· An infant brought to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) presents with cyanosis and upper airway obstruction relieved by crying with improvement in color. Suspecting choanal atresia, the best action is to:

A term infant is being invasively ventilated in pressure-targeted SIMV mode of ventilation, set rate is 16, PIP pressure is 18, PEEP 4, inspiratory time is 0.4, and FIO2 is .30, and the physician would like to wean the infant from the ventilator. The clinician has tried turning the patient’s set rate on SIMV down to 10 breaths/minute, but the infant immediately becomes tachypneic and desaturates to 85%. Which of the following should be done at this time?

Which ventilator approach would be good for a 10-year-old boy with severe ARDS who is spontaneously breathing while undergoing ventilation?

Which clinical interventions are  USED to treat complications of sickle cell anemia? Pick all that Apply

Which of the following activities represent play-related aggression?

Snickers, a medium-to-large mixed-breed dog, likes camping and hiking with his owners. On a recent hike, however, Snickers got overexcited and ran ahead, ignoring his owner’s whistles and calls. What Snickers thought was an endless run in the woods ended at a sudden drop, resulting in broken bones and a punctured lung. The good news is that, after surgery, it is expected that Snickers will have a long—but nearly complete—recovery. But in this first phase of recovery, he requires a stint of total parenteral nutrition. (a) Which site is most appropriate for Snickers’s TPN? (b) Describe not only body position, but also other strategies you would use to maximize visibility of this particular blood vessel.

· Which of the following are true concerning a congenital diaphragmatic hernia?o I.Pulmonary hypoplasia is present in both lungs.o II.Persistent pulmonary hypertension is the main complication.o III.Surgical correction results in complete reversal of the respiratory distress.o IV.CDH formation is a defect that occurs very early in gestational age.o V.The right lung (contralateral side) is not usually affected.

_______________ is a procedure that may be used to diagnose or treat pleural filling defects (pneumothorax or pleural effusion).

Snickers’s veterinarian decides to use the Seldinger guidewire technique, and he asks you to premeasure the required distance for the catheter’s insertion. Is this possible with the Seldinger technique? And if so, what is the correct distance, and how can it be premeasured?

The veterinarian looks at Drummer and says she’s about 2 months old. List the tasks that should be accomplished in Drummer’s initial visit.