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A species has 12 protons and 10 electrons. Answer each of the following as it pertains to this description. What is the identity of the element?  Is it an atom or ion? Explain. Write the chemical symbol.

Your patient has a metabolic acidosis from renal disease (loss of HCO3). You would expect their blood work to show hypochloremia.

EXTRA CREDIT worth 4 points Your patient has a PCO2 of 61 mmHg. What would you expect the pH and HCO3 to be? Show work pH HCO3 must be exact and have units of measure

Stimulation of the J receptors, irritant receptors, and deflation reflex all cause an increase in the respiratory rate.

  SvO2 is an easy (easily accessible) value to assess for tissue oxygenation in your floor patient (not critically ill).

Your patient has COPD. They are presenting with signs of JVD. What are the events that lead to JVD. Choose all that apply.

Trigeminy is when a PVC may be seen after every two normal heartbeats.

Your patient has COPD (chronic) and presents at the ER with acute symptoms and shortness of breath (SOB) – acute alveolar hyperventilation. You draw an ABG. What changes would you expect to see on the following ABG values (from their baseline):a. pH: up, down, unchangedb. PCO2: up, down, unchangedc. HCO3: up, down, unchangedd. PaO2: up, down, unchanged

What effect would placing your status asthmaticus patient on skeletal muscle relaxers (paralytics) have while on the ventilator? Choose all that apply.

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