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TMC Practice Exam A + B
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TMC Practice Exam A + B
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1. A 52 year-old post-
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operative cholecystectomy patient's breath sounds become more coarse upo
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n completion of postural drainage with percussion. The respiratory therapist s
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hould recommend:
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A. Continuing the therapy until breath sounds improve.c c c c c c




B. administering dornase alpha. c c




C. administering albuterol therapy. c c




D. deep breathing and coughing to clear secretions.: D. deep breathing and coug
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hing to clear secretions.
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See Patient Assessment
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2. A healthy adult female can exhale what portion of her forced vital capacity
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in the first second?: 70%
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3. Following cardiac surgery, a 55 year- c c c c c




old patient has the following ABG results: pH 7.50, PaCO2 30 torr, PaO2 62 torr,
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HCO3 25 mEq/L, SaO2 92%, HB 14 g/dL, BE +2. Venous blood gas results are p
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H 7.39, PvCO2 43 torr, PvO2 37 torr, and SvO2 66%. Calculate the patient's C(a-
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v)O2.: 5% volume c c




4. What value for the apnea- c c c c




hypopnea index (AHI) is consistent with mild obstructive sleep apnea?: 5 to 15
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5. The respiratory therapist is asked to evaluate the presence of Auto-
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PEEP on a patient receiving mechanical ventilation. In order to do this, what sh
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ould the RT do?: Initiate an expiratory hold just prior to the next ventilator-
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6. What do bronchial breath sounds heard over the lung periphery indicate?
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: lung consolidation (pneumonia)
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