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SECURE COMPREHENSIVE
THERAPIST
MULTIPLE-CHOICE SAE (FORM)
BRANDNEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH
100%
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT
SOLUTIONS| GUARANT EED
VALUE PACK| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Question : A 48 year-old female is admitted to the ED
with diaphoresis, jugular venous distension, and 3+ pitting edema in the ankles. These findings are consistent with...
Correct answer: Heart Failure
Question : A patient is admitted to the ED following a
motor vehicle accident. On physical exam, the respiratory
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therapist discovers that breath sounds are absent in the left chest with a hyperresonant percussion note. The trachea is shifted to the right. The patient's heart rate is 45/min, respiratory rate is 30/min, and blood pressure is 60/40 mm Hg. What action should the therapist recommend first?
Correct answer: Needle aspirate the 2nd left intercostal
space
Question : All of the following strategies are likely to
decrease the likelihood of damage to the tracheal mucosa:
Correct answer: 1. Use the minimal leak technique for
inflation. 2. Use a low-residual-volume, low-compliance cuff. 3. Monitor intracuff pressures.
Question : A 52 year-old post-operative cholecystectomy
(surgical removal of the gallbladder) patient's breath sounds become more coarse upon completion of postural drainage with percussion. The respiratory therapist should recommend...
Correct answer: Deep breathing and coughing to clear
secretions.
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Question : A 65 kg spinal cord injured patient develops
atelectasis. His inspiratory capacity is 30% of his predicted value. What bronchial hygiene therapy (a broad term used to describe various airway clearance technique) would be most appropriate initially?
Correct answer: Intermittent positive pressure breathing
(IPPB)
Question : A healthy adult female can exhale what portion
of her forced vital capacity in the first second?
Correct answer: 70%
Question : A patient on VC ventilation demonstrates auto-
PEEP on ventilator graphics. What controls, when adjusted independently, would increase expiratory time?
Correct answer: 1. Tidal volume 2. Respiratory Rate 3.
Inspiratory flow
Question : What would be the most appropriate therapy
for a dyspneic patient who has crepitus with tracheal
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deviation to the left and absent breath sounds on the right?
Correct answer: Insert a chest tube
Question : Following cardiac surgery, a 55 year-old
patient has the following ABG results: pH 7.50, PaCO2
30 torr, PaO2 62 torr, HCO3 25 mEq/L, SaO2 92%, HB 14 g/dL, BE +2. Venous blood gas results are pH 7.39, PvCO2 43 torr, PvO2 37 torr, and SvO2 66%. Calculate the patient's C(a-v)O2.
Correct answer: 5.0 vol%
Question : A patient on VC, SIMV with a VT of 500 mL
has a PIP of 25 cm H2O, Pplat of 15 cm H2O and PEEP of 5 cm H2O. What is the patient's static lung compliance?
Correct answer: 50 mL/cm H2O
Question : Immediately after extubation of a patient in the
ICU, the respiratory therapist observes increasing respiratory distress with intercostal retractions and