A physician orders intubation and mechanical ventilation in the continuous mandatory ventilation assist-control mode for a 125-lb adult woman with normal lungs. Which of the following initial settings would you recommend?
Rate VT
a. 10 breaths/min 550 ml
b. 14 breaths/min 400 ml
c. 18 breaths/min 450 ml
d. 12 breaths/min 470 ml
Q. 2 A physician orders intubation and mechanical ventilation in the synchronized intermittent man-datory ventilation mode for a 160-lb adult man with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Which of the following settings would you recommend?
Rate VT
a. 12 breaths/min 500 ml
b. 15 breaths/min 550 ml
c. 20 breaths/min 300 ml
d. 16 breaths/min 500 ml
Q. 3 A physician orders intubation and mechanical ventilation in the continuous mandatory ventilation mode for a 200-lb predicted body weight (PBW) adult man with acute asthma exacerbation.
Which of the following initial ventilator settings would you recommend?
Rate VT
a. 12 breaths/min 550 ml
b. 11 breaths/min 450 ml
c. 14 breaths/min 770 ml
d. 20 breaths/min 550 ml
Q. 4 On some ventilators, which of the following can occur if a trigger setting is set too sensitive on a mechanical ventilator?
a. Autotriggering
b. Flow dyssynchrony
c. Barotrauma
d. Increased workload
Q. 5 On a ventilator that has separate rate and minute ventilation (VE) controls, the rate is set at 13/min and the VE at 11 L/min. Approximately what VT is the patient receiving?
a. 700 ml
b. 850 ml
c. 1000 ml
d. 1200 ml
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