A patient has complications from a parapneumatic pleural effision where the pleural fluid contains pus and has a pH of 7.23 is best described as a(an):

Mr. Jacobson is a patient in the burn unit with full thickness burns to his face, chest and left-sided extremities. He is intubated and on the mechanical ventilator. Based on these findings, what would be his estimated % of surface burns?

What is the actual I:E ratio of a newborn just placed on mechanical ventilation on the following settings? VC-A/C, tidal volume = 15 mL, f = 30 bpm, FiO2 = 50%, flow = 8 L/min, Ti = 0.35 seconds, PEEP = 5 cmH2O and you wanted to maintain and I:E ratio of 1:2?

All of the following are physical examination findings associated with a large right pleural effusion, EXCEPT:

BONUS: A chest tube has been removed from a post-MVA patient after 24 hours of no bubbling in the water seal chamber of the chest drainage system. An occlusive dressing has been applied over the insertion site and the patient appears to be resting comfortably. Your responsibility to the patient at this point is:

All of the following are true about pendelluft respirations. Select all that apply.

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?

You are the respiratory therapist working the night shift in a 250 bed community hospital. The physician asks you to assist in the evaluation of a patient who was admitted to the ED with chest trauma. Upon entering the trauma room the MD has ordered pain meds to be given to the patient. Providing adequate analgesia to the patient may make paradoxical chest wall movement more obvious.

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?