task: 2.  Calculate the patient’s static compliance

A ventilator has separate rate and VT controls. If you set a VT of 600 ml and a respiratory rate of 12/min in the continuous mandatory ventilation mode, what will the minute ventilation be?

Using the above patient scenario 1: Task: 3.  Calculate the patient’s airway resistance

A chest x-ray was obtained on a patient complaining of shortness of breath.    The patient has:

Identify how to fix the problem represented in the following graphic:

If the pressure waveform of a ventilator remains the same when a patient’s lung mechanics change, then what is the ventilator?  

Which of the following medications may work, in part, by improving the oral absorption of other pain medicines?