What is the purpose of the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) in respiratory care practice?

How are students eligible to become CRTs and RRTs?

Advantages of oral progestin-only oral contraceptives include: (1)1.       They may be used in women who are breastfeeding                                                                          2.       They are used for women below 35 years of age and who smoke                                                             3.       They are more effective than combination oral contraceptives                                                       4.       They stimulate regular menstrual cycles more frequently                                                                      5.       They are effective in undiagnosed abnormal uterine bleeding

Misoprostol is associated with the following adverse effects: (1)1.       Carcinoma of the uterus                                                                                                                     2.       Dose-related diarrhoea and abdominal pain                                                                                    3.       Breast carcinoma                                                                                                                                    4.       Tolerance, dependence and withdrawal problems                                                                5.       Multiple pregnancies

The following adverse effects are associated with corticosteroid therapy except: (1)1.       Growth retardation in children2.       Hyperglycaemia3.       Hypertension4.       Cushing’s syndrome5.       Reye’s syndrome 

The following drugs are given to the mother to stimulate foetal lung surfactant production during preterm labour: (1)1.       Pethidine2.       Betamethasone3.       Lidocaine4.       Propofol 5.       Ketamine

The non-pharmacological methods of contraception include: (1)1.       The male condom2.       Combination oral contraceptives 3.       Progestin subdermal implants4.       Levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system 5.       Copper intrauterine devices

Match the following drugs with their relevant indications. Each drug may be used more than once or not at all: (5)

The following is classified as H2 receptor blocker: (1)1.       Methylprednisolone2.       Adrenaline3.       Ranitidine4.       Diphenhydramine5.       Magnesium sulphate

The active metabolites of vitamin D act through a nuclear receptor to produce the following effect: (1)1.       Decrease the absorption of calcium from bone2.       Lower the serum phosphate concentration3.       Increase parathyroid hormone formation4.       Increase renal production of erythropoietin5.       Increase the absorption of calcium from the gastrointestinal tract