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What is the most optimal therapy for home care pulmonary hygiene therapy for a patient with cystic fibrosis?

A pediatric patient is on continuous mechanical ventilation intubated with a 6.0 endotracheal tube (ETT). What size suction catheter should the respiratory therapist select to decrease the risk of hypoxemia during suctioning?  

To decrease ventilator associated pneumonias, what suction catheter should be used when suctioning a patient on CMV?

While manually ventilating the patient, chest rise cannot be seen. What should the practitioner do at this time?   I. Reposition the head in a sniffing position II. Hyper extend the head III. Place patient in the recovery position IV. Insert a oropharyngeal airway (OPA)

What are the indications for an oropharyngeal airway?   I. Fascilitate suctioning II. Keeps the tongue from falling back III. Use to keep the nasopharynx patent IV. Used as temporary bite block

What actions must be taken when suctioning a patient endotracheally on CMV?   I. Lubricate the suction catheter II. Hyper-oxygenate III. Use a open suction catheter IV. Orally suction prior to endotracheal suctioning  

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The physician orders the patient to be started on Heparin infusion for DVT using the Heparin Protocol below. The patient weighs 176 lbs.   Weight Based Heparin Protocol: Give the patient a bolus of heparin 80 units/kg (Use Stock: Heparin sodium 10,000 Units/mL for IV use). Start Heparin infusion to run at 18 units/kg/hr (Use standard concentration: 25,000 units heparin in 250 mL D5W). Check aPTT in 6 hours after infusion started. Adjust heparin therapy based on the table below. Heparin Protocol aPTT results Bolus or Hold Change Infusion Rate Order aPTT lab again PTT < 35 Bolus 80 units/kg Increase by 4 units/kg/hr  6 hours after bolus PTT 36-45 Bolus 40 units/kg Increase by 3 units/kg/hr  6 hours after bolus PTT 46-56 None Increase by 2 units/kg/hr 6 hours after an increase PTT 57-75 None No change In the morning and daily PTT 76-90 None Decrease by 2 units/kg/hr  6 hours after a decrease PTT 90-120 Hold infusion 1 hr Decrease by 3 units/kg/hr  6 hours after a decrease PTT > 120 Hold infusion 2 hr Decrease by 4 units/kg/hr  6 hours after a decrease   How many units is the initial heparin infusion dosage (Use 2 above)? Record your answer as a whole number. __________ units/hr

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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid are both federally funded programs that provide housing assistance and childcare subsidies to low-income families.