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A car, while braking to a stop, leaves skid marks on the road that are 40.0 m long.  If the car decelerated at the rate of 2.67 m/s 2, determine its speed before the brakes were applied.

A post-operative patient using incentive spirometery complains of dizziness and numbness around the mouth after therapy sessions.  What is the most likely cause of these symptoms?

Which of the following is a contraindication for incentive spirometry?

Which of the following is NOT a hazard or complication of postural drainage therapy?

Which of the following would be the most appropriate recommendation to help prevent postoperative atelectasis after a hypotensive patient’s abdominal surgery?

Which of the following types of humidifiers are used in clinical practice?       1.   Heat moisture exchanger and Passover humidifier       2.  Passover humidifier and Bubble humidifier       3.  Heat moisture exchanger and Bubble humidifier       4.  Heat moisture exchanger, Passover humidifier, and Bubble humidifier

While percussing a patient’s chest wall, you encounter an area that produces a hyporesonant note.  Which of the following are potential causes of this finding?       1.  Pneumothorax only       2.  Pleural effusion or pneumonia       3.  Pneumothorax, emphysema, COPD       4.  Pneumonia only

Heat moisture exchangers are mainly used to provide short term heat and humidity to patients receiving mechanical ventilation.

During auscultation of a patient’s chest, you hear a musical quality that is produced as air flows through constricted airways throughout both inspiration and expiration.  You note this patient has a history of Asthma.  Which of the following is the adventitious sound being auscultated?

Which of the following best describes a creaking or grating sound that  occurs when the inflamed pleural membranes (pleurisy) rub together?