A 36-year-old man is taken to the emergency department after…
A 36-year-old man is taken to the emergency department after a motorcycle accident. He is unconscious and unresponsive. ABGs obtained while the patient is receiving oxygen via a nonrebreathing mask show the following: PaO2 = 48 mm Hg, PaCO2 = 90 mm Hg, pH = 7.10, and HCO3− = 27 mEq/L. Which of the following would the therapist recommend?
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A 5’7” female patient arrives in the Emergency Department intubated and being manually ventilated with 100% FiO2. Paramedics state she was discovered unconscious at home with an empty pill bottle by her side. The RT should select which of the following ventilator settings to best ventilate the patient?
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You enter Mr. Pines room and notice that the high-pressure alarm has been triggered since the last time you were in the room. It is no longer alarming, and you should consider which of the following as the cause for the alarm to go off?
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