A patient with chronic hypercarbia is placed on an FiO2 of 60%. When you complete your assessment, you notice the patient is hypoventilating.What is the possible cause of this phenomenon?

Which of the following nebulizers uses a pizeoelectric transducer to generate liquid particle aerosols?

You administer a metered dose inhaler (MDI) and you instruct the patient to hold their breath for 5-10 seconds after administration. Which deposition are you making more efficient?

You provide your patient a breathing treatment via small volume nebulizer and they keep coughing at the end of inspiration. Which mechanism of deposition is primarily being impacted?

Which of the following gases has a slightly sweet odor and taste and often used as an anesthetic gas?

A common application of the adjustable pressure-reducing valve is in combination with which of the following?

All of the following you would recommend bland aerosol therapy administration except?

Which of the following O2 devices incorporates an inspiratory valve and an expiratory valve?

A 27 year old woman who is in the emergency room is on a nasal cannula at 4 L/min.  What approximate FiO2 is the patient receiving?

You notice that your patient’s secretions have become thicker and more difficult since replacing the ventilator humidification to a heat moisture exchanger. The respiratory therapist should recomend which of the following?