A patient has undergone surgery and is receiving continuous…
A patient has undergone surgery and is receiving continuous supplemental oxygen via a 30% air-entrainment mask. He or she becomes pale and short of breath during incentive spirometry. Pulse oximetry reveals a significant drop in oxygen saturation during incentive spirometry. The respiratory therapist should do which of the following for subsequent incentive spirometry therapy?
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An assessment of a patient with newly diagnosed chronic bronchitis reveals an alert, cooperative, and oriented patient. Low-pitched wheezes are heard bilaterally on auscultation. The patient has a productive cough, producing copious amounts of sputum; no fever; a pulse of 85 beats/min; respirations of 18 breaths/min; and blood pressure of 145/90. The most appropriate lung expansion therapy for this patient is which of the following?
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Which is the correct sequence of events when one is obtaining arterial blood from the radial artery of a patient?I. Perform the modified Allen’s test.II. Remove any air bubbles from the sample.III. Apply direct pressure to the puncture site.IV. Clean the puncture site with a suitable antiseptic solution.V. Use a 23-gauge needle and a plastic syringe containing an anticoagulant.
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