A patient present in the emergency room with ALOC, weakness and jaundice. The respiratory therapist should check this patient’s:

When assessing for orientation, what should the practitioner ask the patient? I. Can you blink your eyes? II. Do you know your name? III. Do you know where you are? IV. Do you know what month is is?

A patient with pleuritic chest pain and sudden desaturation of oxygenation is suspected of a pulmonary emboli. How should this be ruled-out (R/O)?

Which of the following chambers of the pleura-vac is assessed for an active pneumothorax?

CPR has been performed on a patient for the past 10 minutes and remain pulseless with the following EKG:     What should be done at this time?   I. Continue cardiac compression II. Give epinephrine III. Stop cardiac compression IV. Give atropine (Atropen)

A respiratory therapist would be assessing the patient’s brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) if they had what condition?

A patient is having cheyne stokes respiration. What does this breathing pattern indicate?    

A patient is receiving oxygen via HFNC at 30 lpm with an FIO2 of 50%. The patient is still exhibiting respiratory distress with the following vitals: HR – 130 bpm RR – 35 breaths/min BP – 150/90 mmHg SpO2 – 96% What should the respiratory therapist do at this time?

After 10 minutes receiving respiratory therapy to an alert patient, the patient’s level of consciousness has changed and now looks lethargic. What should the practitioner do first?

What is the meaning of the metric prefix “kilo”?