During the initial treatment, a PEP device is set to deliver a pressure of 15 cmH2O.  The patient complains of dyspnea and can maintain exhalation only for a short period of time  Which of the following should the RT recommend?

The most common problem associated with lung expansion therapy when the patient breathes too ___________. leading to the onset of respiratory _______________, 

Percussion should NOT be performed over which of the following areas?1. Surgery sites2. Bony prominences3. Fractured ribs

Primary pulmonary purposes for turning patient include which of the following?  Pick all that Apply

Which of the following are true about the FET?  Pick all that apply

List the two general approaches(Devices/Therapy) (internal and/or external) to high-frequency compression/oscillation of the chest wall.

How can physisorption be distinguished from chemisorption? 

Which of the following conditions are associated with chronic production of large volumes of sputum?  Pick All that apply

Case StudyA 60-year-old professor who has a colon resection for an interstinal tumor is receiving incentive spirometry to help expand his lungs.  You are asked to assess the patient for retained secretions.  Auscultation reveals coarse rhonchi bilaterally in the upper lobes.  A few scattered crackes are heard in the bases.  SpO2 on room air is 94%.  The patient states he is unable to cough up anything “because it hurst too much.”1.  What technique could you use to decrease the pain associated with cough in a postoperative patient?2.  What type of cough would you teach this patient?

The Langmuir adsorption isotherm is derived based on the assumption that: