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An order is written for a patient to receive a nebulizer treatment tid. This means the patient will get 4 treatments a day.

A Respimat inhaler uses a tension spring to deliver its dose of medication.

You are the RT covering ICU when you hear a Rapid Response call on the floor. After 30 minutes, the RT supervisor comes to ICU to give you the following report on the patient from the Rapid Response:The 56-year-old male patient has a history of smoking, hypercholesterolemia, and cardiomegaly. Vital signs showed a BP of 88/35, a HR of 140 and 12-lead EKG showed tachycardia with 5-10 runs of ventricular tachycardia. Patient’s skin color is mottled and he was complaining of chest pain which radiated into his left shoulder. The RT supervisor informs you the patient is being transferred to ICU for further care. What type of shock is this patient exhibiting?

You are the RT, called to the Emergency room, for a patient who needs a continuous nebulizer treatment of albuterol for a patient with status asthmaticus. The doctor has ordered 20mg of albuterol over 2 hours. In the Pyxis, there are 1.25mg unit doses of albuterol available. How many unit dose vials of medication will you have to place in the nebulizer to administer what the doctor has ordered?

Potassium can decrease and blood glucose can increase with the use of continuous nebulization of beta agonist.

Which of the following scenarios represent functions.   A person’s age is used to look up their favorite color.(Example: Age 10 – Blue, Age 10 – Green, Age 11- Pink etc.)

SHORT ESSAY #1: Choose ONE of the following terms and write a short essay (1-2 full, robust paragraphs with a paragraph defined as at least 5 sentences) using information from readings, textbook materials, lectures, and author videos that clearly identifies and explains the term AND gives the significance in proper historical context. Vague or overly brief essays without noted significance cannot receive more than half credit. A. Philip Randolph Office of War Mobilization Executive Order 9066

Write a quadratic equation in vertex form, that opens upward and has a vertex at the point (2,-7)

SHORT ESSAY #2 Choose ONE of the following terms and write a short essay (1-2 full, robust paragraphs with a paragraph defined as at least 5 sentences) using information from readings, textbook materials, lectures, and author videos that clearly identifies and explains the term AND gives the significance in proper historical context. Vague or overly brief essays without noted significance cannot receive more than half credit. Jimmie Lee Jackson Literacy tests Lyndon Johnson’s speech for Voting Rights Act

Hand-written work for all tests and the final exam that is not submitted on time, correctly, or not submitted at all will receive a grade of zero.