What are two key components that an effective respiratory therapist (RT) must have?

What is the best way to conclude a technical presentation?

The nurse is teaching a class of park ranger trainees about prioritizing care for clients who have received pit viper snakebites. Which ranger’s statement demonstrates a need for further teaching?

An emergency room nurse cares for a patient admitted with a 50% burn injury at 10:00 this morning. The patient weighs 90 kg. Using the Parkland formula, calculate the rate at which the nurse should infuse intravenous fluid resuscitation when started at noon. _____ mL/hr Round to the nearest whole number 

How does the nurse caring for a client with septic shock recognize that severe tissue hypoxia is present?    

The nurse is conducting triage under mass casualty conditions. A patient who is oriented x3, heart rate 112, BP 90/78, respirations 32, O2 saturation 85% on room air is experiencing hypovolemic shock due to a penetrating wound to the upper chest. What triage tag would the nurse assign to this patient? 

How do bacteria damage the endothelium in blood vessels during sepsis?

A 59 year old male patient has full thickness burns on both of the legs on the back, front and back of the trunk, both arms on the front and back, and front and back of the head and neck. The patient weighs 85 kg. Use the Parkland Burn Formula: You’ve already infused fluids during the first 8 hours. Now what will you set the flow rate during the next 16 hours (mL/hr) based on the total you calculated?_______ml/hr Round to the nearest whole number

A 45 year old female patient has superficial partial thickness burns on the posterior head and neck, front of the left arm, front and back of the right arm, posterior trunk, front and back of the left leg, and back of right leg. The patient weighs 91 kg. Use the Parkland Burn Formula to calculate the total amount of Lactated Ringers that will be given over the next 24 hours? _________ml’s Round to the nearest whole number

The nurse is teaching a course on snake bites. All of the following statements are correct when teaching about “pit vipers”  except.