All of the following may directly affect ventricular compliance except:

Which of the following is considered a preload pressure?

You are the RT assigned to the rapid response team for the day, a call overhead sends you to a patient’s room that has the following clinical symptoms: diaphoretic, moderate intercostal retraction with rapid, shallow breathing and SpO2 reading of 88% on 100% NRB. Which of the following would suggest that this patient is exhibiting signs of respiratory muscle decompensation and is in impending respiratory failure?

What does the dicrotic notch represent in the PAC waveform?

What is the most common and cost effective method of monitoring renal function?

BONUS: Which of the following measurements is associated with increased afterload and with increased myocardial work and oxygen consumption for a given cardiac output?

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: 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:

Which of the following therapeutic interventions would be appropriate for a neonate with a respiratory rate of 65 breaths/minute while displaying suprasternal and substernal retractions, grunting, nasal flaring, and cyanosis, along with the following blood gas data: pH 7.31; arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2), 46 mm Hg; arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2), 58 mm Hg?

A patient is brought into the ED that was trapped in a burning office building and was found unconscious. What is the best way to improve oxygenation status of this patient?