A tracheostomy is usually done for three main reasons. Select the three main reasons. 

A 58 kg patient is receiving mechanical ventilation via the PB 980 in the ICU. Ventilator and ABG results are: ABG:  pH 7.28/ PaCO2 56/ PaO2 76/ HCO3 25/ BE -1                        Mode: PC-AC                                          FiO2:   0                        Mandatory Rate: 10 bpm                       Total rate:  10 bpm                        PEEP: 7 cmH2O                                    Ti:  1.4 sec with a “no flow” zone on insp.                        Exhaled Vt:  390 mL                             Pinsp (delta P): 18 cmH2O                                What is the static compliance for this patient?

You are asked to assess the alveolar ventilation for a patient weighing 65 kg (IBW) and receiving a Vt of 600 mL who is being mechanically ventilated. You are given the following blood gas results and data:ABG: pH 7.49/ PaCO2 30/ PaO2 100/ HCO3 26, PECO2 = 10 torr, f = 22 bpm (This is the same data used in the previous question.) Calculate the minute alveolar ventilation in Lpm.

Speaking valves can be used on which two patient populations?

Fenestrated tubes consist of a tracheostomy tube with a fenestration, a removable inner cannula, the cuff deflated, and normal air passage occluded with plug, the patient can inhale, but not exhale through the fenestration and around the tube. 

You are asked to assess the alveolar ventilation for a patient weighing 65 kg (IBW) and receiving a Vt of 600 mL who is being mechanically ventilated. You are given the following blood gas results and data:ABG: pH 7.49/ PaCO2 30/ PaO2 100/ HCO3 26, PECO2 = 10 torr, f = 22 bpm Calculate the alveolar ventilation in a single breath in mL.

The KING airway has two different cuffs. The distal cuff inflates in the esophagus. Isolates the laryngopharynx from the esophagus. The proximal cuff inflates at the base of the tongue. Isolates the laryngopharynx from the oropharynx and nasopharynx.

A flange at the proximal end of a oropharyngeal airway helps stabilize the airway and prevent is from slipping too far into the airway?

Mrs. Smith is being ventilated in an assist control mode at a mandatory rate of 10 bpm. At this setting, the total cycle time (TCT) is ____ seconds.

The 90 second obstacle assessment prior to intubation is LEON MOANS. What does the “M” stand for?