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?

You are the RT for a 10-bed NICU and have just received an order to initiate PEEP on a neonate at 4 cmH2O. Thirty minutes later, the UAC ABG on 30% reading is as follows: pH 7.41, PaCO2 43 torr, PaO2 54 torr; which of the following parameters could the RT adjust?I. increase PEEP to 6 cmH2OII. increase FiO2 from 30% to 35%III. increase PI from 22 cmH2O to 25 cmH2OIV. do nothing at this time and just continue to monitor SpO2 for another 30 minutes

Polypeptide chains act like long pieces of Scotch tape. They are prone to flip around and stick to themselves. When a polypeptide is being built by a cell, the chain of amino acids will automatically fold into a complicated three-dimensional shape. This shape, called a _____________ by biologists, is not random. The specific sequence of amino acids dictates how a protein folds itself.

Where is the site of aerobic cellular respiration within a typical human body cell?

What blood cell transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues of the body?

What organ of the body is the graveyard for old, worn-out erythrocytes?  

What is odd about the erythrocytes in this blood smear?

How many oxygen molecules can be transported by a single human erythrocyte?