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A patient complaining of dyspnea and swollen extremities is in the ER has the following vitals and laboratory values: HR – 125 bpm Na – 145 mEq/L BUN – 45 mEq/L pH – 7.15 RR – 35 breaths/min K – 5 mEq/L Cr – 3.5 mEq/L PaCO2 – 30 torr BP – 145/90 mmHg Cl – 105 mEq/L PaO2 – 95 torr Temp – 37 c CO2 – 24 mEq/L HCO3 – 16 mEq/L What is likely the problem?

When a newborn needs to be transported via an air transport, which gas laws apply to oxygenation and ventilation?   I. Dalton’s Law II. Henry’s Law III. Charle’s Law IV. Boyle’s Law

A micro premie of 24 weeks of gestation was intubated and placed on mechanical ventilation. What is the best environment should this newborn be placed in the NICU?

A newborn baby boy has congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). The patient needs to be transported to the nearest hospital with pediatric surgery 200 miles away. What mode of transportation is preferred at this distance?

You were called for a high risk delivery due to fetal HR decelerations. The neonate was delivered with 1 minute APGAR assessed with pink chest and slight acrocyanosis, pulse at 130 bpm, Strong grimace and crying, kicking and arms fully flexed and respirations at 45 breaths/min. What should be done next:

When servicing an ABG analyzer, the Sans reference electrode is reading outside of the standard deviation. What does this electrode measure?

A newborn was placed in a oxyhood with 0.30 oxygen via blender and the flowmeter set at 6 lpm. To assure that the oxygen concentration is exact, an analyzer is ordered for continuous monitoring. What must be done prior to analysis?

An adult patient currently is on an air entrainment mask of 35% FIO2 running at 10 LPM. What is the total flow the patient is receiving?

A premature newborn was  placed on high flow nasal cannula. The patient is receiving 0.65 FIO2 at a flow rate of 5 LPM. An ABG was obtained via umbilical arterial catheter with the following results:pH          7.36PaCO2     45 mmHgPaO2      46 mmHgHCO3     25 mEq/LBE          0.5 mEq/LWhat can be suggested at this time?

**As the respiratory therapist enters a newborn’s room, she notices that the bubbling has stopped on the bubble CPAP the patient is receiving. What is the most common cause the of this occurrence?