Pure time-triggered ventilation is the same as what type of ventilation?
a. Assist
b. Intermittent mandatory ventilation
c. Assist and control
d. Proportional assist
Q. 2 If a ventilator, not the patient, initiates a breath, what is the trigger variable?
a. Time
b. Pressure
c. Flow
d. Volume
Q. 3 A volume-cycled ventilator has a rate knob for setting the controlled frequency of breathing. If this control is set to 12/min, which of the following other settings will determine the inspiratory and expiratory times?
1. FiO2
2. Flow
3. Volume
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 1 and 3 only
c. 2 and 3 only
d. 1, 2, and 3
Q. 4 A patient receiving time-triggered continuous mechanical ventilation at a preset rate of 10/min stops breathing. Which of the following will occur?
a. The high-pressure limit alarm will sound (if properly set).
b. The patient will continue to receive 10 breaths/min.
c. The low tidal volume (VT) alarm will sound (if properly set).
d. Ventilation will drop to zero and the ap-nea alarm will sound.
Q. 5 If a patient initiates a ventilator breath, the trigger variable could be which of the following? 1. Pressure 2. Flow 3. Time 4. Volume
If a patient initiates a ventilator breath, the trigger variable could be which of the following?
1. Pressure
2. Flow
3. Time
4. Volume
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