What types of patients are treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy?
1. Deep sea diving patients with decompression sickness
2. Those with thermal injuries
3. Patients with carbon monoxide poisoning
4. Those with refractory osteomyelitis
a. 1, 2, and 3 c. 2, 3, and 4
b. 1, 2, and 4 d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
Q. 2 Exposure to elevated barometric pressure during hyperbaric oxygen therapy can directly affect a number of physiologic parameters, including which of the following?
1. Arterial and alveolar partial pressure for oxygen
2. Temperature of the gases being breathed
3. Work of breathing
4. Lung volumes
a. 1 and 2 c. 2, 3, and 4
b. 1 and 4 d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
Q. 3 _____ therapy exposes patients to a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure while they breathe 100 oxygen, either continuously or intermittently.
a. Aerosol oxygen c. Bronchial hygiene
b. Hyperbaric oxygen d. Nitric oxide
Q. 4 It is important to filter the gas before it enters the blender housing; otherwise, a malfunction will occur. Which of the following can cause a malfunction? 1. Moisture 2. Particulate matter 3. High amounts of FIO2 4. Low amounts of FIO2
a. 1 and 3 c. 1 and 4
b. 1 and 2 d. 2 and 3
Q. 5 Current incubators are designed to allow all of the following, except:
a. Variable control of environmental temper-ature
b. Variable control of environmental humid-ity
c. Control of FIO2 concentration
d. Control of barometric pressure
Q. 6 With oxygen hoods, FIO2 must be measured by using what type of device?
a. Incubator c. Heater
b. Pulse oximeter d. Analyzer
Q. 7 Which of the following O2 devices is appropriate for
a. Simple mask c. Partial rebreathing mask
b. Nasal cannula d. Air-entrainment mask