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RRT MO METRIX BOOK (TMC PRACTICE EXAM) QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2024
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RRT MO METRIX BOOK (TMC PRACTICE EXAM)QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
2024
Upon review of the patient record, the respiratory therapist notices that the chart indicates that the patien
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t has a code status of "do not resuscitate." During a routine assessment the patient becomes apneic. Which
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of these should the respiratory therapist do?
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A. Begin bag mask ventilation with an Fio2 of 1.00 and flow of 15 l/m
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B. Call for emergency intubation, and initiate mechanical ventilation
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C. Begin chest compressions
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D. Report this to the charge nurse as soon as possible -
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ANSWER D. Report this to the charge nurse as soon as possible
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A review of physician orders for a patient admitted to an acute care facility with an exacerbation of COPD s
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hows that the medications ordered include combivent q4h and duoneb q4h. The RT has the responsibility t
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A. dispense/administer medication as ordered
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B. contact the ordering physician to verify orders
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C. alternate medications every 2 hours
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D. do not administer whichever medication is contraindicated -
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ANSWER B. contact the ordering physician to verify orders
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Upon getting difficulty getting a reading with a finger probe of a pulse oximeter, the RT decides to check the
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patient's peripheral circulation and capillary refill. The n ail bed on the right index finger, after a brief comp
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ression, becomes pink again after one second. This is an indication of which of the following?
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A. insufficient blood flow to extremities
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B. normal peripheral circulation and capillary refill
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D. cyanosis - ANSWER B. normal peripheral circulation and capillary refill
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, The first patient we see today for an evaluation is a 45-
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year old female who started smoking cigarettes at age 15. She reports that she smokes one and half packs a
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day and that she quit for a year when she was pregnant with each or her two children. Her husband is also
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a smoker. How do you report this smoking history in the patient chart?
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A. Patient is currently a daily cigarette smoker, 1.5 packs per day, with a 42-pack-year history.
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B. Patient is currently a heavy smoker
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C. Patient smokes about 30 cigarettes a day and has for almost 30 years.
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D. Patient suffers from a nicotine addiction and smokes too much. -
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ANSWER A. Patient is currently a daily cigarette smoker, 1.5 packs per day, with a 42-pack-year history.
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When introducing herself to a patient for the first time, the RT notices that the patient is only able to respo
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nd to questions in two-or-
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three word phrases, breaking up longer responses to take breaths after every couple of words. What concl
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usion can the RT safely make from this speech pattern?
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A. The patient is most likely not a native english speaker
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B. The patient has a decreased vital capacity, and there could be several different causes for this.
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C. The patient has COPD
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D. The patient has neuromuscular illness that impairs respiration -
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ANSWER B. The patient has a decreased vital capacity, and there could be several different causes for this.
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Auscultation of breath sounds during an examination of a 20 year-old male reveals high-
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pitched wheezing throughout the lung field. The patient reports that he is slightly short of breath and that t
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he wheezing though noticeable, bothers him very little. He notices that it usually happens when he mows t
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he lawn. Which of the following might we recommend to the physician?
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A. Write a RX for albuterol inhaler to use when necessary
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B. send the patient for chest x-ray and full PFT
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C. The best course is to "wait and see" for this minor problem.
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D. The patients respiratory health is uncertain and would be better understood by performing basic spirom
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etry and a methacholine test. -
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