What initial inspiratory time range would you suggest for a preterm newborn infant being placed on mechanical ventilation?

All of the following statements about thermal injury are true EXCEPT:

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?

BONUS: Calculate the amount of fluid necessary in the first 8 hours for a 102 kg patient who has 50% third degree burns.

You are evaluating a patient who was reported to you as being in a MVA and was resuscitated in the ED. Which of the following would you suspect is the cause of your finding of small “pinpoint” pupils?

The primary goals of providing mechanical ventilatory support in the neonatal patients include all of the following EXCEPT:

After increasing the level of CPAP delivered to an infant, the therapist notices that the neonate’s PaCO2 rises and the PaO2 falls. What may have caused this situation?

An RT assigned to the MICU enters the room of a patient assigned to him. The therapist calculates the patients QS/QT to be 28%. Based on this information, the patient would report to the physician during ground rounds the patient has:

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: