Jewel Potts has advanced fibrotic lung disease and requires…

Jewel Potts has advanced fibrotic lung disease and requires moderate to high FiO2. She is currently on a 40% air-entrainment mask but becomes short of breath when she removes the mask to eat. What would you recommend as a supplemental form of O2 while eating?

You place a patient on SIMV with a preset rate of 8/min, a V…

You place a patient on SIMV with a preset rate of 8/min, a Vt of 500 ml and 10 cmH2O of PEEP. You notice a peak pressure of 25 cmH2O for each breath. Which of the following alarm settings would be appropriate?I. low exhaled minute ventilation alarm at 5 L/mII. low PEEP/CPAP pressure alarm at 5 cmH2OIII. high inspiratory pressure limit at 40 cmH2OIV. low exhaled volume alarm at 500 ml