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From the location demonstrated in the image below, which direction do you have to sweep/angle the beam to visualize the pancreatic tail?

You have a patient on PSV of 14, 45% FiO2 and Peep of 6. Their RR is 24 and their Vt is 450 ml. You are concerned that they might be airtrapping, how might you determine this?

Explain three variables that we can assess to see if our recruitment maneuver was successful. Also explain three contra-indications to performing a recruitment maneuver.

For the next eight questions use the case study presented below: You have just intubated and initiated ventilation on a 33 year old male brought in by paramedics. IBW is estimated at 80 kg, actual weight is 233 kg. On arrival in ER and prior to intubation he was unresponsive with a RR of 4 and barely audible breath sounds. SpO2 was 82% on NC 6lpm. The most likely reason for his poor oxygenation pre-intubation would be:

Which one of the following terms BEST describes the echotexture of the liver tissue in this image?

The patient’s oxygenation hasn’t improved after a day on the same parameters. Which diagnostic option would give us the most applicable information for this patient?

A negative issue associated with autopeep would be:

When you are scanning with the transducer in a sagittal orientation, which way is the patient’s head oriented on the ultrasound image?

You have been ventilating a 60 kg IBW patient on the parameters displayed below for the last 12 hours. What lung injury risk is the largest concern?

An indication that a patient is being affected by Barotrauma would be: