A 52 kg IBW female patient with normal lungs has been intuba…

A 52 kg IBW female patient with normal lungs has been intubated and requires mechanical ventilation with volume-controlled continuous mandatory ventilation (VC-CMV). The tidal volume (VT) and ventilator rate settings that should be recommended for this patient are which of the following?

In the film Remember the Titans, Coach Herman Boone (played…

In the film Remember the Titans, Coach Herman Boone (played by Denzel Washington) must deal with racial issues on his football team. At one point, he wakes up his players at 3:00 a.m. to go to Gettysburg, the site of a well-known Civil War battle. There, the coach gives a speech, in which he concludes, “If we don’t come together, right now, on this hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed just like they were. I don’t care if you like each other or not. But you will respect each other.” What communication strategy is Boone using to bring his team together?

A patient in the subacute care unit is receiving NIV with a…

A patient in the subacute care unit is receiving NIV with a pressure targeted ventilator system, with an IPAP of 10 cm H2O and an EPAP of 3 cm H2O. The patient’s latest arterial blood gas values reveal an increase in the PaCO2. The most appropriate action to take is which of the following?