Identify the problem with the following waveform:

When would you consider using permissive hypercapnia?

You have been asked to perform a NIF and a MEP on your patient to determine if they can be successfully weaned from the ventilator.  List the minimally acceptable values for each of these measurements and why these are important measurements:   MIP/NIF:   MEP:   Why:

Which of the following strategies can be used to promote optimum oxygenation?

A patient has arrived in the ED in severe distress due to an MVA. As their condition deteriorates, they begin to cough up blood. Intubation is necessary. You learn the patient is 80kg and are asked to initiate mechanical ventilation.  What settings will you implement? Select appropriate settings including mode, and the 3 settings in that mode.  Then include PEEP and FiO2 (1/2 point each – 3 points) Use exact values based on weight! Mode: Additional settings:                            PEEP:                                          FiO2:

You have been asked to make changes on the ventilator to a patient who is 75kg, in volume control with a tidal volume of 600ml. The physician wants their respiratory rate changed from 18 breaths/min to 22 breaths/min. What do you want to observe the patient for?

Your patient is on NIV with the following settings: PS 7cmH2O, PEEP 5 cmH2O. Blood gas results are as follows: pH- 7.28, PaCO2- 52, PaO2 – 86.  What, if any changes do you want to make?

Which generic strategies do you think Deuce Sister’s should adopt, and why? 

Please describe one resource or capability that Deuce Sister’s currently possesses and how it contributes to the economic logic of the company. 

Listed below are three potential environmental changes that may impact the US portable toilet industry. For each change, state whether the change will make the industry more or less attractive, and why? Please use the framework you applied in the above question to build your argument.  A) Dow Chemical (a Fortune 100 company) invents a new proprietary chemical which completely remove all smells from portable toilets. B) In response to a toilet shortage at the Minnesota State Fair, the US government passes a law that increases the minimum number of toilets for all outdoor events. C) New non-patentable technology allows portable toilets to be folded up for transport greatly reducing transportation costs.