A patient has a cardiac output of 6 L/min and a heart rate of 70 bpm. What is his stroke volume?

What condition would cause a high-pressure alarm to be triggered while on CMV?

An intubated patient receiving conventional ventilation has orders for high frequency oscillatory ventilation. Where should the therapist set the mean airway pressure on the new mode? Mode –  AC Total Rate – 20 breaths/min Rate – 20 breaths/min Exhaled VT – 350 ml Pressure – 30 cm H2O VE – 7 L/min PEEP – 10 cm H2O PIP – 30 cm H2O FIO2 – 1.0 MAP – 17 cm H2O

What part of the pleura-vac should the respiratory therapist assess for an active pneumothorax?

A patient is now orally intubated on CMV secondary to head trauma due to MVC. The patient’s ICP  is at 15 mmHg and the physician would like the therapist to hyperventilate the patient to help decrease the ICP. Hyperventilation should be accomplished to bring PaCO2 levels between:

What is the most common pulmonary risk when inserting a central venous catheter via the subclavian vein?

An adult male patient is intubated with a 7.5 ETT. Current settings are as follows   Mode – AC/VC Total Rate – 15 breaths/min Rate – 15 breaths/min PIP – 10 cm H2O VT – 500 ml Exhaled VT – 300 ml PEEP – 10 cm H2O SpO2 – 85% FIO2 – 1.0   What should the therapist do?

What mode of ventilation is this patient on:  

Autopeep due to air trapping on continuous mechanical ventilation is also known as:

Based on the end-tidal CO2 waveform, C-D represent?