Match each blood cell to the correct normal value.

You are accessing a patient in a diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). The blood sugar is being treated. Your assessment reveals increased rate and depth of breathing. Identify the breathing pattern?

A 64-year-old male patient is receiving an aerosol treatment with acetylcysteine and hypertonic saline via a small volume nebulizer. After only a few minutes, the patient suddenly becomes dyspneic. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this problem?

Your patient’s ABG results are as follows: pH 7.20, PaCO2 62, PaO2 80, HCO3 25. What is your interpretation?

The patient in the ER is a drug overdose patient that is breathing 7 breathes per minute. What would you expect the ABG to look like?

A 48-year-old woman had her gallbladder removed. What is most effective in preventing postoperative atelectasis?

Your patient’s ABG results are as follows: ABG was drawn while the patient was on 2L nasal cannula. What treatment plan would be best for this patient? pH- 7.39 PaCO2- 42 PaO2- 64 HCO3- 24

In which of the following patients would you expect to see digital clubbing?

Mr. B.D. Wong had routine lab work done that revealed an abnormal bilirubin level. Which of the following would you expect?

A patient is brought to the ER via ambulance in full arrest. The patient has some electrical activty on the monitor but no pulse can be found. CPR is resumed. What is this type of cardiac event called?