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Which of the following would contraindicate head down positioning for chest physiotherapy? I. OrthopneaII. Head TraumaIII. Pneumonia

Which of the following should be increased to aid a falling blood pressure during mechanical ventilation?

Which of the following occurs during a positive pressure breath?

During mechanical ventilation, the most beneficial technique to prevent damage from the cuff of a tracheostomy tube is:

Which of the following statements is associated with the drug, Pulmicort?

In the presence of mild increases in resistance or slight decreases in compliance, a volume ventilator will:

During mechanical ventilation, the most beneficial technique to prevent damage from the cuff of a tracheostomy tube is:

An 80 kg male is being ventilated in VC mode. ABGs indicated a pH of 7.29 PCO2 59 PO2 72 HCO3 28. Current ventilator settings are 600 IMV rate 8 total rate 24 35% FiO2. The RT should recommend increasing which TWO settings: I. Set flowrate II. SIMV rate III. Tidal volume IV. FiO2

The patient is sedated, paralyzed, and ventilated. Given a current PaCO2 44 on a set rate of 10. The physician orders a new PaCO2 of 28. What is the new set rate?

Which of the following provides the most stable patent airway for through which a patient can be manually ventilated?