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Name 2 reasons for low volume alarms

Your patient is a 5’9 male What is the IBW for the patient What would be the Vt range for this patient (Pt has no pulmonary history)

The normal range for mean arterial pressure in an adult patient is what:

A patient receiving volume-controlled mechanical ventilation has a blood gas asfollows:Ph 7.35PaCO2: 51Pao2 80Which of the following should the respiratory therapist conclude?

A patient in the ICU receives oxygen by nasal cannula at 3L/min. while monitored with pulse oximetry. The pulse oximetry displays an SP02 of 75% with a heart rate of 55/minute. In order to confirm the accuracy of the pulse oximeter reading, the respiratory therapist should recommend. 

A patient with pneumonia and underlying COPD is being mechanically ventilated in the VC-CMV mode with VT 650 mL. The resulting PaCO2 is 62 mm Hg. What change should be made to the VT to obtain a desired PaCO2 of 50 mm Hg for this patient?

You are at the bedside of a newly intubated patient and receive verbal vent settings from the doctor of RR- 12, Vt-480, PEEP- 5 and Fio2 of 100%. When charting in the patients record, you notice that the order is written as PEEP of 8. What is your best course of action?

PF ratio for Pa02 of 88 and Fio2 of 60%. 

A male 5ft 9 inches is to be mechanical ventilated on VC-CMV R12 PIP 20 Peep5. After a couple of hours, you suddenly hear the high pressure alarm sound alarming.what could have been the cause of this?

A patient in the ICU has the following hemodynamic measurements:   CVP – 5mmHg PAP- 48/25mmHg PCWP- 8mmHg MAP- 93mmHg Cardiac Output- 6.1L/min Cardiac Index- 3.2L/min/m2 The results are consistent with which of the following?