An RT working in the NICU of a 300 bed hospital has noted that Baby Woo is exhibiting apnea spells resulting in bradycardia, the RT should:

A respiratory therapist is administering 3.0 mL of 10% Mucomyst in 2 mL of NS via a small volume nebulizer, the RT hears bilateral wheezing and the patient is complaining of dyspnea. What action should the RT take at this time?

At 1 minute after birth, a newborn infant exhibits the following: heart rate of 65/min, a slow and irregular respiratory rate, some muscle flexion, a grimace when nasally suctioned, and a pink body with blue extremities. What is the infant’s 1-minute Apgar score?

How many cycles per minute is 15 Hertz?

Heated humidification should be used with:

What is the end of the shoe lace called?

Mr. Pibb was a soft drink created by the Coca-Cola Company to compete with what other soft drink?

A suction cannister from the bronchoscopy suite was used for a patient with HIV. How should a respiratory therapist dispose of the cannister?

The physician has ordered a capillary blood gas to be performed on a 34 week gestational age new born who has been placed on a 35% oxyhood. The following are the results from the CBG: pH 7.34, PcCO2 45 mmHg, PcO2 83 mmHg, HCO3 23 mEq/L and BE -1 mEq/L. The neonates SpO2 is 99%. What should the respiratory therapist recommend at this time?

A patient who is being mechanically ventilated is severely hypotensive and is receiving a continuous dopamine HCL infusion for a B/P of 73/46 mmHg. The waveform and the saturation value on the SpO2 monitor are inconsistent, which of the following would be the respiratory therapist best course of action?