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You are assisting in the PFT lab and are performing a spirometry test on a patient. After the patient performs the test, you notice their flow-volume loop looks like the image below. The solid black line shows the patient’s effort while the blue dash line shows a “normal” flow-volume loop. fixed obstruction pressure volume loop.png  Based on the image and shape of the flow-volume loop, what do you suspect the patient having?

Gentamicin 70 mg IVPB is ordered every 8 hours. The pharmacy provides Gentamicin 70 mg in 100 ml D5W to infuse over 20 minutes on an infusion pump. At what rate do you set the infusion pump in mL/hr?  (Round to the nearest whole number.)

Six days after receiving chemotherapy, the patient reports that, “My mouth feels like it’s on fire!” Which of the following is the priority nursing action?

*Continuation From Previous Question* You are an ICU respiratory therapist that is performing a ventilator-patient assessment. You check the patient’s pressure-volume loop which looks like the following: overdistention.jpg   Based on the image, what needs to be adjusted to fix this issue?

You are a ICU Respiratory Therapist working in the Medical ICU. You were in the middle of your rounds when you Mr. Campbell’s ventilator alarming continuously. You turn towards the commotion and see that Mr. Campbell, who was intubated a minute ago, has self-extubated. Once you reach the bedside, you assess that the patient is exhibiting mild stridor symptoms and has an elevated respiratory rate. Which of the following would you do based on Mr. Smith’s condition?

You have a patient on CPAP/PSV mode with the settings below:PS=5FiO2=30%PEEP=5Flow Trigger=2Rise Time=50%Patient Data listed below:Spontaneous Respiratory Rate=20Spontaneous VT= 400 mlsVe= 8 L/minI:E=1:4With the given information, what is the patient’s RSBI value?

You have a patient on HFOV with the following parametersDelta P=70 cmH2OHz=12 HzmPaw=32 cmH2OI-Time=33%Bias Flow=40 L/minAn ABG was drawn and the following were the resultspH=7.20PaCO2=60PaO2=60HCO3=22Based on the ABG results, what change if any should you make to improve the results?

This type of trigger is associated with assisted breaths and/or spontaneous breaths. With this trigger, the ventilator delivers a breath when it detects a pressure drop at the proximal airway due to the inspiratory effort of the patient and the ventilator begins the inspiratory phase. Which trigger am I referring to?

Time High on APRV and BiLEVEL mode controls what?

Jones owns a landscaping company and charges each customer $30 per lawn.  Jones hires workers at $15/hour to work together.  Besides paying wages to the workers, Jones must buy supplies at $30 per day. On Day 1, Worker 1 completes 5 lawns in an 6-hour day; on Day 2, when worker 2 is hired, they complete 12 lawns in an 6-hour day; on Day 3, when worker 3 is hired, they complete 16 lawns in an 6- hour day.   What is Jones’ profit for Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Which worker adds the most to profits?