A 168-cm (5-ft 6-in), 62-kg (136-lb) 39-year-old female is receiving PC, A/C ventilation.  The following data are available:   FIO2           0.40 Mandatory rate         15 Total rate         15 Set inspiratory pressure         20 cm H2O Exhaled VT       620 mL I:E           1:4 PEEP         10 cm H2O     pH            7.52 PaCO2          26 mm Hg PaO2        110 mm Hg HCO3-          21 mEq/L BE            0 mEq/L SaO2 (calc)           98%   A respiratory therapist should?

If you are ventilating in A/C P/C and the lung compliance decreases, which of the following would you expect?

A patient with right lower lobe pneumonia has been turned so that the left lung is down, what would you expect to happen if you are ventilating in VC?

You have a patient with an obstructive lung disease in A/C V/C, it is noted that intrinsic peep (auto peep) is 10. How can you fix this problem?

Which of the following patient’s would need a fast flow?

If you are ventilating in A/C P/C and the lung compliance decreases, which of the following would you expect?

A 168-cm (5-ft 6-in), 62-kg (136-lb) 39-year-old female is receiving PC, A/C ventilation.  The following data are available:   FIO2           0.40 Mandatory rate         15 Total rate         15 Set inspiratory pressure         20 cm H2O Exhaled VT       620 mL I:E           1:4 PEEP         10 cm H2O     pH            7.52 PaCO2          26 mm Hg PaO2        110 mm Hg HCO3-          21 mEq/L BE            0 mEq/L SaO2 (calc)           98%   A respiratory therapist should?

Which of the following disrupt(s) the nerve impulse transmission in myasthenia gravis? 

Which of the following patient’s would need a fast flow?

A 58-year-old male presents to the ED with a chief complaint of acute chest pain.  Which of the following diagnostic tests should be done FIRST?