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A 71-year-old female presents to the ER with SOB.  Her room air ABG reveals the following: ABG pH 7.36 PaCO2 65 PaO2 44 HCO3 32 Sa02 81% What should the respiratory therapist recommend?

Which of the following is not an indication for NIV? 1. RR of 28 2. P/F ratio of 380 3. pH of 7.27 4. PaCO2 of 51

A respiratory therapist receives BIPAP orders for a 89-year-old female patient admitted with an UTI.  Upon arrival to the patient’s room, the patient is confused, combative and refusing to wear the BIPAP.  What is the most appropriate course of action?

Your patient is not able to get the last 5-10 degrees with active contraction of the final, terminal knee extension but has full PROM. What is this final ROM called and what way does the overall mechanism work in the normal knee?

The _____________ is the set of muscles that act to both assist to extend the hip and powerfully flex the knee, supplied by the sciatic and tibial nerves, having 3 muscles, but 4 muscle bellies.

A muscle that crosses two joints is more prone to adaptive shortening than a muscle that only crosses one joint, as seen with the Ely’s, Thomas, and Ober’s PT tests being great examples of how a PT checks for this situation.

In following the overload principle for exercise: to work more on pure power, we would teach and guide the pt. safely through light resistance in “Olympic Style” lifting for 15 reps in a row X 1-2 sets, as pictured here.

The proper progression of graded or gradually applied rehab. exercise difficulty is which combination, moving left to right?

This muscle is typically tested in the standing position with heel raises, originating above the knee and posterior knee capsule, then inserting into the calcaneus bone, assists in knee flexion, and is innervated by a branch of the sciatic nerve at the S1-2 level (Tibial).

Your new patient is acutely injured and is in spasm in his hamstring mm. after a partial tear. What is the pain and spasm cycle and how could you help him get out of it? (under the direction of the PT)