IPPB should be terminated if the patient displays which of the following: marked increase in heart rate coughing up bright red blood significant hypotension development of mental confusion development of substernal pain

An exudate fluid is usually clear in color.

Which of the following are not likely to benefit from the application of chest physical therapy techniques? Patients with acute exacerbations of COPD Patient with pneumonia but no sputum production Patient with status asthmaticus Patients with lobar atelectasis

A patient exhibits persistent stridor after a fiberoptic bronchoscopy procedure. Which of the following would you recommend?

If a patient’s chest x-ray shows infiltrates in the posterior basal segments of the lower lobes, what postural drainage position would you recommend?

A physician asks your advice on how best to improve bronchopulmonary clearance in a 17-year-old cystic fibrosis patient with copious secretions.  Which of the following would you recommend?

In the Bird Mark 7 or 8 IPPB devices, bypassing the venturi (by pushing the “air-mix” control IN) will have which of the following effects?           a decrease in available flow during inspiration        an increase in the end-inspiratory pressure        delivery of 100% source gas to the patient

The following is true regarding transtracheal aspiration A catheter is inserted through the cricothyroid membrane into the trachea Can be used to provide emergency ventilation Specimens are useful in diagnosing Legionnaires disease Used as a routine method of sputum removal for patients who cannot cough

The expiratory phase of a patient who is receiving an IPPB treatment is best described by which of the following?

During autogenic drainage, when should patients be encouraged to cough?