A patient on CMV has new orders for bronchodilator treatment Q4H. What mode of therapy should the practitioner set-up?

A 35 y/o, 70 kg patient is recieving pressure controlled ventilation in the ICU following a motor vehicle crash. The following data are available:Mode                     SIMV                      pH            7.31FIO2                      0.50                         PaCO2        59 torrMandatory rate     14                            PaO2           65 torrExhaled VT           500 ml                     HCO3      29 mEq/LPEEP                    10 cmH2O                BE           +4 mEq/LPIP                        35 cmH2O               SaO2            89%I:E                         1:2The respiratory therapist should recommend changing the:

A brachial arterial blood gas was performed due to a poor collateral circulation. Pressure at the site should be applied foor:

If the inspiratory time was decreased during pressure-controlled ventilation, the respiratory therapist should expect which of the following to increase?

While evaluating a patient’s chest with percussion, the respiratory therapist notes a dull or flat sound in the right middle lobe only. This suggest that:

Examine the data, syntax, and chart provided below, and choose the appropriate keyword arguments for the plot method. Data:  Syntax: gdf.plot(x=” “, y=” “, kind=” “) # Prevent scientific notation on y-axis import matplotlib.ticker as ticker plt.gca().yaxis.set_major_formatter(ticker.StrMethodFormatter(‘{x:,.0f}’)) plt.show() Chart: 

A respiratory therapist administered incentive spirometry therapy to a postoperative patient within an 8-hour period. The therapist should report which of the following to the in-coming shift therapist.I. Patient’s compliance with treatmentII. Patient’s inspiratory capacityIII. Resting tidal volume of the patientIV. Auscultatory findings

Review the sample code and output below. Select the correct syntax for the fourth code line which should return True as shown in the output.  ask_state = input(“Enter state for COVID-19 information: “) states_list = df.state.unique() print(states_list) print( ___ in ___) # complete this syntax Output: Enter state for COVID-19 information: Texas True

Which of the following ECG precordial lead should be placed in the left mid-axillary line about 5th intercostal space?

To optimize the aerosol deposition during bronchodilator therapy with an MDI, a respiratory therapist should instruct a patient in which of the following breathing patterns?  Inspiratory flow           Inspiratory volume       End-inspiratory Hold