RCP 550 – Respiratory Therapy Comprehensive Review – Verified Questions and Clinical Values

RCP 550 REVIEW questions with accurate answers
<7 Ans✓✓✓non-smokers


>20 Ans✓✓✓heavy smokers


>300 pg/ml Ans✓✓✓Mild heart failure


>600 Ans✓✓✓Moderate heart failure


>900 Ans✓✓✓severe heart failure


11-20 Ans✓✓✓moderate smokers


7-10 Ans✓✓✓Light smokers


ARDS Ans✓✓✓Honeycomb ground glass appearance
Reticular grandular nodular


Atelectasis Ans✓✓✓Patchy or Platlike INFITRATES , CROWDED air
bronchograms pulm vessels, SCATTERED OR THIN DENSITIES


B/P Ans✓✓✓120/80
Systolic 90-140

, Diastolic 60-90


Biots Ans✓✓✓Fast deep respiration with abrupt pauses


BNP Ans✓✓✓< 100 (CHF)


BUN Ans✓✓✓8.25 mg/dl


C.O Ans✓✓✓4-8 L/min


Cao2 Ans✓✓✓17-20%


Cheyne-Stokes respiration Ans✓✓✓Irregular type of breathing; breaths
increase and decrease in depth and rate with periods of apnea


Cl Ans✓✓✓80-100 mEq/L


Consolidation Ans✓✓✓area white-pneumonia / pleural effusion


Creatinine Ans✓✓✓.7- to 1-3


CUFF PRESSURES (mmhg) Ans✓✓✓20-25 cuff pressures do not
exceed 20 to 25 mm Hg (26 to 34 cm H2O)
CmH2O 26-35