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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

While treating a CF patient with chest physiotherapy the respiratory therapist notes the patient has become very short of breath. What action should be taken at this time?

Why are infants and children highly vulnerable to head injury?I. Their head is large and heavy compared with the rest of the body.II. Lack of supervised play time.III. They tend to fall.IV. They tend to move too fast.

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.