A nursing student asks you the reason for using pressure control ventilation (PCV). You would explain to her that PCV is a strategy in mechanical ventilation to reduce the likelihood of ________ by limiting the _____________.

Mrs. Smith is being ventilated with an assisted control mode at a mandatory RR of 12 bpm. In this settings , the ventilator will trigger a mandatory breath every ______ sec if the patient becomes apneic.

High Frequency Ventilation is typical used with children

Mrs. Williams arrived through the ER with a a severe asthma attach. HE was started 70/30 and is run at 8lpm. What the total flow?

The synchronization window is found in ______. 

Match the following mode to their descriptions. 

In which mode can a patient trigger a assisted breath (determining their own RR) and received a mechanical tidal volume.  ___________________________

____ uses the Otis equation to calculate the optimal frequency that corresponds with the lowest work of breathing.

Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) is a mode of mechanical ventilation in which the patient’s electrical activity of the _______________ is used to guide the optimal functions of the ventilator.

Name an indication for hyperbaric oxygen? _________________________