A patient who has a VD/VT ratio of less than _____ is considered unweanable or at high risk for failure.

Procrastinators know what needs to be done, but just can’t bring themselves to do it.

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?

Which of the following is the equation to calculate MAP (mean airway pressure)?

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

Saber and Conocer mean “To Know” but their uses are not interchangeable.  Choose the correct verb and conjugate it accordingly. Isabella y Alberto [1] tocar la guitarra muy bien. Mi amiga Anamaría [2] a mi primo Carlos. Yo no [3] Madrid, pero quiero ir a visitar. Rodrigo y Omar [4] dónde puedes esquiar porque ellos esquían en el invierno. Mis padres [5] un restaurante muy bueno en Miami, te lo recomiendo.  

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?

Choose < (less than) or > (greater than) 5 _____ 4

Mr. Rainout is a patient with a long history of COPD, presents to the ED with an exacerbation precipitated by bilateral pneumonia which resulted in Mr. Rainout to be placed on a mechanical ventilator. He has been in the MICU for the past 4 days with very little noted improvement on his condition. The following parameters are measured:PB = 754 torrVent Settings: A/C 14, Vt 430 mL, PEEP 12 cmH2OpH = 7.29PaCO2 = 83 torrPaO2 = 48 (SaO2 = 64%)PvO2 = 33 (SvO2 = 32%)Hb = 18.9 g/dLFiO2 = 0.30QT = 3.7 mL/mina. Calculate the alveolar air.b. Calculate the P/F ratio and state what it indicates.c. Calculate the total oxygen delivery in one minute.

A patient who was intubated with a history of COPD who exacerbated due to RML and RLL pneumonia has been in the MICU for the past two days with little improvement of the underlying condition. At 0700 you document the following parameters, PIP 26, Pplat 14 and then two hours later you note the following, PIP 27, Pplat 23. What is the underlying problem that has resulted in these changes?