A 5’10” male patient currently on BiPAP of 15/8 cm H2O with an FIO2 0.60 has orders for intubation and CMV. ABG was obtained while on NPPV:   pH – 7.15 PaCO2 – 68 mmHg PaO2 – 48 mmHg HCO3 – 29 mEq/L BE – +4 mEq/L   What settings should be recommended for this patient?

Explain the terms exotoxin and endotoxin and list 2 characteristics of each toxin.

Thin, hair-like appendages that protrude through the cell wall of an organism and make the organism motile are:

In what chamber of the pleura-vac should the therapist assess for presence of an active pneumothorax?

Postanalytical variables in laboratory testing include:

The following is a gram-stain from a sputum sample. Quantitate the organisms and cells and determine if the sample is acceptable or unaccepable.

What cell structure is responsible for allowing bacteria to resist decolorization with acetone or alcohol?

A patient in cardiopulmonary arrest was just brought into the emergency department with suspected neck injury. How should the respiratory therapist open the airway to deliver manual breaths?

List the routes an infection may occur in the host?

Acridine orange is an example of what type of stain used in microbiology?