A patient has been scheduled for a outpatient cardioversion for atrial fibrillation and the physician has asked you to set the cardioverter to a proper initial shock strength. Which of the following would be recommended?

You are the respiratory therapist working the night shift in a 250 bed community hospital. The physician asks you to assist in the evaluation of a patient who was admitted to the ED with chest trauma. Upon entering the trauma room the MD has ordered pain meds to be given to the patient. Providing adequate analgesia to the patient may make paradoxical chest wall movement more obvious.

How will tidal volume be affected if a newborn is place on a pressure-targeted, time-cycled mode of ventilation if airway resistance increases during the breath delivery?

Which of the major themes is best presented in the scene where Huck dresses like a girl?

Flail chest is acutely managed with:

Therapeutic indications for fiberoptic bronchoscopy include which of the following?I. inspect the alveolar wallsII. foreign body retrievalIII. obtain specimens for analysisIV. aid in extubation

Observe the position of the chest tube in the CXR below. This position is used to evacuate a:

What is considered the afterload of the right ventricle?

A patient has a large hemothorax due to chest trauma. Which of the following is recommended for therapy?

For the patient in the preceding question with the crushing chest injury, which of the following clinical indicators would suggest the presence of a flail chest?