An ambulatory home O2 therapy patient complains that the portable liquid (at 3 L/min) does not last long enough for a visit with the grandchildren. What might you recommend to overcome this limitation?

You observe an area with low Shannon diversity index values. What does this indicate about the area’s biodiversity?

You notice that air is bubbling through the water seal of the patient’s pleural drainage system when she coughs. This tells you that:

The following data are gathered during a PEEP study (FIO2 = 0.60). Based on these data, what is the optimum PEEP level? PEEP cm H2O 0 5 10 15 20 25 PaO2 mm Hg 46 54 67 73 75 74 Compliance ml/cm H2O 18 23 26 30 24 19 Systolic pressure 125 123 114 115 104 94 Diastolic pressure 90 88 83 84 76 68

A 35 year old adult female has been intubated with an 8.0 ETT by the ICU respiratory therapist. What size suction catheter should be selected to perform endotracheal suctioning?

3. Match the correct value and lab

All the following should be done when preparing to helicopter transport of an adult patient requiring mechanical ventilation EXCEPT

After a sleep study has been performed, your patient is given a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea. His physician asks for your advice on the best method of management. You would recommend that   

Your patient is being mechanically ventilated when the nurse calls you to evaluate the patient’s condition. You discover that her breath sounds are absent over the left lung field, the left-sided percussion note is hyperresonant, and peak airway pressures have increased from 40 to 65 cm H2O. What would you recommend? 

In the ________ stage of development, sexual interests mature.