As an environmentally minded consumer, you want to think about the best options for a diet healthy for you and the environment. Which of the following would you NOT have to consider in your plan?

Most of the livestock grown in North America are

Which of the following are indications for hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO)?  I.    carbon monoxide poisoning  II.   cardiac arrest III.  diabetic wound care                                    IV.  pneumonia

If the patient above had a RR 12 bpm and a VT .500 L, would this device deliver adequate flow to meet the patient’s inspiratory needs? HINT: (Ve = RR x VT)

A patient is being transported with oxygen via nasal cannula at 3 lpm to radiology for a chest x-ray (CXR).  The E cylinder  has a psig of 1750.  How long would you expect the cylinder to last until empty?

What is a fire triangle?

Describe the monoplace and multiplace (HBO) chambers.

A patient with chronic hypercapnia placed on an FIO2 of 0.6 starts hypoventilating.  What is a possible cause of the phenomenon?

A physician orders supplemental O2 for a patient through a nasal cannula at a flow of 12 L/min.  When you ask what the goal is, the physician states that the patient should receive about 60% O2.  Which of the following should you recommend?

You note that the air intake ports surrounding the jet of a 35% air-entrainment mask are partially obstructed by the patient’s bedding.      Which of the following would you expect?  I. decrease in the device’s total output flow                                                      II. increase in the percent O2 delivered by the device                                    III. increase in air entrainment