Acetic acid (vinegar) is the disinfectant you should advise your home health patients to clean their respiratory equipment with once a week for 30 mins.

If compliance decreases and airway resistance increases, which of the following will occur? I. PIP will decrease in VV II. PIP will increase in VV III. VT will increase in PC IV. VT will decrease in PC

After successive abdominal thrusts, the patient becomes unconscious and the airway still appears obstructed.  What is the next appropriate action?

Silent aspiration and VAP can occur with a cuffed ETT as a result of which of the following? I injury to the mucosa during insertion and manipulation of the tube following insertion II. interference with the normal cough reflex III. aspiration of contaminated secretions that pool above the cuff IV. rupture of the ETT cuff

The RT reviews their ventilator parameter sheet and finds that the peak inspiratory pressure has been gradually increasing for the past several hours.  Which of the following could be the cause for this change? I. Bronchospasm II. Decreasing pulmonary compliance III. Increasing airway resistance IV. Accumulation of secretions

What is the most important prerequisite for weaning a patient from ventilatory support?       

Which of the following would indicate that a patient is ready to be extubated? I. creamy white secretions II. WBC 12,000 III. pt is alert and can generate a good cough when suctioned IV. pt is partially sedated

You need to sterilize a piece of equipment, which of the following would you recommend to do so? I. acetic acid II. ethylene oxide gas III. autoclave IV. pasteurization

You are ventilating a female pt in the AC VC mode, she is 5’2″ with a VT of 375 mL, set rate of 13 with spont rate of 8, FiO2 35%, and PEEP 5, ABG reveals:  pH 7.27  PaCO2 51  PaO2 61  HCo3 27, what should your first action be?

Closed suction catheters may be more appropriate than using open suctioning because of which of the following?