CPR has been performed for 10 minutes on a 45-year-old male patient. The patient has been intubated, cardiac drugs administered by IV, and defilbrillation performed. The physician says to stop the chest compression. A carotid pulse can be felt, the blood presssure is 110/60 mm Hg and the following ECG tracing is seen:

A patient is receiving O2 by mask through a heated large volume jet nebulizer. The aerosol is noticed to be coming into the mask in puffs rater than continuously. What should the respiratory therapist do to correct the situation?

On inspection of a patient’s ECG strip, you note no identifiable P waves; rapidirregular undulations of the isoelectric line; and an irregular ventricular rhythm.In addition, the precordial cardiac rate is greater than the peripheral pulse rate.The most likely problem is:

The physician and you have just completed an apnea test on a patient receiving mechanical ventilation. The results indicate brain death. The patient has a living will that precludes life prolonging procedures in a hopeless situation. What should be recommended to the person responsible for the patient’s care decisions?

The respiratory therapist is assisting with the initiation of independent lung ventilation (ILV) and the insertion of a double-lumen endotracheal tube. All of the following should be done before intubaiton 1. 1Inflate and deflate teh bronchial cuff 2. Insert ventilator circuit adapters into both proximal lumina 3. Set the mechanical ventilator in the ILV mode 4. Inflate and deflate the tracheal cuff

A 43-year-old cholecystectomy patient with clear breath sounds is to receive preventive treatment for atelectasis. What should the respiratory therapist recommend?

A 2-year-old patient with an upper airway infection demonstrates a high-pitched sound over the larynx during inspiration. Lung sounds are present and normal over all fields. What is the most important thing should be recorded  in the patient’s chart?

A recent intubated patient will have tracheal suctioning performed for the first time. For safety reasons, when should suctioning be stopped?

A 40-year-old patient is comatose after a fall at home and suffered a broken jaw that had to be wired closed. If the patient were to develop a secretion management problem, what would be the best device to help in suctioning?

The physician wants to know a patient’s lung compliance before starting PEEP. Based on the following data, calculate the patient’s static lung compliance (in L/cm H20) Vt 8600 ml Peak airway pressure 30 cm H20 Plateau pressure 20 cm H20