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Which of the following would improve Cerebral Perfusion Pressure (CPP)?

Mechanical ventilation can lead to which of the following complications?

Patient with high Ppeak alarm, distress, HR 136, RR 32, SpO2 86%. First immediate action?

Your patient is in Pressure Control and you have noticed that their exhaled tidal volumes have been trending approximately 560mL, currently they are 380mL. What, if any, problem is there here?

The most reliable methos of determining whether the lungs of a patient receiving mechanical ventilation are getting stiffer and harder to ventilate is by measuring the:  

Which of the following is NOT a strategy used to reduce auto-PEEP?

You have entered a patient’s room because the high Ppeak alarm is audible. The patient is in clear distress.  They are diaphoretic and are gripping the bed rail.  Upon glancing at the monitor, you note that the BP is elevated to 148/92mmHg, the HR is now 136 bpm, the RR is 32 breaths/min, although you note the ventilator set rate is 12, and the SpO2 is 86% on 0.40 FiO2. What is your FIRST immediate action?

The following data have been collected from a patient receiving volume-controlled ventilation in the A/C mode: Vt 500ml, Rate 10/min, FiO2 0.50, PEEP 5cmH2O.  ABG values are as follows: pH 7.44, PaCO2 42 mmHg, PaO2 56 mmHg.  Based on this information what should you recommend?

This is causing your patient to have difficulty triggering the next breath on the ventilator. The sensitivity is set at -8cmH2O.  What, if any, change could you make?

Your patient is on NIV with the following settings: PS 7cmH2O, PEEP 5 cmH2O. Blood gas results are as follows: pH- 7.28, PaCO2- 52, PaO2 – 86.  What, if any changes do you want to make?