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What hemodynamic value was the greatest indicator to direct you to your decision on protocol selection?

A 65-year-old woman with a history of COPD was discovered unconscious at home 4 hours ago. She is now intubated and is receiving mechanical ventilation.  A flow-directed pulmonary artery catheter has been inserted. Relevant data below.  Pulse    136/min Blood pressure    76/60 mmHg Pulmonary artery pressure    17/6 mmHg Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure    4 mmHg Cardiac output   3.8 L/min Systemic vascular resistance    1354 dynes/sec/cm-5 Central venous pressure    1 mmHg The most likely cause of this patient’s hypotension is

Mitral stenosis may result in which of the following?

A patient with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is admitted to the ICU.  The patient is placed on 24% air entrainment mask and has a pulmonary artery catheter inserted.   PVR  720 dynes PaO2  57 torr The physician orders an increase to 28% oxygen via air-entrainment mask, after the increase in O2, PVR 400 dynes PaO2 72 torr What would you recommend?

A 68 year old male patient with a history of congestive heart failure is accidentally given IV fluids of 2000 mL instead of the ordered amount of 200 mL.  Which of the following is most likely to be seen?

When baroreceptors located in the carotid sinuses and aortic arch are stimulated which of the following actions occur in the cardiovascular system?

An adult patient has a pulmonary artery catheter inserted.  A normal pulmonary artery pressure in this patient would be 

4.  Select the part of the syringe that should remain sterile when preparing an injection:

9.  Mr.  Jones is a 40-years-old and of average build.  What size needle should be used to give an intramuscular injection in the dorsogluteal site?

Based on your learning in this course (and using specific examples from our course materials), discuss how changes in technology have reshaped and impacted the US criminal justice system.*** Remember that copying/pasting from any course materials (other than your own words in the Prep Guide), the internet, or using generative AI like ChatGPT to help “write” or “proofread” or “improve” your answer violates my Academic Integrity policy. Note that generative AI is now incorporated into many popular writing and translating platforms (e.g. Grammarly, QuillBot, Google Translate, DeepL, etc.), so if you’re using those platforms, you’re using generative AI in violation of my policy. USE YOUR OWN WORDS or, if you are unable to do that, properly quote/informally cite them as I discuss in the Academic Integrity section of the Syllabus ***