Use this information to answer the three questions below. A…
Use this information to answer the three questions below. A 58 kg (IBW) patient is being ventilated on a PB 980 ventilator with the following ventilator data: Mode: PC-SIMV FiO2: 0.50 PS: 14 cmH2O Mandatory Rate: 12 bpm Total Rate: 17 bpm PEEP: 10 cmH2O Mand Vt: 400 mL Spont Vt: 300 mL Pinsp: 25 cmH2O Ti: 1.2 sec 1. What is the patient’s peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) given these settings? cmH2O 2. What is the patient’s total minute ventilation? Lpm 3. What ventilator setting would you change to decrease the minute ventilation?