10-point question Complete both of the following explanations.     a. Explain how someone becomes a member of the Board of Governors.     b. Explain who serves on the FOMC and indicate which members are voting members.

The following data have been collected from a 70 kg (154 lb) patient receiving  volume-controlled ventilation. VENT SETTINGS Mode AC Vent RR 12 Vt 550 ml FI02 0.8 PEEP  10 cm H20 ABG RESULTS pH 7.37 PaCO2 42 torr Pa02 161 torr HCO3 25 mEq/L BE 0 Which of the following ventilator setting changes should the respiratory therapist recommend?

Sustained maximal inspiratory maneuvers performed with an incentive spirometer would be most effective in the:

A patient has just been intubated, and the CO2 detector placed on the proximal end of hte ETT reads 1.5%.  The respiratory therapist should suspect which of the following?

The respiratory therapist has received an order to deliver IPPB to a patient with head trauma.  What modifications in therapy may benefit the patient? 1. A higher flow rate 2. Use lower peak pressure 3. Set the sensitivity to -5 cm H20 4. A lower flow rate

The following data are collected from an infant receiving pressure-controlled ventilation: VENT SETTINGS Mode PC-IMV Vent RR 35 Ispiratory pressure 26 cm H20 FI02 0.4 PEEP  6 cm H20 ABG RESULTS pH 7.27 PaCO2 52 torr Pa02 47 torr HCO3 22 mEq/L The respiratory therapist should recommend which of the following?

Which of the following conditions will result in the decrease of the static lung compliance?

Intubation attempts should be limited to the following:

Upon arrival to a code blue, the following rhythm is observed: What is the necessary immediate action?

Sustained maximal inspiratory maneuvers performed with an incentive spirometer would be most effective in the: