Welcome to your Respiratory Therapy Name: Email: [Which of these would be your first actions if the HR remains below 60 bpm, despite administration of ventilation and chest compressions?] Ensure ventilation is being given properly Ensure chest compressions are being given optimally Ensure that you are using 100% oxygen A,B, and C. None . [The only medical indication for the use of helium/oxygen mixtures is in the management of:] small airway obstruction restrictive diseases large airway obstruction diffusion defects None . [What question does ethics try to answer] Who is right What treatment is best Who benefits the most How should we act None . [A physician has requested delivery of a stable, moderate O2 concentration (FIO2 = 0.35) to a patient with a tracheostomy. Which of the following systems is the best and simplest way to achieve this goal?] transtracheal oxygen catheter demand flow CPAP system air/O2 blender system with T-tube air entrainment nebulizer with T-tube None . [In reviewing a transthoracic ultrasound scan you note a prominent shadow occurring beneath a rib. What does this shadow signify?] pneumothorax pulmonary edema atelectasis normal finding None . [A patient's mixed venous PO2 has decreased from 41 mm Hg to 27 mm Hg over the last hour. What is the most likely explanation for this change?] the blood sample was withdrawn too rapidly the patient's temperature has decreased a pulmonary diffusion defect is developing the patient's cardiac output has decreased None . [Keeping the absolute humidity constant. As the temperature of the air ___ the relative humidity will ______.] Increase, increase Increase, decrease Decrease, decrease None . [Which of the following represents the correct pathway of impulse conduction through the heart] AV Node, SA Node, Conduction Myofibers, purkinje fibres AV Node, Bundle Branches, SA Node, Purkinje Fibers SA Node, AV Node, Bundle Branches, Conduction fibres SA Node, Bundle Branches, AV Node, Conduction myofibers None . [Intubation dose for succ is:] 1 mg/kg 3 mg/kg 5 mg/kg 10 mg bolus None . [Which of the following statements refer to EF?] The portion of EDV ejected on each beat Amount of blood in the ventricle at end of diastole Amount of blood ejected into the ventricle after each atrial contraction None . [You are assisting a physician in exchanging the ET tube of a patient using a fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) as the re-intubation guide. You would remove the old tube:] immediately upon insertion of the FOB into the pharynx only after confirming the FOB tip is just above the carina prior to insertion of the FOB into the pharynx only after the new tube is positioned in the trachea None . [You are looking at an intubated neonate in the nursery. A mainstream etCO2 is situated inline and an ABG has been correlating well. The PaCO2 on a recent ABG is 48. What would most likely reading on the etCO2 at the time this ABG was drawn] 44 48 52 A mainstream etCO2 would never be used on a neonate None . [Available evidence has shown that bilevel pressure is associated with better patient compliance than the conventional CPAP.] True False None . [Some families have an ineffective or reduced production of plasma or pseudocholinesterase. When given succ they may be expected to show] Decreased duration of action Increased duration of action No effect Speedier onset of action None . [Which of the following statement is true regarding DPI?] They are good for all age groups They do not require a spacing device Laminar flow from the use during inspiration is needed to create an aerosol They are cumbersome to carry None . [What is the typical frequency range available for ventilating patients via a high frequency oscillator?] 40-60/min 60-100/min 100-200/min 200-900/min None . [What percent decrease in FEV1 needs to occur to conclude that a methacholine challenge is positive for airway hyperreactivity?] 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 None . [Which of the following would be the most important data utilized to assess a patient's ability to perform metered dose inhaler (MDI) aerosol therapy?] overall general appearance stable vital signs exercise tolerance capacity to follow instructions None . [What concentration of epinephrine should you use during resuscitation?] 1:10 1:100 1:1,000 1:10,000 None of the above. None . [What is the loading dose for rocuronium (Zemuron)?] 0.1 - 0.2 mg/kg 0.3 -0.5 mg/kg 3-5 mg/kg 1 mg/kg None . Time's up
