Due to the patient’s underlying issues with anxiety, the initial stages of cuff deflation and vent weaning presented a huge challenge. With the cuff still inflated, Noah was unable to vocalize and did not have an easy method to communicate with staff or family, which added to his frustration. Whenever a member of the team would try to work with him, his respiratory rate and heart rate would increase as he would become tearful and anxious with possible change. Given Noah’s current status (physical and respiratory), what might be one method of communication the SLP could implement? 

A mutation enhances the opening probability of voltage-gated Ca²⁺ channels in presynaptic neurons. Which outcome is most likely?

In osmosis, water moves:

Which ion channel would most likely cause an inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP)?

You walk into a patient’s room and note that a sign with NPO written is at the head of the bed. Your patient is thirsty and begging you for some ice chips. What does this mean and what should you do? Choose all that apply.

You are delivering albuterol to your patient in an asthmatic episode (2 points each).a. What particle sizes are optimal (use units of measure)?b. What generations are involved?c. What mechanism(s) of deposition will be involved where action is needed?d. Name two things that will affect lung deposition.

You are administering ipratropium bromide (ionized) and atropine (nonionized) to your patient.Which of these drugs will produce more of a systemic effect?

You are reading the orders for your patient. The order reads: 2.5 mg albuterol/NSS SVN q4h prn. How often will you see you patient on a 12 hour NOC shift?

Your patient is receiving theophylline, which has a narrow therapeutic margin. This means that the ED50 is very close to the LD50.

The relationship of albuterol to ipratropium bromide is an example of functional antagonism.