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?

You are an RT assisgned to MICU, a patient in the unit has had a chest drainage system placed for a hemothorax suffered due to a MVA. It has been about 60 minutes since the physician place the CT and the nurse asks for your assistance to reposition the patient. When the patient is turned to the opposite side you notice that there is about 300 mL of blood that has drained into the collection chamber of the drainage system. You would suspect which of the following?

In setting up a commercial chest drainage system, the wall vacuum source pressure should be increased until: