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An adult patient in the ICU is receiving beta-blocker medication and requires bronchodilator therapy. Which of the following should the respiratory therapist recommend?

A 32 week gestational age newborn presents to the NICU with the following findings: decreased breath sounds on the right side, hyperresonance on the right side of the chest, a left-sided mediastinal shift and moderate dyspnea and cyanosis. Which of the following would be the appropriate treatment choice at this time?I. chest tube placement on the right sideII. chest tube placement on the left sideIII. intubation and mechanical ventilationIV. 100% oxygen delivery

Select ALL substances that involve only ionic bonding.

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?

Which one of the following lists contains a noble gas, an alkaline earth metal, and a liquid, in that order? 

A temperature of 21oF is the same as

What is emitted when Ar-39 nucleus decays to K-39?

What is the %K in K2S?

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

For the above patient, what is recommended?