A 2-month-old infant presents to the emergency room with a low-grade fever, rhinorrhea, wheezing, and a history of difficulty feeding for the past 48 hours. The following data are available: SpO2: 88% breathing air    RR: 65 breaths/min     HR: 122 beats/min, no murmur or clicks Mild intercostal retractions are noted, Breath sounds: Scattered wheezing. Lung fields well aerated. Which of the following physiologic conditions should the respiratory therapist suspect the hypoxemia resulted from?  

Which of the following affects a child’s understanding of illness and death? 

Which of the following are true?   The right hemidiaphragm is slightly higher than the left. In neonates, the trachea may not align perfectly with the spine. The trachea bifurcates at the carina into the right and left mainstem bronchi at the 6th thoracic vertebrae (T6) in neonates. Widened intercostal spaces and flattened diaphragms are associated with decreased lung volumes. A) No Yes No Yes B) Yes No Yes No C) Yes Yes No No D) No No Yes Yes

A palliative care consult is ordered for a 10-year-old child with leukemia. Which of the following should the respiratory therapist anticipate the palliative care team will provide?

A 4-year-old child with SMA II is admitted to the acute care unit with a pulmonary infection. The provider asks the respiratory therapist to select an airway clearance therapy for this child to perform three times daily. Which of the following airway clearance therapies should the respiratory therapist select?  

To alter a patient’s acid–base balance (PaCO2 and pH), which of the following conditions should the respiratory therapist change during ECMO?   Hemoglobin concentration The temperature of the blood in the ECMO circuit Sweep gas Blood flow rate through the ECMO circuit A) Yes Yes No No B) Yes No Yes No C) No No Yes Yes D) No Yes No Yes

Which of the following factors influence crew configuration for neonatal/pediatric specialty transport?   Personnel resources Patient volume or need Organizational operating margin Physician crew member availability A) Yes Yes No No B) Yes No Yes No C) No Yes No Yes D) No No Yes Yes

A physician in the emergency room of a community hospital contacts a tertiary care center to transport a child requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation. A three-crew, non-physician–led team arrives at the referral hospital by helicopter. The child’s blood pressure is low and the team suspects the child is in septic shock. Which of the following should the transport crew do?

Specialty pediatric/neonatal teams and nonspecialized teams must function within a developed system having how many essential components?

Which of the following best describes the benefit of adding carbogen mixtures (5% CO2/95% O2 or 10% CO2/90% N2) to the ECMO circuit sweep gas?