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A patient is currently on a spontaneous mode:   CPAP – 5 cm H2O HR – 80 bpm FIO2 – 0.30 SpO2 – 96% Respiratory rate – 20 breaths/min Tidal volume – 320 ml Minute volume – 6 L/min What is this patient’s rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI)?

The gradual reduction of ventilatory support is called:

An awake and alert patient is currently on CPAP via nasal mask with the following information: CPAP – 5 cm H2O pH – 7.28 FIO2 – 40% PaCO2 – 65 mmHg HR – 115 bpm PaO2 – 50 mmHg RR – 32 breaths/min HCO3 – 29 mEq/L SpO2 – 85% BE – +3 mEq/L What should the respiratory therapist recommend at this time?

Worksheets can only be printed in portrait orientation.  

Saving a workbook with a new name allows you to keep the original file unchanged.  

A 52 year old female with complaints of abdominal pressure, increasing abdominal girth, ‘crampy’ abdominal pain and decreased ability to eat was referred for an abdominal ultrasound by her physician. Medical history includes mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix.  The sonogram is most likely suspicious for:

One advantage of annotating is focusing your questions, reactions and ideas.

An advantage to highlighting is to identify an essay’s most important points.

When close reading an argument, what should you look for?

Sample Paper Attached is an example paper written about the article addressed in the Module 5 Lecture. We did some prewriting about it there, and this is the end result of that prewriting. As before, it is formatted in MLA (so yours should physically “look” the same), and it has some of the same attributes you should include in your own paper. There are annotations to point out areas of interest, like the structural elements and the citation format. That said, this is NOT something for you to copy. Examples are shown so that you can get a sense of what the finished product should look like, how it is structured, how it uses detail, etc. You are to construct your own paper, though, with your own words and ideas. Papers that copy or “echo” the ideas or wording of the sample paper in any way are subject to the penalties for plagiarism. Sample Paper 2