Blog

What are the clinical guidelines for defining hypoxemia?             PaO2 of  ___________             SpO2 of  ___________

If the patient above had a RR 12 bpm and a VT .500 L, would this device deliver adequate flow to meet the patient’s inspiratory needs? HINT: (Ve = RR x VT)

Describe the monoplace and multiplace (HBO) chambers.

Benefits of properly applied O2 therapy in patients with chronic hypoxemia include all of the following except:

You note that the air intake ports surrounding the jet of a 35% air-entrainment mask are partially obstructed by the patient’s bedding.      Which of the following would you expect?  I. decrease in the device’s total output flow                                                      II. increase in the percent O2 delivered by the device                                    III. increase in air entrainment 

Delivery systems that provide only a part of a patient’s inspired gas are referred to as what?

A 27-year-old woman received from the emergency department to an acute care bed is on a nasal cannula at 5 L/min.  Approximately what FIO2 is this patient receiving?

The pharmacological agent used to treat malignant hyperthermia (MH) is dantrolene sodium, which is also known by the trade name:

Which of the following terms means the assigned, copyrighted name?

Why would mannitol be ordered for a patient scheduled for a craniotomy procedure?