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A respiratory therapist has been assigned to administer ACT to a patient with acute lobar atelectasis. What should the RT consider to determine the length and frequency of the treatment?I. Most pediatric patients require ACTs for at least 60 minutes.II. ACT is rarely needed more than every 4 hours.III. ACT orders should be evaluated at least every 48 hours for patients in the ICU.IV. ACT for patients with atelectasis due to CF requires at least 30 to 45 minutes.

A patient with an excessive amount of secretions and atelectasis has been receiving ACT. What is the most common complication from this therapy?

An 18-month-old patient brought to the emergency department is exhibiting signs and symptoms consistent with an acute asthma episode and is administered a beta-2 agonist to which the patient does not respond favorably. Which of the following conditions could be responsible for this patient’s problem?

An 10-year-old patient is brought to the emergency department after being pulled from an apartment fire. They are receiving oxygen via nasal cannula at 4 L/minute. The following data from an arterial blood gas is observed: pH 7.33PaCO2 31 mmHgPaO2. 150 mmHgHCO3- 20 mEq/LSpO2 100%COHb 22%The respiratory therapist should recommend which of the following:

The respiratory therapist is treating a hypoxemic child with a nasal cannula at 3 L/minute. However, after few hours the child becomes tachypneic, demonstrates shallow breathing, and becomes hypoxemic. What should the therapist do at this time?

Which of the following anatomic considerations in children are important to better understand trauma in this age group?I. Children have less body fat.II. Children have a small surface area relative to volume.III. Children’s skeletons are more pliable.IV. Children have a greater distribution of force per unit body area of smaller body mass.

Which of the following factors provide infants and young children protection against head trauma by allowing a degree of expansion of the cranial volume?I. Reduced cranial weightII. Less cranial ossificationIII. Presence of fontanelsIV. The skull is less elastic

What occurs to the victim during drowning after the victim has been immersed in water to the point of becoming hypercarbic, acidemic, and worsening hypoxia?

How should the therapist interpret an amniotic fluid index (AFI) of 5 cm?

The respiratory therapist is attending a term labor of a woman diagnosed with gestational diabetes. The baby is very large for gestational age. What metabolic disturbances should be considered?I. HyperglycemiaII. HypocalcemiaIII. HyperkalemiaIV. Hypoglycemia