Egan's Respiratory Care Final Exam Study Guide (week 10 study guide) Questions With Correct Answers.

Egan's Respiratory Care Final Exam Study Guide (week 10 study guide) Questions With Correct Answers. While performing postural drainage on a patient who is in a head-down position, the patient appears dyspneic due to severe prolonged coughing. The respiratory therapist should do which of the following? Have the patient sit up A pediatric patient with an acute upper airway obstruction would have which of the following physical signs? Inspiratory stridor A tachypneic patient with pulmonary edema is brought to the emergency department (ED). Which of the following should be used to provide supplemental oxygen? Nonrebreathing mask While reviewing a patient’s chart, results of a chest radiograph indicate complete opacification of the left chest with a shift of the trachea and mediastinum to the left. These findings are consistent with: Atelectasis of the left lung A physician orders 1 mg atropine by aerosol for a patient. If the concentration of atropine in a stock solution is 0.04%, how many mL of the atropine solution must be administered? 2.50 For a tracheal tube cuff to allow circulation to the tracheal mucosa, the cuff pressure must be less than: Capillary pressure Three days postoperatively, a patient is febrile and the white blood cell count is 18.000/cu mm. A chest radiograph shows a patchy bilateral infiltrates with air bronchograms. Based on this information, which of the following is the most probable diagnosis? Pneumonia Common complications associated with arterial punctures include which of the following?I. Fistula formationII. Hematoma formationIII. Spasm of the vessel II and III only A patient is receiving volume-controlled ventilation with a continuous flow IMV circuit added. The respiratory therapist notices that the PEEP level drops from the prescribed 8 to 4 cm H2O with each spontaneous breath. To correct this problem, the therapist should increase the: Sensitively setting A 45-year-old patient with mild kyphoscoliosis and postpolio syndrome requires noninvasive inspiratory assistance and is to be fitted with a chest cuirass. Which of the following should the respiratory therapist recommend regarding proper fit? I. A 2 to 3-inch air cushion between the shell and the patient’s maximum chest rise is required.II. A cast of the thorax may be made for the patient to accommodate structural abnormalities.III. A properly fitted cuirass shell should extend anteriorly from the clavicle to the bottom of the rib cage.