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You are called to the emergency department. Upon arrival, you assess an unconscious 40-year-old female with multiple severe facial bleeding injuries. Which of the following would be the best method to secure an airway?

An alert patient with long-term need for a tracheostomy tube (because of RECURRENT ASPIRATION) is having difficulty communicating with the staff. Which of the following would you recommend to help this patient communicate better?

After determining a patient has a complete obstruction of an oral endotracheal tube, your efforts to relief the obstruction by moving the patient’s head and neck and deflating the cuff both fail. What should be your next step?

What is the correct sequence of steps to extubate an orotracheally intubated patient?

Which of the following patients is at greatest risk for developing auto-PEEP during mechanical ventilation?

When applying the 5 steps of the patient-ventilator interaction, which step requires you to interpret the patient’s physiology?

Which of the following provides clinicians with measured or calculated data related to ventilatory support over time?

While preparing to assist with a chest tube insertion, a respiratory therapist learns that pleurodesis will follow. Which of the following additional equipment should the therapist provide?

Your patient’s clinical status abruptly changes and the alarms on the ventilator are sounding. What is/are the first step(s) you should take?

What is the purpose of the tracheostomy tube obturator?