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A patient with pulmonary fibrosis comes to the emergency department with an SpO2 of 90% and a RR of 18 breaths/min. The patient is unsure whether her transtracheal catheter set on 2 LPM is working properly.  What is the respiratory therapist first action?

A patient with an acute asthma exacerbation comes to your emergency department.  She is discovered to have a HR – 119, RR – 34, SpO2 of 86% with room air. On the basis of your assessment, which oxygen-delivery device would you select for the patient?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1srm4TgD3DJTEtzjc7q_x1cELM-6CGunUAkd7QVkokYo/edit?gid=2081048768#gid=2081048768 DC quick fact

The area of a square is equal to the measurement of the side squared.

The ceiling of a house has an area of 23.5 sq yd. What is the area in square feet? [BLANK-1]

Volume can be found sometimes by multiplying the area of one surface by the depth of the figure from that surface.

Is there a difference in the population mean time spent watching tv per day for men and women? The p-value was 0.07. What can be said about the 90% confidence interval for the population mean difference?

A nutritionist was interested in studying American’s opinions about healthy eating. One hundred randomly selected people who were starting a diet were asked if they ate three servings of whole grains a day. After six months, the same 100 people were asked if they ate three servings of whole grains a day. What is the value of the test statistic?   Six months later “Yes, ate whole grains” Six months later “No, did not” Initial Response “Yes, ate whole grains” 26 25 Initial Response “No did not” 17 32

Researchers want to determine if there is a connection between choice of musical instruments and gender. They want to see if the proportion of men (m) who play the flute is different from the proportion of women (f) who play the flute. They find that the p-value is 0.005.   What can be said about the 90% confidence interval for the population mean difference?

A nutritionist was interested in studying American’s opinions about healthy living. One hundred randomly selected people who were starting a diet were asked if they consumed at least 24 ounces of water a day. After six months, the same 100 people were asked if they consumed at least 24 ounces of water a day   Six months later “Yes, consumed at least 24 ounces of water” Six months later “No, did not” Initial Response “Yes, consumed at least 24 ounces of water” 25 20 Initial Response “No did not” 30 25   What is the sample proportion of people who responded “Yes, they consumed at least 24 ounces of water” initially?