A patient with ARDS is currently on the following ventilator settings: Mode – AC/VC Total Rate – 18 breaths/min Rate –  18 breaths/min Exhaled VT – 290 ml VT – 300 ml VE – 5.22 L/min PEEP – 10 cm H2O PIP – 40 cm H2O FIO2 – 1.0 Plateau – 30 cm H2O The patient’s physician wants to place the patient on A/C pressure control. What pressure settings should be selected for A/C pressure control?

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What mode of ventilation is used where the practitioner sets the ideal body weight and the ventilator pre-determines the minute ventilation and adjust the level of support based on the patient’s ventilatory effort?  

What is the recommended range for the tidal volume for the initial ventilator settings in the volume control mode in a patient with ARDS?

A resident asks you to identify which of the basic modes of ventilation on an ICU ventilator will permit spontaneous breathing for a patient with neuromuscular disease. You would select: 1. A/C 2. SIMV 3. PSV 4. CMV

The patient is on the following ventilator setting and parameters:   Mode – AC/PCV PIP – 22 cm H2O Rate – 14 breaths/min Total rate – 20 breaths/min Pressure – 22 cm H2O VE – 8 L/min PEEP – 5 cm H2O FIO2 – 0.60   What kind of pressure control is driving this mode?

What can cause the problem represented in the following graphic: I. Leaks in circuit II. Water vent circuit III. Inappropriate sensitivity setting IV. Bronchospasm

An unstable post code patient comes to the ER. You wish to put on  the ventilator. Which settings would you use?Patient data: 77 y/o female, 60 kg (IBW), possible COPD

A patient has become anxious on SIMV but the physician want still continue weaning. What should the respiratory therapist recommend at this time?

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